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Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes, born on April 12, 1979, is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theatre actress.
Most known for the television series, My So-Called Life, and the films, Romeo + Juliet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Stardust.
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Dancy determined to make Danes marriage work -
3 November 2011
-Actor Hugh Dancy spends his life criss-crossing the Atlantic to spend time with his American wife Claire Danes, but he is determined to make their long-distance marriage work.-The Confessions of a Shopaholic star met Danes on the set of their 2007 movie Evening and t
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Danes 'overwhelmed' by animal shoots -
5 February 2010
-Actress Claire Danes has a newfound empathy for animal suffering after an "overwhelming" experience filming with a herd of cows for U.S. TV movie Temple Grandin.-
-The longtime vegetarian plays an autistic woman who overcomes the disorder and becomes a doctor of anim
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Danes wants to act again with Dancy -
23 January 2010
-Claire Danes wants more screen time with Hugh Dancy now they are married - admitting she's "curious" about the couple's onscreen chemistry.-
-Newlyweds Danes and Dancy met on the set of 2007 drama Evening. The couple's relationship quickly turned serious and they mar
Claire Danes - what members say
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John Grisham Rules 9 April 2010
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Thumbs way up 15 September 2003
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Such a Shame 2 July 2004
Claire Danes - filmography
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Homeland - Series 1 - Complete
(2011)
Starring: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis
Director: Michael Cuesta
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Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), a CIA Agent battling her own demons, becomes convinced that the intelligence that led to the rescue of Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), a US soldier who had been missing and presumed dead for eight years, was a set-up, and may be connected to an al-Qaeda plot to ..read more »
 
76%
from 94 members
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Homeland - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis
Director: Michael Cuesta
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Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), a CIA Agent battling her own demons, becomes convinced that the intelligence that led to the rescue of Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), a US soldier who had been missing and presumed dead for eight years, was a set-up, and may be connected to an al-Qaeda plot to ..read more »
81%
from 30 members
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Temple Grandin
(2010)
Starring: Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond
Director: Mick Jackson
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A young, autistic woman sees the world like no other, taking snapshots of the world in her mind, and recalling them without thought.
She substitutes human contact for a life of caring for animals, developing humane methods of taking care of livestock destined for the slaughterhouse. Her peculiar ..read more »
83%
from 71 members
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Me and Orson Welles
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron
Director: Richard Linklater
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ME AND ORSON WELLES is set in the exciting world of the New York Theatre. Teenage student Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) lucks his way into a minor role in the legendary 1937 Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar, directed by a youthful Orson Welles (strikingly portrayed by newcomer Christian ..read more »
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from 8,945 members
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Stardust
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »
76%
from 97,239 members
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Stardust - HD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »
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from 1,608 member
Not currently released
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Evening
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Lajos Koltai
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A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the ..read more »
57%
from 5,323 members
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The Flock
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Richard Gere, Claire Danes, Ed Ackerman
Director: Andrew Lau
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This film is about a hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety who, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.
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from 6,508 members
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Stardust - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Sienna Miller, Jason Flemyng, Ricky Gervais
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »
77%
from 2,973 members
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Shopgirl
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Claire Danes, Steve Martin, Jason Schwartzman
Director: Anand Tucker
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In adapting his popular novella to the big screen, Steve Martin chooses director Anand Tucker (HILARY AND JACKIE), whose artful eye (along with the film's stunning costumes, dramatic score, and brilliant set design) brings the book's detailed characters beautifully to life. Recalling her breakout ..read more »
52%
from 20,212 members
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The Family Stone
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Diane Keaton
Director: Bezucha Thomas
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Sarah Jessica Parker stars as an uptight business-focused New Yorker who meets her boyfriend's family for the first time. She finds herself like a fish out of water when the Stone family turns out to be anything but conventional...
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from 33,433 members
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Stage Beauty
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Rupert Everett
Director: Richard Eyre
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In the seventeenth century the roles of women in live theatre are played by men and one of the most famous is Ned Kynaston. When Charles II tires of the same old faces he decides to allow real women on the stage. Overnight Ned becomes a nobody and heads towards suicide until an actress named Maria ..read more »
59%
from 7,915 members
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It's All About Love
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
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A beautiful film set in the future, a tale of impending divorce for a young couple who manage to rediscover their love. Joaquin Phoenix (GLADIATOR) and Claire Danes (ROMEO+JULIET) play John and Elena who agree to meet up one last time to finalise their divorce. He must meet his world-famous figure-..read more »
41%
from 3,887 members
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The Hours - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Allison Janney
Director: Stephen Daldry
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Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in ..read more »
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from 50 members
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Igby Goes Down
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Kieran Culkin, Jeff Goldblum
Director: Burr Steers
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Seventeen-year-old Igby Slocumb (Kieran Culkin) comes from a wealthy but dysfunctional family. His mother (Susan Sarandon) is a pill-popping lunatic, his brother (Ryan Phillipe) is a collegiate, money-obsessed snob, and his father (Bill Pullman) is a hospitalized schizophrenic. After Igby is ..read more »
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from 8,485 members
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The Hours
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Allison Janney
Director: Stephen Daldry
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Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in ..read more »
63%
from 22,813 members
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The Mod Squad
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Steve Harris, Larry Brandenburg, Claire Danes
Director: Scott Silver
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A trio of juvenile delinquents (Claire Danes, Omar Epps, and Giovanni Ribisi) are recruited by a cop to help infiltrate an underground drug ring. When, he is unexpectedly killed, the group go all out to solve his murder and bust the drug cartel. Their efforts are made harder when they suffer ..read more »
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from 347 members
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Brokedown Palace
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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Alice and Darlene are best friends who decide to celebrate their high school graduation with a trip to Thailand. There, they meet handsome Australian Nick Parks, who convinces them to travel to Hong Kong, but is actually using them to smuggle drugs. The two girls are sentenced to decades in prison, ..read more »
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from 1,794 member
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Polish Wedding
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Lena Olin, Gabriel Byrne, Claire Danes
Director: Theresa Connelly
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A comedy about a Polish family who is struggling with their libidos. Jadzia, though happily married to her husband, is having a serious affair with Roman. Meanwhile, her daughter Chala has lost her virginity to a neighbor and has become pregnant in the process. Family hijinx ensue.
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from 366 members
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Les Miserables
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman
Director: Bille August
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Liam Neeson stars as Jean Valjean, a heartless convict who is transformed by a single act of mercy. Uma Thurman is Fantine, the vulnerable prostitute who begs Valjean to raise her only child, Cosette (Claire Danes). And Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush is an ambitious policeman determined to return ..read more »
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from 1,632 member
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Princess Mononoke
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Sumi Shimamoto
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true epic by Japan's master animator Hayao Miyazaki. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the warrior Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) is cursed with a rapidly spreading scar that threatens to end his life. ..read more »
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from 19,370 members
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U-Turn
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone shelved his social conscience while making this vicious nest-of-vipers noir. Sean Penn stars as Bobby Cooper, a gambler on the run who is forced to lay up in a desolate Arizona whistlestop with car trouble. Desperate and broke, he receives an offer from the middle-aged Jake McKenna (..read more »
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from 3,566 members
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John Grisham's The Rainmaker
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Matt Damon, Danny De Vito, Claire Danes
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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John Grisham's novel comes to life in Francis Ford Coppola's courtroom drama pitting the little guy against a large corporation. Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), an inexperienced Memphis lawyer, and his legal sidekick, Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito), defend a leukemia victim against an insurance company ..read more »
69%
from 6,697 members
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I Love You, I Love You Not
(1996)
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Claire Danes, Jude Law
Director: Billy Hopkins
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Prep school student Daisy and her European-born grandmother Nana share the sad stories of their lives: Daisy tells Nana of her romance with young Ethan and problems in school because she's Jewish; and Nana tells of her young years under Nazis when she was sent to ghetto and then to concentration camp.
48%
from 35 members
Currently unavailable
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Romeo And Juliet
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy
Director: Baz Luhrmann
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This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers ..read more »
70%
from 24,642 members
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Little Women
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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The fourth screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 novel, LITTLE WOMEN, is given a realistic and rounded treatment by screenwriter Jo Swicord and Australian director Gillian Armstrong, whose perspective emphasises a feminist tone. The story chronicles the lives of a mother and four ..read more »
70%
from 4,671 members
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Law And Order - Third Series
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Richard Brooks, Paul Sorvino, Michael Moriarty
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Powerful, timely and gripping Law & Order has become television's most celebrated and widely acclaimed crime series of all time. Get ready for another thrilling season of ripped-from-the-headlines cases as all 22 episodes of the groundbreaking third season come to DVD. Jerry Orbrach joins New York'..read more »
72%
from 700 members
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Romeo And Juliet - Blu-ray
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy
Director: Baz Luhrmann
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This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers ..read more »
74%
from 186 members
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Claire Danes facts
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...o up against the big lawyer boys like horrible Jon Voight and his entourage.
Claire Danes also gives a tough performance as the abused wife who meets Matt along the way....
