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Claire Catherine Danes is the actress who portrayed Angela Chase on My So-Called Life.

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Claire Danes

Biography[]

Born on April 12, 1979 in New York, New York. Her mother was a painter and teacher. Her father was a computer consultant. She is the youngest of two children. Her older brother is named Asa. She started studying modern dance at age six, and still studies it; at nine she took acting class at Lee Strasberg Studio; attended Professional Performing Arts School in New York and tended toward acting. In her other schooling she studied humanities and science.

Claire and her family lived in New York with a cat named Fifi-Champion.

Credits[]

Some stage appearances include "Happiness," "Punk Ballet," "Kids on Stage."

Some TV appearances as a guest star include "Law and Order," "No Room For Opal," and a key role in cable film "The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter."

Some film appearances include Dreams of Love, Thirty (short film), The Pesky Suitor (film festival short), Little Women, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Terminator 3, Shopgirl, and Stardust.

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