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Claire
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Born in New York City, NY Claire Catherine Danes was the youngest of the three children. She was brought up in a very creative household her mother being a painter and a teacher and her father a computer consultant. At the age of six she studyed modern dance which she still trys to do today. At the age of nine she was in acting classes and went to Lee Strasberg Studio. In the 6th And 7th grade she went to Professional Performiing Arts School. From there she made some off-off broadway performaces such as "Happiness", "Punk Ballet", and "Kids on Stage".

Claire's first film debut was at age eleven. She was in the movie "Dreams of Love" in which she played a molested child this movie was directed by Milos Forman. In 1992 Claire auditioned for a TV show called "My So Called Life", by doing this she turned down a small role in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List".


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