Letztes Update: Juli 2007

Geburtsort:	New York City, Staat New York, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
Geburtstag:	Donnerstag, 12. April 1979
Sternzeichen:	Widder
Nickname:	Gummi Bear (Nach ihrer Vorliebe für Gummibärchen
Haarfarbe:	von Natur eigentlich dunkel-blond
Augenfarbe:	haselnussbraun (laut Führerschein) grün/grau (laut ‘Augen’zeugen manchen meinen sogar ‘ein hauch von blau’
Größe:	168 cm
Gewicht:	etwa 50 – 55 kg
Wohnort:	bis 1998 lebte sie noch mit ihren Eltern in Santa Monica (Kalifornien, USA), nun hat sie eine Wohnung in New York
Interessen:	Schauspielerei, Natur- und Sozialwissenschaft, Tanzen, Surfen, Gymnastik
Führerschein:	Sie hat seit dem 9. August 1996 den Führerschein und fährt in L.A. einen Chevy Blazer
Lieblingsort:	Ein kleines Restauramt-Cafe namens Rose Café, 5 Minuten von der Wohnung ihrer Eltern in Santa Monica
Lieblingsshoppingort:	“Urban Outfitters” in Santa Monica
Lieblingsknabberei:	Gummibärchen
Idole:	Meryl Streep, in ihrer Kindheit: Molly Ringwald
berühmte Freunde:	Winona Ryder (‘Noni’ – beide tragen eine Freundschaftskette mit je einem halben Herz um den Hals), Jodie Foster
Ihr Zimmer:	Seit Ende 1999 hat sie ein eigenes Loft in New York, Kaufpreis knapp 1 Mio Dollar.

Claires Wohnung in New York (aus Architectural Digest)

Lebensabschnittgefährten:
etwa 1994 – 1996: erste intensive Beziehung. Eineinhalb Jahre mit Andrew Dorff (Musiker, jüngerer Bruder von Stephen Dorff) Beziehung zerbrach kurz vor Beginn der Dreharbeiten zu “Romeo and Juliet”
Ende 1996 – Anfang 97: Gerüchten zufolge hatte sie eine kurze Beziehung zu Matt Demon (Co-Star in dem 1997 erschienen Film “The Rainmaker”). Diese Verbindung zerbrach endgültig (wenn die Gerüchte stimmen und diese Beziehung jemals wirklich bestanden hatte) am Tag vor Valentinstag ‘97.
April 1997 – Mitte 2003: Ben Lee, 19 Jahre (Singer-songwriter aus Australien) seine Band heisst: Noise Addict. Er ist unter Vertrag bei Grand Royal, dem Beastie Boys Label. Claire’s 18. Geburtstag 1997: Ben Lee flog extra wegen Claire’s Geburtstag von Australien in die USA. In jener Nacht wollte sie bei ihrer Freundin Winona Ryder übernachten und kurz bevor sie alle schlafen gehen wollten, spielte Ben einen speziell für sie geschriebenen Song: “Hey there, I said it, I’m in love with you/But there’s an ocean between us just like me, deep and blue.” Claire meint: “Well, he’s the king of teen angst, and I am happy to be the queen.”
Mitte 2003 – Ende 2006: Billy Crudup (ihr Co-Star in “Stage Beauty”).
seit Anfang 2007: Hugh Dancy (ihr Co-Star in “Evening”).

Auszeichnungen (Auswahl):

1997 Aufgeführt in der People’s Magazine Liste der 50 schönsten Menschen der Welt
1997 ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow Award, presented by the National Association of Theatre Owners.
1997 MTV-Movie Award für die beste weibliche Darstellerin in Romeo and Juliet
1995 Golden Globe für die beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Serie in My So-Called Life
1995 Nominierung für einen Emmy als beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Serie in My So-Called Life
1995 Young Star Award für Best Performance in einer TV Drama Serie für My So-Called Life
1995 First annual award sponsored by THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
Zitate:

Claire über Drogen: “I don’t need to escape in that way. I can do it in my work; I have that as an outlet. I have a plan.
I gotta stick to it to accomplish what I want to get done.”

Claire über Verletzlichkeit:”It’s my biggest fear that I’ll have a party and nobody shows. Can you imagine?
You’re in your little pretty pick dress in the corner, just sort of waiting?
For hours?” She lets out a little scream of horror. “There’s nothing more pathetic.”

Was Stars über Claire Danes sagen:
Steven Spielberg: “one of the most exciting actresses to debut in the last 10 years. I don’t really understand
why she’s captured my heart. She just has an amazing honesty in her presence”

Jodie Foster: “She’s this wiser-than-her-years-seeming person and yet she’s really, really, really a
baby. And you forget, because she’s this beautiful, demure lady.”
“We’re very different people; she’s a little more open and wide-eyed. And while I had a great relationship with my mom, Claire
and her mother are really best friends. I remember we went para-sailing down in Mexico, and she
was holding her mom’s hand and they were squealing together. She really wanted to be with her mom.”

Winnie Holzman: “I knew that I would do anything to have Claire play the part.” “I mean, that’s why she is a movie
star…Claire has a kind of magnetic mystery. It draws your emotions in. She is not the kind of actress who dictates everything. She doesn’t fill in all the blanks.”

Edward Zwick, MSCL executive producer: “What she knows cannot be taught,” – “She comes from a place of truth, both as an actress and as a young woman.”

Bille August (Regisseur von Les Miserables:)”like listening to Mozart – she has that childlike simplicity and
clarity and purity of mind that’s combined with serious depth.”

Carl Franklin (Regisseur von Two Girls):”she just has this amazing strength and kinetic power. There’s something in her eyes – remember how it was seeing Al Pacino in The
Godfather? There’s something in her eyes that pierces through you and arrests you.”

Michael Pressman:”She has that special truth barometer.”

Leonardo DiCaprio:”When we were auditioning Juliets, she was the only one who came right up and said the lines directly to me.
She was right there, in front of my face, saying every single line with power.”

“There is a sadness to Claire,” says Gabriel Byrne. “I don’t know if ’sadness’ is too strong a word, but there’s certainly something deep within her that preoccupies her. I don’t know if
that’s just the age she’s at, or whether it’s an inherent part of her personality. But, for every quality you get in her, you almost get the exact opposite quality. She’s like a prism.
Depending on which way she hits the light, you get a different Claire. she’s tremendously generous and kind as a person. Yet at the same time I feel that she has a need in her now to
be acknowledged for who she is — as a woman.”
Lebensweisheiten:
“And I try not to smoke, or drink, or get too crazy.”
“Do you realize I’ve made out with more
guys on camara that I’ve made out with in real life?” Laughing, she exclaims, “It’s just not
normal!”
“It’s a good thing to be human, to be flawed. I just have to keep relearning that all the time.”

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