Claim: Homeland stars a famous actress.

Claire Catherine Danes -LRB- born April 12 , 1979 -RRB- is an American actress . She is the recipient of three Emmy Awards , four Golden Globe Awards , and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . In 2012 , Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world , and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015 .   Danes gained recognition with her role as Angela Chase in the acclaimed 1994 teen drama series My So-Called Life . The role won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series . She made her film debut the same year in Little Women -LRB- 1994 -RRB- . Her other films include Romeo + Juliet -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , The Rainmaker -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Les Misérables -LRB- 1998 -RRB- , Brokedown Palace -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , the 1999 English dub of Princess Mononoke -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Igby Goes Down -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , The Hours -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , Shopgirl -LRB- 2005 -RRB- and Stardust -LRB- 2007 -RRB- .   From 1998 to 2000 , Danes attended Yale University before dropping out to return to acting . She appeared in an Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 2000 , and made her Broadway debut playing Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 revival of Pygmalion . In 2010 , she portrayed Temple Grandin in the highly acclaimed HBO TV film Temple Grandin , which won her a second Golden Globe and her first Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . Since 2011 , she has starred as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime drama series Homeland , for which she has won two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series , two Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Television Series Drama , and the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama . She is married to actor Hugh Dancy , with whom she has one child .