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| | AskMen.com - Claire Danes |
 | | It was clear from a young age that Claire Danes was destined to be an actress. |
 | | As a child, she took dance and acting classes, and by the time she was a teenager, she had already become a star, first in her own short-lived though lauded TV drama, My So-Called Life, then in a number of mid-'90s films alongside major talents. |
 | | Claire Catherine Danes was born in New York City on April 12th, 1979, into what she would later describe as a "very creative household." Her father, Chris, a computer consultant and architectural photographer, and her mother, Carla, a painter and teacher, first met at the Rhode Island School of Design. |
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