Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American television, stage and film actress. She has appeared in roles as diverse as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life , as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann 's Romeo + Juliet , as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , as Yvaine in Stardust and as Temple Grandin in the HBO TV film Temple Grandin . She portrays Carrie Mathison in the Showtime series Homeland .
She dated her Stage Beauty and Princess Mononoke co-star Billy Crudup , which generated negative publicity due to rumors that their relationship caused the end of Crudup's relationship to then-pregnant Mary-Louise Parker .
Danes married her Evening co-star, Hugh Dancy , in a quiet ceremony in France in 2009.