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4 January 2013 12:12 PM, PST | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »

She got her break in the '90s TV series My So-Called Life and then appeared in a diverse slate of movies until returning to series TV in Showtime's critically acclaimed Homeland. She's nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Award for the series, in which she plays a CIA agent who suffers from bipolar disorder. Here are five things you probably don't know about Claire Danes.

1. Said she knew as a child that she wanted to be a performer when she saw Madonna on TV. "I understood that performing could be one's vocation and I thought, yeah!" Danes told the New York Times.

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2. Completed two years at Yale University, her father's alma mater, studying psychology. Her letter of recommendation was written by Oliver Stone, her director on the 1997 film U Turn.

3. Auditioned for the role of Lisa in 1999's Girl, Interrupted, the part »

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