Happy 34th Birthday Claire Danes! The 10 Reasons Why We Love Her

Today is Claire Danes' 34th birthday! She has kept us glued to our screens playing teen Angela Chase in My So-Called Life back in the 90s and as CIA agent Carrie Mathison in Homeland. Ms Danes has won two Emmy Awards and four Golden Globes, kissed Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo & Juliet, captured Abu Nazir in Homeland and loves the Brits as she is married to Hugh Dancy. Oh and her crying face has gone viral and been copied by Academy Award winning actress Anne Hathaway.

To celebrate Claire's birthday we have summed up the 10 reasons why we loved her, and rounded up her best red carpet moments...

1. He might be a terrorist, but Carrie and Brody are one of the hottest on screen couples...

2. She was right! Carrie captured Abu Nazir

3. The 'Claire Danes cry face'

and again...

Will this ever get old?

We don't think so...

4. Anne Hathaway impersonated HER

Anne Hathaway put on a black suit, pinned documents to a cork board and did her best Claire Danes crying face in a Homeland skit on Saturday Night Live.

5. She loves us Brits as is married to Hugh Dancy

6. She turned down the part of Rose in Titanic

7. But she still got to kiss Leo in Romeo & Juliet, which was way cooler

8. She was the ultimate 90s TV icon in My So Called Life

9. She has a winning red carpet formula

10. But also has one or two flashback shockers

To celebrate Claire Dane's turning the big 3-4, why not take a look at her greatest style hits in the gallery below...

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