Homeland Star Claire Danes to Be Honored at Steppenwolf Event
Four-time Golden Globe Award winner Claire Danes will be the guest of honor at the annual Steppenwolf Salutes Women in the Arts fundraising luncheon on Thursday, February 4, 2016. The luncheon will include an in-depth conversation with Danes about her career and impact as a leading woman in the arts.
The acclaimed actress currently stars as Carrie Mathison on the popular Showtime series Homeland (alongside Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts), which has earned her back-to-back Emmy and Golden Globe Awards and a 2013 SAG Award. Danes also received the 2010 Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Awards for her performance in the HBO biopic Temple Grandin. Her film credits include the Oscar-nominated The Hours, Little Women, Baz Luhrman's William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Shopgirl, and Richard Linklater's Me & Orson Welles. She first came into the public eye on the popular series My So-Called Life, which also featured Steppenwolf ensemble members Tom Irwin and Jeff Perry, and earned her an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe Award for her leading role as Angela Chase.
Steppenwolf's seventh annual luncheon brings together nearly 300 leaders from Chicago’s business and civic communities to honor Danes for her remarkable contribution to the field. The event raises funds for Steppenwolf’s professional development programs, including Steppenwolf for Young Adults, the nationally recognized education program, the School at Steppenwolf, as well as the Professional Leadership Programs, providing apprenticeships, fellowships, and internships for the next generation of arts managers and producers.
Previous honorees for Steppenwolf Salutes Women in the Arts include ensemble members Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Martha Plimpton, along with Juliette Lewis, Julianna Margulies, Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, and Mary-Louise Parker.
