Danes was born in Manhattan to Chris Danes (a computer consultant and former architectural photographer) and Carla (a day care provider, painter, and textile designer who works as Claire's manager), and is 5 ft 5 in tall. She has a brother, Asa, who graduated from Oberlin College and works as a not-for-profit organizer. Danes attended the exclusive private high school Le Lycee Francais De Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, and later attended Yale University (her father's alma mater) for...