Claire Danes has been in therapy since she was 6 years old: its a helpful tool
Claire Danes has a limited edition, graphic designed library card to an exclusive library used only by her Book Club, The Nitwits, and now *I* want a limited edition, graphic designed library card to an exclusive library. And possibly access to her book club, but I’ll need to see their reading list first; they do drink and that is a step in the right direction.
Claire is featured in the The Edit, Net-a-Porter’s magazine. The pictorial is pretty; with a lot of Boho Chic florals, lace and peasant-style (and one seriously fierce grey long coat that she needs to hand over to me when she delivers my library card). The beige, floral-ombre Topshop dress shown below is lovely – the colors really complement her. Claire is known for early roles like Juliet to Leonardo “My Bear” DiCaprio’s Romeo and teenager Angela in My So Called Life. For the last five years, of course, Claire has headlined Showtimes’ Homeland as CIA agent Carrie Mathison. Her character is bipolar; a trait not often written in to leading characters and its been noted how delicately Claire has handled it. Dealing with challenges through therapy is something Claire has been preparing for almost her whole life:
She has been in therapy since she was 6 years old:
“I’ve always been deeply interested in psychology and how we work… I do it because it’s a helpful tool and a luxury to self-reflect and get some insight. But there have been points in my life when it was really essential,”
She appreciated her SoHo upbringing:
“Living in the city, you don’t get to just ride your bike and play until sundown. It’s hyper-structured and you’re always applying yourself. I think that’s why New York kids appear so precocious and advanced compared to their suburban counterparts. I liked that.”
She loves being married to husband Hugh Dancy:
“… I keep learning more things about him and myself, and that’s not always comfortable. But I have this incredible security, and it’s a huge asset to have a partnership with someone you trust and admire – and want to make out with.”
Unlike Claire, the list of people I trust and admire and want to make out with is staggering. I hope most of them are flexible on the whole “partnership” thing because we haven’t met and the restraining orders seem to speak to their reticence to “partnership.”
Claire being in therapy since she was six intrigues me; that seems pretty young for elective therapy. I can’t imagine a six year-old being prescient enough to know she was going to keep therapist as her back up plan to acting. I get why she stays in therapy, I have nothing but love for therapy and I am glad it helped her to portray Carrie with such sensitivity.
In the rest of the article she talks about her son Cyrus, her feelings about being in a female-led show and her plans to finally finish her townhome. It’s a nice read and the pictures are graceful. I leave it here for you while I go get one of my progeny to make me a cool library card.
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