Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American television, stage and film actress. She has appeared in roles as diverse as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as Yvaine in Stardust and as Temple Grandin in the HBO TV film Temple Grandin. She portrays Carrie Mathison in the Showtime series Homeland.
Danes was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Carla (née Hall), is a day-care provider, painter, and textile designer who later served as her daughter's manager, and her father, Christopher Danes (b. May 6, 1944 in Austin, Texas), is a computer consultant and former architectural photographer. Danes has described her background as being "as WASPy as you can get"; her paternal grandfather, Gibson Andrew Danes (1910–1992 in Litchfield, Connecticut), was the dean of the art and architecture school at Yale University. She has an older brother, Asa (b. 1973).
Danes attended the Dalton School in New York City, the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, the Professional Performing Arts School, and the Lycée Français de Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. In 1998, Danes went to Yale University, her father's alma mater. Director Oliver Stone wrote her letter of recommendation to Yale. After studying for two years as a psychology major, she dropped out of Yale to focus on her film career.
Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor and producer. His acting roles include Soames Forsyte in the ITV remake of The Forsyte Saga, Detective Charlie Crews in the NBC drama Life and Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. He currently stars as Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the award-winning Showtime series Homeland.
I went to English boarding schools and grew up around people very much like Soames and in a milieu very much like the Forsytes's.
Lewis was born in St John's Wood, London, the son of Watcyn and Charlotte Lewis. His paternal grandparents were Welsh, and Lewis says that his father "is Welsh", despite Watcyn being English and born in London. His maternal grandfather was Lord Mayor of London Ian Frank Bowater and his maternal grandmother's ancestors include Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (a doctor to the royal family), author Kathryn Hoare and philanthropist Alfred Yarrow.
Lewis made several visits to the United States to visit relatives during his summers as a child. He first decided to become an actor at age 16. He was educated at the independent Ashdown House School in the village of Forest Row in East Sussex and at Eton College and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1993, after which he served as a stage actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company. During his time with the RSC, he played Borgheim in Adrian Noble's production of Henrik Ibsen's Little Eyolf, as well as Posthumus in William Shakespeare's Cymbeline. He has also starred in another of Ibsen's plays, Pillars of the Community.
Morena Baccarin (born June 2, 1979) is a Brazilian and American actress most widely known for roles in several American science fiction television shows: as Inara Serra in the series Firefly; as Adria in the series Stargate SG-1; and as Anna in the 2009 version of the series V. She currently co-stars in the Showtime series Homeland.
Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother is Brazilian stage and TV actress Vera Setta, and her father is Fernando Baccarin, a Brazilian journalist of Italian descent.[citation needed] When she was 7, Baccarin moved with her family to Greenwich Village, New York, as her father was transferred to Globo TV's headquarters in the United States, working as editor. Baccarin attended Public School 41 and New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, where she and Claire Danes were classmates. She later attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts before she entered the theater program at the Juilliard School, where she was in the Drama Division's Group 29 (1996–2000).
Homeland is a drama/thriller series developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and loosely based on the Israeli series Hatufim (English title: Prisoners of War) created by Gideon Raff. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a Central Intelligence Agency officer and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a U.S. Marine. Mathison has come to believe that Brody, who was held captive by Al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, was turned by the enemy and now threatens the United States.
The series is broadcast in the United States on the cable channel Showtime, and is produced by Fox 21. It premiered on October 2, 2011. The first episode was made available online, more than two weeks before broadcast, with viewers having to complete some tasks to unlock access. The series has received critical acclaim and won the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama. Showtime renewed the series for a second season of twelve episodes, which will premiere on September 30, 2012.
Homeland is an American psychological thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War created by Gideon Raff. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA operations officer who has come to believe that an American prisoner was turned by the enemy, and now poses a significant risk to national security. It premiered in the United States on Showtime on October 2, 2011.
Showtime renewed the series for a second season of 12 episodes, with production scheduled to begin in spring 2012. The second season will premiere on September 30, 2012.
There`s a piece of prairie with a white picket gate.
The geographic center of the lower 48.
How long it`s been in our family is anybody`s guess.
We were riding these plains before the pony express.
There`s a sycamore tree all spintered and brown.
Well, it used to touch the sky `til the twister came around.
It`s got this one green branch pointing in the air.
Yeah it`s still hanging on, just like the people around here.
You can hold back the rain, bring on the wind.
Knock us right down, we`ll get up again.
We`ve dug in deep, made our stand.
This is our homeland.
I can feel their spirit deep in my bones.
Up on the hill we carved in in stone.
Been a long line before us, and little ones to come.
Yeah, it`s a family thing that we`re carrying on.
You can hold back the rain, bring on the wind.
Knock us right down, we`ll get up again.
We`ve dug in deep, made our stand.
This is our homeland.
We`ve dug in deep, made our stand.
This is our home...
always take a part of you
wherever I go
you're never far from me
no matter how far
wherever I go
remember all those years
some were good
few were bad
when I dream about you, baby
I'm so happy, yet so sad
I'm so happy, yet so sad
Chorus:
do you wanna go back to my homeland
to the place we belong
back to my homeland
to the place near your heart
now and then something
strikes right
thru' the heart
just a scent or a shadow
reminds me how far
how far we are apart
now when I look back
there's one thing I've got to say
there's just one place
by now I'm sure
sure you know
now I'm sure, sure you know
do you wanna go back to my homeland...
(do you) do you wanna come with me
(do you) do you wanna come with me
(do you) do you wanna go with me
I hope and I pray
that you'll come back one day
the feelin's so strong
I've got to keep holdin' on
stay with me, stay
this is where I belong
do you really wanna go
back to my homeland...
Remember that summer down by the shoreline
I still can hear those old forgotten songs
And we made promises to last forever
I just can’t believe those days are gone, long gone
There used to be a place that we could call our own
We used to thing tomorrow was a long, long time
But sadness filled my heart when I knew, I knew the moment had come
Yeah, when I had to leave those days behind
Oh, I felt so free, or I wanted to be
And days went so fast, how I wish they could last
So far from my homeland, I’m lost in time
My soul still searches for that peace of mind
Those sacred landscapes come miles around
And my heart’s still beating for the sunset ground, yeah, yeah
Remember when our hearts were filled with laughter
It echoes in my trailer, I’m calling tears, yeah
No matter where I am today, the one that gives you my …..
Oh, I will remember those long gone years, yeah
I can’t let go, I wanna know
Does it have to end for the best of friends
So far from my homeland, I’m lost in time
And my soul still searches for that peace of mind
Those sacred landscapes come miles around
And my heart’s still beating for the sunset ground, yeah, yeah
Oh, but I know, I know, I know that those days are gone, long, long gone
I felt so free, or I wanted to be
And days went so fast, how I wish they could last
So far from my homeland, I’m lost in time
And my soul still searches for that peace of mind
Those sacred landscapes, they come miles around
And my heart’s still beating for the sunset ground, yeah, yeah
Today the wars have ended
And I am changed forever on
I've stopped the bleeding from my head
And held my hands up high
The older me is at my feet
He screams for some attention
He speaks of how I used to be
Untouched, out there, alone
This is my homeland
A place in the sun
You are my homeland
Since you've occoured
Since you've been here
My demons have stopped breathing
Their voices echo in my lungs
Yet I don't need to scream
I can't believe we're standing here
And I don't need my shields up high
I want the risk, I want to dare
I am afraid no more
This is my homeland
A place in the sun
You are my homeland
My place in the sun
You are my homeland
My place in the sun
At the edge of the day
there was nothing left,
and nobody could care about me
in a yard filled with toys
i was passing time
with a friend of mine (imaginary)
and i will go away
won't you come, I'll be gone, today
won't you come, if i was chasin' you
would you run, I'll be gone, today
won't you come
come on down to my house
there's a swimming pool
and it's winning over everybody
in a town i call home
i would look at life
but it never seemed to look at me
and i will go away
won't you come, I'll be gone, today
won't you come, if i was chasin' you
would you run, I'll be gone, today
won't you come
and i will go away
won't you come, I'll be gone, today [oh]
won't you come, if i was chasin' you
would you run, I'll be gone, today [oh]
won't you come, and I'll be gone away
won't you come, I'll be gone, today