The family lived in an artist 's loft on Crosby Street . Danes attended P.S. 3 and PS 11 for elementary school and Professional Performing Arts School for junior high school . Danes attended the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies in New York City ( the same school her '' Homeland '' co-star Morena Baccarin attended ) . She attended The Dalton School for one year of high school before moving with her parents to Santa Monica , California for the role in '' My So-Called Life '' . Danes said they moved two days after the 1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Claire Danes