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"  Claire Danes has it all\u2014a Yale degree, a new baby boy (Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy), and an addictive Showtime series, Homeland. And this February, she can add ELLE cover girl to that list. The sultry fashion spread, styled by our own Joe Zee and photographed by Carter Smith, features the actress in a modernized film noir setting.  After you read some highlights from the cover story (pick up the full piece on newsstands), such as what it was like to grow up in Hollywood or meet President Obama, watch the photogenic star behind-the-scenes at her cover shoot in the video below. In it, she discusses what breakfast food fuels her bipolar Homeland character, CIA analyst Carrie Mathison, and she reveals her faith in the show&amp;#039;s writers (&amp;quot;They don&amp;#039;t want it to be boring for themselves, so they won&amp;#039;t allow it to be boring for us.&amp;quot;). And finally, hear her utter those famous words said by her former character Angela Chase on MTV&amp;#039;s My So Called Life: &amp;quot;I am totally over Jordan Catalano!&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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