The eighth and final season of her hit show Homeland aired last month.
And Claire Danes was happily back to parenting duties as she took her son Cyrus on a shopping trip in New York City on Sunday.
The actress, 40, wore a dark brown shearling coat with wool detailing over matching ankle boots and some denim jeans for the outing in the city’s Soho area.
Doting mum: Claire Danes was happily back to parenting duties as she took her son Cyrus on a shopping trip in New York City on Sunday
The Romeo + Juliet star accessorised with a tan and cream cross-body bag.
She hid her signature shoulder-length golden tresses under a grey bobble hat for the chilly shopping trip.
Claire added some woolly mittens to the winter wear look to help her keep a hold of Cyrus as they crossed the road.
Winter warmer: The actress, 40, wore a dark brown shearling coat with wool detailing over matching ankle boots and some denim jeans for the outing in the city’s Soho area
Moving on: Claire appeared deep in thought during the walk, which comes weeks after the final season of Homeland aired, in which she played CIA operative Carrie Mathison
The seven-year-old trailed behind his famous mother in an eye catching color blocked raincoat.
Claire appeared deep in thought during the walk, which comes weeks after the final season of Homeland aired, in which she played CIA operative Carrie Mathison.
The series, which began in 2011, won Claire two Primetime Emmys, two Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild award during its run.
Speaking about Homeland to CBS earlier this month, Claire said it was hard to see the end of the show.
Bowing out: Speaking about Homeland to CBS earlier this month, Claire said it was hard to see the end of the show
‘It’s a lot of feelings, it’s been almost a decade of my life. I was barely married when we started. Now we have two kids who we’ve dragged all over the planet as we’ve filmed this thing. But it’s been just a wonderful gig, it’s been life-changing.’
Talking of family life, the actress’ spouse Hugh Dancy will join her on screen. Though they didn’t share any scenes together, Claire used to go in on her day off because she loves watching her husband work.
‘My baby daddy!’ she joked, referring to their two children, sons Cyrus, seven, and Rowan, 17 months.
‘He plays not a great guy.’ She said they did not share any scenes, adding: ‘I think it’s a real blessing, because I don’t know if I would have been able to cope.’
Acclaimed: The series won Claire two Primetime Emmys, two Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild award during its run
She said in a previous interview of Dancy’s casting: ‘That was such a nice way to end the show.
‘On my days off, I would go to his set. He’s very good. I don’t exactly forget that, but we don’t talk about acting much, so it was a really nice reminder.
‘[Watching your partner do something they are really good at] is so hot.’
Claire admitted she also loves the fact her husband is a ‘big nerd’.
She told Net-A-Porter’s digital magazine Porter: ‘Hugh’s a big nerd, too. When we first started sorta-kinda-dating for real (ish), I had an ornament-making party for Christmas, and he helped organise it.
End of Homeland: ‘It’s a lot of feelings, it’s been almost a decade of my life. I was barely married when we started. Now we have two kids who we’ve dragged all over the planet as we’ve filmed this thing’
‘Then he made an ornament of cowboy paper dolls, and I thought, ‘and he crafts?’ That was it. ‘You have me for the rest of our lives.’…
‘[At Halloween] He papier-mâchéd his own hat – I’m very proud of my husband.’
While Claire has spent several years away from home working on Homeland, Hugh had long periods of time filming Hannibal in Toronto and she admitted it was ‘tough’ having a long-distance relationship and it isn’t something she wants to repeat.
She admitted: ‘That was tough. That distance is corrosive, and I’m just bad at it. And I don’t particularly want to get good at it. We learned along the way how essential it is for us to be physically together as often as possible.’
Happy couple: When she began filming Homeland, she had only just married husband Hugh Dancy (pictured), and did not have either of her two children