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'Homeland' star Claire Danes' Harvard Hasty woman of the year (VIDEO)

By April MacIntyre Jan 29, 2012, 17:01 GMT

US actress Claire Danes gestures after receiving her Pudding Pot during the roast portion of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2011 Woman of the Year award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 26 January 2012. EPA/CJ GUNTHER

Showtime's "Homeland" star Claire Danes was honored as Harvard University's 2012 Woman of the Year by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

The actress, whose turn as a CIA genius operative Carrie Mathison garnered rave reviews and award nominations, was feted through the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Danes and her husband, Hugh Dancy were served a vegetarian lunch of champagne and butter lettuce with ruby red grapefruit and avocado.

The series ended its first season on a shocker as her character was arrested, and was administered electroshock therapy, as her costar Mandy Patinkin - who plays Saul - put together her cryptic code, understanding finally what she is trying to tell authorities about returning hero/suspect Brody, played by Damian Lewis.

“I don’t know anything. I really don’t,” Danes told the Boston Herald. “But it may not be a direct time cut. Time will have elapsed, and some episodes will have been shot overseas. Maybe you see Carrie in Iraq again. I hope she’s in better shape than we last found her. I want her to wash her hair and put on some lipstick and come back swinging. She suffered some hard knocks.”