ACTING
About Me
Daniella is a theatre, television, and film actress from Durham, NC who recently earned her BFA in acting from Howard University. She has been in over twenty-five plays, over five short films, and is currently working on FLEX at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Height: 5”7
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eyes Color: Dark Brown
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Film/Television
Stage
Tough Cookie | Lead | Born on Friday Films
FLEX | Sidney | Actors Theatre of Louisville | Kendra Ware
A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth | Howard University | Eric Ruffin
Sobriety | Lead | East Market Films
Deacon's Awakening | Ruth | Al Freeman Jr. ETS
The Cobbler's Wife | Supporting | 301 Motion Pictures
Aftermath | Mrs. Hawkins | Al Freeman Jr. ETS
Rose Room | Supporting | Phillip Page
The Colored Museum | Lala | Wooly Mammoth; Howard U | Amiah McGinty
Plan C | Lead | Naa Adei (NYU Grad)
Iphigenia in Aulis | Electra | BADA | Paul O'Mahony
Jahleel & Star | Lead | Tiny Bee Productions |
3 Minutes | Lead | Skylar Anthony
Children of Killers | Guhahamuka/Swing | Al Freeman Jr. ETS | Kiara Martinez
Resurface | Supporting | Howard University
Broadview | Ensemble | Studio Theatre
The Color Purple | Squeak | Gattis-Tabb Theatre | Wendell Tabb
White House Plumbers | Specialty Driver | HBO
Webseries
Animal Farm | Clover | Elberson Fine Arts Center | Evan Mitchell
Martin Said So | Rachel | Gattis-Tabb Theatre | Wendell Tabb
Euclid Street | Bree | Betine Productions
High School Musical | Gabriella | Gattis-Tabb Theatre | Wendell Tabb
Fame the Musical | Serena | Gattis-Tabb Theatre | Wendell Tabb
Education & Training
HOWARD UNIVERSITY: BFA in Theatre Arts, Concentration In Acting (May 2023)
Acting: Eric Ruffin, Kim Bey, Phylicia Rashad, Lalanya Abner, Chantal Jean-Pierre, Nikkole Salter, Katie DuBuys, Gregory Berger, Lauren E. Banks | Singing: Tiffany Agerston | Movement (Viewpoints/Suzuki): Dawn Naser | Dance: Johnathan Watkins, Valencia Lipscomb | Voice/Diction: Danielle Drakes | Voiceover: Eva Wilhelm | Shakespeare: Craig Wallace
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BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY: (Inaugural Greek Theatre Cohort) - Summer 2022
Acting: Paul O’Mahony | Movement: Joyce Henderson | Classic: Leo Wringer
Special Skills
Singing (Voice: Alto), Dialect (Southern), Whistling, Juggling Beginning Guitar, Intermediate Violin, Manual Driving, Bicycling, Basketball, Swimming, Beginning Dutch, Beginning Chinese, Beginning Brazilian Portuguese