Danielle Larracuente

Emerging Actress Danielle Larracuente was born on February 25th, 1992 in Cortlandt Manor, New York. She is the daughter of Carmen D. Sabater and Israel Larracuente Jr. Both her parents are of Puerto Rican descent and retired NYPD officers. Danielle is a sister to three brothers. One of her idols growing up in the New York area was Jennifer Lopez and Rosie Perez. At a very young age, Danielle started in print work and secured her first major commercial at only four years of age. For the next few years, Danielle continued as a child actress doing more commercials, advertisements, and plays. An important milestone in Danielle's young career at the age of nine years old was securing the starring role of Young Nala in Lion King on Broadway (2001), After her run, she was cast in a role for a skit on Saturday Night Live with Jimmy Fallon (2002) & hosted a season of commercial breaks for the Women's National Basketball Association (2003). At fifteen years old she along with her mother moved to Los Angeles, California to further pursue her goals and aspirations as an actress focusing deeply on the Meisner technique with her coach. As she continued on with more roles she moved into television Guest Starring in an episode of "ER ": Season 13, Episode 11 titled City of Mercy (2006). Her next role was in "Without a Trace": Season 7, Episode 23 titled True (2009). Throughout the next few years, Danielle continued honing her craft at the Ruskin Acting School, Lesly Kahn School of Acting, and several other studies developing her acting techniques further. Later Danielle took a monumental hiatus to be a mother to her young son Benson, complete her Cosmetology License and also B.S in Psychology. After a few years of focusing on her schooling and a profession in Psychology/Cosmetology, she decided to return to her first passion. The next focus was enrolling in the Stuart Rogers Acting Studio in 2019. From that point, she excelled and continues to study under the tutelage of Stuart Rogers. Her next role will be in the Starz television hit Vida Season 3 in a recurring role (2020). The greatest driving factor for Danielle's aspirations for the future and beyond is to continue to bring a rising presence in TV & Film for the Latino community. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Israel Larracuente III