44 Facts About Danielle Harris

Danielle Harris was born on 1976 or 1977 and is an American actress.

Danielle Harris is known as a "scream queen" for her roles in multiple horror films, including four entries in the Halloween franchise: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Jamie Lloyd, and Halloween and Halloween II as Annie Brackett.

Danielle Harris is known for her voice work, which includes playing Debbie Thornberry for the full run of the Nickelodeon series The Wild Thornberrys and in the related films The Wild Thornberrys Movie and Rugrats Go Wild.

In 2013, Danielle Harris made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Among Friends, after previously directing Madison in 2008 and a Stake Land companion short film in 2010.

Danielle Harris was born in Plainview, New York and was raised by her mother Fran, along with her sister Ashley.

Danielle Harris's mother was eventually transferred back to New York for work and Harris began work as a model.

In 1985, at age seven, Danielle Harris was cast in the role of Samantha "Sammi" Garretson in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and stayed on the program for three years.

Danielle Harris's character was considered a "miracle child", extracted as an embryo from the womb of her deceased mother and implanted in a family friend, whom her father later married.

In 1987, Danielle Harris made a guest appearance in the series Spenser: For Hire.

Danielle Harris returned the following year for the sequel, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, which did not perform as well as its predecessor at the box office.

Danielle Harris portrayed Jamie Lloyd , this time her character being traumatized and mute for the first half of the film.

Later that year, Danielle Harris made an appearance in the sketch-oriented show In Living Color.

Danielle Harris had the role of Darian Hallenbeck in the 1991 action film The Last Boy Scout, alongside Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans.

Between 1992 and 1993, Danielle Harris had the recurring role of Molly Tilden on the sitcom Roseanne, then joined Roseanne Barr again in 1993 for the television film The Woman Who Loved Elvis, this time as Elvis Presley's daughter Priscilla.

Danielle Harris appeared in an episode of Jack's Place the same year, portraying a teenage runaway.

Also in 1993, Danielle Harris portrayed Gwenie in the film Free Willy, which had a US gross of $7,868,829 in its opening weekend, and went on to make $77,698,625 in the US and $153,698,625 worldwide.

In 1995, Danielle Harris learned that the producers of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers were looking for an actress over the age of 18 to play the role of Jamie Lloyd.

Only 17 at the time, Danielle Harris got emancipated in order to participate, but was dissatisfied with the fate of the character in the script and the low salary offered.

Danielle Harris abstained from reprising her role and was replaced by J C Brandy, although she can still be seen in The Producer's Cut of the film, which replays Halloween 5s ending.

Danielle Harris has since admitted to being glad she did not rejoin the series at this point, believing that this allowed her to make her later return in the 2007 remake of the original Halloween.

In 1996, Danielle Harris shared dual roles with Katherine Heigl for the television film Wish Upon a Star: Danielle Harris played Hayley Wheaton, a nerdy girl who switches bodies with her older, more popular sister Alexia.

Also in 1996, Danielle Harris starred in the films Shattered Image and Back to Back, and, the same year, had the role of young survivor Ashley Crighton in Daylight, the disaster film toplined by Sylvester Stallone.

In 1997, Danielle Harris appeared in two episodes of the medical drama ER as Laura Quentin.

Danielle Harris then appeared in the popular slasher Urban Legend, her first horror film since her early Halloween credits.

Danielle Harris portrayed Tosh, a goth girl who is murdered while her roommate Natalie is resting on the other side of the room.

Danielle Harris would continue to make film and television appearances while doing The Wild Thornberrys: she portrayed a teenage witch named Aviva in a 1998 episode of Charmed, starred in the 1999 film Goosed as protagonist Charlene in her younger years, and appeared as Justine in the television film Hard Time: Hostage Hotel.

Danielle Harris had a supporting role in the crime and comedy film Poor White Trash in 2000 and went on to star in the 2001 comedy Killer Bud.

Between 2000 and 2002, Danielle Harris was a cast member of the series That's Life.

In January 2007, it was announced that Danielle Harris was cast as Annie Brackett in the remake of horror landmark Halloween.

Danielle Harris has revealed that Zombie wanted no one from previous Halloweens in the film, but, once she auditioned, he changed his mind.

Danielle Harris admits that she refused the offers to cover her body while the cameras were not rolling, to better portray a vulnerable Annie against the monster.

Danielle Harris then began to appear in more horror productions and fantastic films.

Also in 2009, Danielle Harris reprised her role of Annie Brackett in the sequel Halloween II.

Danielle Harris continued to develop her "scream queen" identity with growing genre credits.

Danielle Harris starred alongside Lance Henriksen, Bill Moseley, AFI's Davey Havok and Nicki Clyne in the illustrated film series Godkiller.

Danielle Harris made her directorial debut with the horror comedy Among Friends, in which she has an appearance.

Since the 2010s, Danielle Harris has had guest appearances in the television shows Psych, Bones, as herself in Holliston and Naked Vegas, and returned to voice Debbie Thornberry for a saucy Robot Chicken parody of The Wild Thornberrys, among others.

Danielle Harris has been referred to as "horror's reigning scream queen" by the New York Daily News and various other outlets, and was called "the Natalie Portman of Horror" by director Sylvia Soska.

Danielle Harris has provided the cover feature for such publications as Girls and Corpses, Gorezone magazine, Invasion magazine and Scream Sirens as well as a subject for the photo-book The Bloody Best Project, a collection of artistic pictures showcasing the celebrities of the horror film industry.

Danielle Harris was featured in Five Finger Death Punch's first music video, "The Bleeding", in 2007.

In 2011, Danielle Harris won the Best Actress Award at the Shockfest Film Festival for her starring role in the short Nice Guys Finish Last.

Danielle Harris was stalked in 1995 by an obsessed fan, Christopher Small, who wrote letters threatening to kill her.

On January 29,2007, Danielle Harris appeared on an episode of the Dr Phil show, sharing her experience with other equally affected people.

In October 2009, Danielle Harris was granted a restraining order against Small, who began sending her messages on Twitter.