Biography
Daniele Denise Lawson (Dani) is an American actress born December 31, 2004 to Daniel R. Lawson Jr. and Michele Lawson. The youngest of 6 siblings. Daniele was born in Inglewood, CA and grew up in Culver City, CA. She knew early on that she wanted a career in the arts. Daniele started dancing at the early age of 2. Dancing with many dance companies such as Fantasia Dance Ensemble, Victory Praise Dancers and Faithful Dance Company. At 6 years old Daniele danced in the Just Dance Kids 2 video game. Daniele booked her first national commercial at 4 years old (Toyota). She signed with Youth Talent Connection (Agent) at 5 years old, where she went on to book many more national commercials such as AT&T, Well Fargo Bank, Ford, Honda, Toyota, Comcast Xfinity, Sprite and more.
Daniele has had extensive training throughout her career. She has studied voice for years with Lydia "Mama" Mouton. She participated in the Impact Performing Arts Conservatory from age 6 to 13, where she took dance (ballet, jazz, modern, praise and tap) also acting classes, vocal lessons and media. Daniele loves theater and during her years at Impact she played many roles, Dorothia (Dorothy from the Wiz), Miss Hannigan from Andy (Annie), Zazu (Lion King) and Iago from Aladdin. All under the directorship of Dino Shorte.
Daniele has studied acting under Lisa Picotte, Sonya Leslie and The Groundlings to name a few. She booked her first pilot at 6 years old, in the CBS production Herd Mentality with Damon Wayans. At the age of 9 she co-starred on CSI: Cyber, CBS Television with Anise Fuller, Shad Moss, James Van Der Beek and Patricia Arquette. This role sparked the attention of her managers at Entertainment Lab and she signed with them. Daniele also co-starred in Nickelodeon's Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn, and Game Shakers. Most recently she co-starred on Young Sheldon CBS Television, Mixed-ish ABC Television and landed a recurring role as Jahzara on Good Trouble on Freeform. Daniele is currently working on her first feature film to be released in 2021.
When Daniele is not acting she loves creating fashion and make-up looks. She also enjoys cooking, going to see plays and spending time with family and friends. Daniele wants to study and work hard to achieve a MFA degree and become bi-lingual in Spanish all while doing what she loves to do ACTING! Daniele's hearts desire is to help as many people as she can and to give back to those in need.
