Line #91 Creator/DanielleHarris


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3	->''"It was my first movie, so I was more excited about that - just being an actress, never mind being in a horror movie. At that time, I wasn't even a horror movie fan. I did ''Halloween 4'' and ''Halloween 5'' back to back, and I decided that horror movies were all I wanted to do for the rest of my life. It was going to be my thing."''
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5	Danielle Andrea Harris (born June 1, 1977 in Plainview, New York) is an American actress.
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7	Born in Daytona Beach and raised in New York, her first starring role, and the one she is still most famous for today, is Jamie Lloyd, the niece of Michael Myers, in ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers''. She reprised the role in ''Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers'', but not ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'', which killed the character off.
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9	Along with ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', she has appeared in a number of other horror films, such as ''Film/UrbanLegend'', ''Film/BloodNightTheLegendOfMaryHatchet'' and ''Film/HatchetII'', cementing her as a Scream Queen. She has also done television, both live-action (''Series/{{Roseanne}}'', ''That's Life'') and voice work (''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'', ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'') for animation.
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11	As for the world wide web, she was the host of Fearnet's ''Route 666: America's Scariest Home Haunts'', and along with fellow modern day horror legends Creator/KaneHodder and Creator/RobertEnglund, she was also featured in the webseries ''Fear Clinic'', as Susan. She has a strong cult following that continues to this day.
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13	Her directorial debut, a horror-comedy titled ''Among Friends'', premiered in 2013. She also now co-hosts the podcast ''Talk Scary To Me'' with Scout Taylor Compton.
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15	!! Roles
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17	[[folder: Films]]
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19	* [[Characters/HalloweenJamieLloyd Jamie Lloyd]] in ''[[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers Halloween 4]]'' and ''[[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers Halloween 5]]''
20	* Tracey Hatcher in ''Film/MarkedForDeath''
21	* Dana Hemmings in ''Don't Touch My Daughter''
22	* Young Isobel in ''The Killing Mind''
23	* [[{{Tomboy}} Melissa Crandell]] in ''Film/DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead''
24	* [[LittleMissBadass Darian Hallenbeck]] in ''Film/TheLastBoyScout''
25	* Priscilla in ''The Woman Who Loved Elvis''
26	* Gwenie in ''Film/FreeWilly''
27	* Jessica Pentland in ''Film/{{Roseanne}}: An Unauthorized Biography''
28	* Susan in ''Shattered Image''
29	* [[FreakyFridayFlip Hayley Wheaton]] in ''Wish Upon A Star''
30	* Chelsea in ''Back to Back''
31	* Ashley Crighton in ''Film/{{Daylight}}''
32	* Lulu in ''Dizzyland''
33	* [[{{Goth}} Tosh]] [[ReallyGetsAround Guaneri]] in ''Film/UrbanLegend''
34	* Young [[Creator/JenniferTilly Charlene Silver]] in ''Goosed''
35	* Justine Sinclair in ''Hard Time: Hostage Hotel''
36	* Suzi in ''Poor White Trash''
37	* [[TheBrainlessBeauty Barbie]] in ''Killer Bud''
38	* Leila in ''The Partners''
39	* Liz Bronner in ''Debating Robert Lee''
40	* Emily in ''Em & Me''
41	* Carla in ''Race You to the Bottom''
42	* Annie Brackett in ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}'' (2007) and ''Film/HalloweenII2009'' (2009)
43	* Nancy in ''Left for Dead''
44	* [[AnIcePerson Felicia Freeze]] in ''Film/SuperCapers''
45	* [[CuteAndPsycho Alissa Giordano]] in ''Film/BloodNightTheLegendOfMaryHatchet''
46	* Kathy in ''The Black Waters of Echo's Pond''
47	* [[IntrepidReporter Maria Sanchez]] in ''Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer''
48	* Halfpipe in ''Godkiller''
49	* [[YouKilledMyFather Marybeth]] in ''Film/HatchetII''
50	* [[PregnantBadass Belle]] in ''Film/StakeLand''
51	* [[OutWithABang Mary]] in ''The Victim''
52	* [[PerkyFemaleMinion Spann]] in ''[=ChromeSkull=]: Film/LaidToRest 2''
53	* Angel in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood''
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56	[[folder: Television]]
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58	* Samantha Garretson in ''Series/{{One Life to Live}}''
59	* Tara in ''Spenser: For Hire''
60	* Melanie Monroe in ''Series/EerieIndiana''
61	* Susie Maxwell in ''Series/GrowingPains''
62	* [[TheRival Molly Tilden]] in ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' and ''Series/TheConners''
63	* Jennifer in ''Jack's Place''
64	* Sheri Fisher in ''The Commish''
65	* Theresa Keiner in ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld''
66	* Laura Quentin in ''Series/{{ER}}''
67	* Willow Mortner in ''Brooklyn South''
68	* Noelle Andrew in ''Series/DiagnosisMurder''
69	* [[DarkMagicalGirl Aviva]] in ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}''
70	* [[BrattyTeenageDaughter Debbie Thornberry]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''
71	* Plum Wilkinson in ''That's Life''
72	* Kiki in ''Series/TheWestWing''
73	* [[TheGamblingAddict Young Gina Carroll]] in ''Series/ColdCase''
74	* [[GranolaGirl Sierra]] in ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride''
75	* [[SexySecretary Tonya]] in ''Series/{{Psych}}''
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78	!!Tropes frequently used for this actress' roles:
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80	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Seems to get this role a lot.
81	* ChronicallyKilledActor: As is the norm for actresses who primarily work in horror.
82	* CreatorBacklash:[[invoked]] She regrets starring in ''Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography'', as she auditioned for it not knowing it was unauthorised and didn't see a full script until after she'd signed a contract. She knew it would be terrible but was afraid of repercussions if she dropped out, and [[MoneyDearBoy her family needed the money]]. She issued a public apology to Roseanne Barr years later for starring in it.
83	* DawsonCasting:[[invoked]] She continued to play teenagers into her thirties, and comments that even in her forties, it's rare for her to play her actual age.
84	* EnforcedMethodActing:[[invoked]] She specifically stayed topless in between takes when playing Annie's attack scene in ''Halloween'' because she wanted to better portray the character's vulnerability.
85	* HostilityOnTheSet:[[invoked]]
86	** Things were tense between her and Sara Gilbert on ''Roseanne'' because Danielle talked about having a crush on Johnny Galecki, and Sara had begun dating him (this being before she'd realised her sexuality). She says they were still tense when they returned for the revival.
87	** Her experience on ''Charmed'' was miserable, where she describes the three lead actresses constantly fighting, and says Alyssa Milano would try to tell her what to do. She says Shannen Doherty was particularly mean to her, and that only increased once a crew member Shannen had previously dated started talking to her specifically to get back at her. Afterwards, she heard rumours that Aviva might be brought back for more episodes, and feeling worried about the idea of going back to that set, although she heard things improved after Shannen Doherty's departure. She later appeared as a guest on the ''House of Halliwell'' podcast on good terms with Holly Marie Combs however.
88	* MsFanservice: She fits this trope in many of her recent roles. Not to mention the fact that she did the ALS ice bucket challenge topless.
89	* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to her short stature, she could convincingly play teens even in her early thirties and still looks considerably younger than her age even now.
90	* TheOtherDarrin:
91	** Was replaced by J.C. Brandy as Jamie in ''Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers''. She was originally supposed to reprise the role, and even got herself legally emancipated so she could work on it. But then they offered her a scaled fee of just $1000, less than what she'd spent to get herself emancipated, and the casting department refused to negotiate the salary, despite her having played the protagonist of the previous two movies in the franchise.
92	** She herself replaced Creator/TamaraFeldman as Marybeth in ''Hatchet II''.
93	* PlayingAgainstType: Though often typecast as the FinalGirl or victim, she has expressed desire to play as the killer, a role that was teased for in ''Halloween 4'' but was never panned out. In these examples, she got it:
94	** She turns out to be the psychotic killer in ''Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet''.
95	** She also plays a more passive but no less villainous role in ''[=ChromeSkull=]: Laid to Rest 2'' as well.
96	** And she played a member of the Manson family in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood''.
97	* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle:[[invoked]] She was cast as Aviva on the ''Charmed'' episode "The Fourth Sister" and told to dye her hair red because she looked too much like the three lead actresses. As she was filming a movie literally at the same time, she couldn't change her hair for continuity reasons, and so the slicked back style was a compromise.
98	* RoleEndingMisdemeanor:[[invoked]] She was originally supposed to have seventeen episodes on ''Roseanne'', but it was reduced to seven as punishment for an incident where she and Johnny Galecki got drunk and she was photographed throwing up. She recalls Roseanne Barr outright telling her she was being "taught a lesson".
99	* TypeCasting: Horror film FinalGirl or victim, or a BrattyTeenageDaughter.
100	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
101	** The end of ''Halloween 4'' set her up as the franchise's new villain, but nothing ever came of it. Many wish it had, since a female child villan can be just as chilling as an adult man like Michael Myers (as [[Film/{{Orphan}} Esther]] shows)
102	** Jennifer Love Hewitt was cast in ''Film/DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead'', but the producers of ''Series/KidsIncorporated'' wouldn't let her out of her contract, so Danielle was given the part.
103	** She also lobbied hard for a role in ''Film/Halloween2018'', but to no avail.

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