Danielle Harris

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Danielle Harris
Danielle Harris by Casey Florig (2014).jpg
Harris in 2014
Born1976or1977(age 47–48)
Plainview, New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • film director
Years active1985–present
Spouse
David Gross
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(m. 2014)​
Children2
Website danielleharris.com

Danielle Harris (born 1976 or 1977) is an American actress. She is known as a "scream queen" for her roles in multiple horror films, [1] including four entries in the Halloween franchise: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) as Jamie Lloyd, and Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009) as Annie Brackett. Other such roles include Tosh in Urban Legend (1998), Belle in Stake Land (2010), and Marybeth Dunston in the Hatchet series (2010–17). In 2012, she was inducted into the Fangoria Hall of Fame.

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Harris began her career as a child actress, with various appearances on television and prominent roles in films such as Marked for Death (1990), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Free Willy (1993) and Daylight (1996). She is also known for her voice work, which includes playing Debbie Thornberry for the full run of the Nickelodeon series The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004) and in the related films The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) and Rugrats Go Wild (2003).

In 2013, Harris made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Among Friends, [2] after previously directing Madison (a segment in the unfinished anthology film Prank) in 2008 and a Stake Land companion short film in 2010. [3]

Early life

Harris was born in Plainview, New York [ citation needed ] and was raised by her mother Fran, along with her sister Ashley.[ citation needed ] Harris is Jewish. [4] While living in Florida during elementary school, Harris won a beauty contest, winning a trip to New York City for ten days. [5] While there, she was offered various modeling jobs, but turned them down because they were all far from her home. [6] Her mother was eventually transferred back to New York for work and Harris began work as a model. [7] She also began appearing in television commercials. [8]

Career

1985–1989: Early roles and Halloween

In 1985, at age seven, Harris was cast in the role of Samantha "Sammi" Garretson in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live [9] [10] and stayed on the program for three years. Her character was considered a "miracle child", [11] extracted as an embryo from the womb of her deceased mother and implanted in a family friend, whom her father later married. [12] In 1987, Harris made a guest appearance in the series Spenser: For Hire . [13]

Following her early television work, Harris successfully auditioned for the role of Jamie Lloyd in the fourth edition of the Halloween franchise, beating out several other young actresses, Melissa Joan Hart among them. [14] [15] Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers was released in October 1988, grossing over $17 million on a $5 million budget. [16] On doing this type of film at such a young age, Harris said:

It was fun for me. I knew we were making a movie and I knew that it was make believe. I was more worried about being a good, little actress and being able to cry and scream really good. I think everybody made such an amazing effort to make sure that I knew that it wasn't real. In between takes we would joke around and it was just fun. It didn't really bother me until I got to be older. [17]

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. [18] Harris portrayed Jamie Lloyd once again, this time her character being traumatized and mute for the first half of the film. [19] Critics cited Harris' performance as one of the strongest aspects of the film. [20] [21] [22]

1990s: Film, television and voice work

In 1990, Harris appeared in Marked for Death as protagonist John Hatcher (Steven Seagal)'s niece Tracey. The action film had a $12 million budget [23] and earned $43 million domestically and $57 million worldwide. [24] [25] [26] 1991 saw Harris partake in several film and television projects, including the made-for-television films Don't Touch My Daughter, as a young girl who is kidnapped and molested, and The Killing Mind , in which she portrayed main character Isobel as a child. Later that year, Harris made an appearance in the sketch-oriented show In Living Color .[ citation needed ]

Harris' next film role was in the 1991 comedy Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead , as Melissa Crandell, with the story revolving around five siblings whose mother goes to Australia for two months, only to have her children's babysitter die. The young protagonists choose not to tell their mother and attempt to live on their own. The same year, Harris had a guest role in the series Eerie, Indiana , portraying a character who receives a heart transplant then begins to act like the heart's original owner, and also guest starred in an episode of Growing Pains , as Susie Maxwell. Harris had the role of Darian Hallenbeck in the 1991 action film The Last Boy Scout , alongside Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans. The film grossed $7,923,669 in its opening weekend, and the total gross was $59,509,925. [27] [28] Reviews were mixed, and some critics cited the Christmastime release for such a violent film as a reason for its underwhelming box office. [29] [30] [31]

1992 saw Harris participate in the pilot for the potential CBS series 1775 , although it was not picked up. Between 1992 and 1993, Harris had the recurring role of Molly Tilden on the sitcom Roseanne (which she would reprise in a 2021 episode of Roseanne sequel series The Conners ), then joined Roseanne Barr again in 1993 for the television film The Woman Who Loved Elvis , this time as Elvis Presley's daughter Priscilla. She appeared in an episode of Jack's Place the same year, portraying a teenage runaway. [32] Also in 1993, Harris portrayed Gwenie in the film Free Willy , which had a US gross of $7,868,829 in its opening weekend, [33] and went on to make $77,698,625 in the US and $153,698,625 worldwide. [33] In 1994, she appeared on the drama series The Commish , playing the role of Sheri Fisher for one episode. The same year, Harris portrayed the main character's daughter Jessica in the television film Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography, based upon her former co-star Roseanne Barr. She then guest starred in the sitcom Boy Meets World , as Theresa "T.K." Keiner.[ citation needed ]

In 1995, 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, Harris got emancipated in order to participate, but was dissatisfied with the fate of the character in the script and the low salary offered. [34] She 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 5 's ending. 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. [35]

In 1996, Harris shared dual roles with Katherine Heigl for the television film Wish Upon a Star : Harris played Hayley Wheaton, a nerdy girl who switches bodies with her older, more popular sister Alexia (Heigl). Also in 1996, 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. While Daylight has a 26% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes [36] and grossed $33 million in the United States, it took in over $126 million overseas, resulting in gross earnings of $159,212,469 worldwide. [37] In 1997, Harris appeared in two episodes of the medical drama ER as Laura Quentin. In 1998, Harris had the lead role of Lulu in the film Dizzyland, where she portrayed a sexually abused teenager, and also appeared in an episode of Diagnosis: Murder . She then appeared in the popular slasher Urban Legend , her first horror film since her early Halloween credits. She portrayed Tosh, a goth girl who is murdered while her roommate Natalie (Alicia Witt) is resting on the other side of the room.[ citation needed ]

Beginning in 1998, Harris was among the main cast of Nickelodeon's animated children's series The Wild Thornberrys , chosen to voice Debbie Thornberry, the sister of a girl who can talk to animals. The protagonist, Eliza, travels the world with her family and uses her special ability to help the animals. [38] [39] The series lasted for five seasons, [40] with a total of 91 episodes. [41] [42] [43] [44] It spawned several animated films early in the next decade, with its series finale airing in 2004. 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.[ citation needed ]

2000s: Continued work and return to Halloween

Harris signing autographs at the 2008 Adventure Con Danielle Harris.jpg
Harris signing autographs at the 2008 Adventure Con

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, Harris was a cast member of the series That's Life . Her character, Plum Wilkinson, featured in all but eight episodes and was involved in a romantic relationship with Kevin Dillon. Her animated series The Wild Thornberrys had spin-off movies in the early 2000s: the television film The Origin of Donnie from 2001 was followed by the 2002 theatrical release of The Wild Thornberrys Movie , which grossed $40,108,697 in the US, [45] and a further film, Rugrats Go Wild , dealt with the Thornberrys meeting the characters from the popular series Rugrats . Released in 2003, it opened at #4 at the box office and grossed $39 million in the US, about the same as the Thornberrys Movie. [46] [47] Harris also appeared in an episode of The West Wing , had a supporting role as Leila in the 2003 television film The Partners and was in the theatrically released films Debating Robert Lee and Em & Me (both 2004). From 2004 to 2005, she was a main cast member of the animated sitcom Father of the Pride , appearing in all 14 episodes.[ citation needed ]

In January 2007, it was announced that Harris was cast as Annie Brackett in the remake of horror landmark Halloween . [48] [49] This marked Harris' first participation in the Halloween franchise since The Revenge of Michael Myers eighteen years prior. [50] The remake, also called Halloween and directed by Rob Zombie, had Scout Taylor-Compton and Malcolm McDowell in main roles. Harris has revealed that Zombie wanted no one from previous Halloweens in the film, but, once she auditioned, he changed his mind. [51] The film, which cost $15 million to make, opened at #1 at the box office and went on to gross $80,253,908 worldwide, [52] becoming the highest-grossing Halloween in unadjusted U.S. dollars, which it remained for more than a decade. Unlike in the original version, Annie Brackett survives, after Michael Myers (Tyler Mane) tries his hand at torture instead of killing her quickly. Annie encounters her attacker with her chest exposed, having undressed for the most part, which marked Harris' first onscreen nudity. 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. [53] On facing Michael Myers once again and at the same time doing her first nude scene, she also commented:

I had a harder time emotionally with Rob Zombie's Halloween and H2 than I did when I was a kid. When I was a kid, it was totally fun and I didn't understand when I did Rob's Halloween, why it was so hard for me to shake it off. I'm like, "I'm an actress! Why am I getting a feeling like I want to cry? This is weird! I did enough crying when I was there [on set]. I don't know why I'm still feeling this way". I think it was because it was the first time I was ever physically touched by him. As a little girl, as Jamie, he never got me, ever. Now as an adult, I don't have my clothes on, doing scenes I've never done before as an actor, and I'm actually being attacked. Even though I should know the guy by now, it's still a weird thing that happens with your psyche I think. [54]

Harris then began to appear in more horror productions and fantastic films. That same year, she starred in the also Halloween-themed Left for Dead . For Fearnet, she hosted Route 666: America's Scariest Home Haunts . 2009 saw her in a leading role in Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet , as Felicia Freeze in the comedic superhero adventure film Super Capers and alongside Robert Patrick in The Black Waters of Echo's Pond . [55] Fear Clinic , a Fearnet original web series featuring Harris as well as veterans Robert Englund and Kane Hodder, made its debut the week of Halloween 2009. [56] Also in 2009, Harris reprised her role of Annie Brackett in the sequel Halloween II . Halloween II was officially released on August 28, 2009, in North America, and was met with negative reception from most critics. On October 30, 2009, it was re-released in North America to coincide with the Halloween holiday weekend. The original opening of the film grossed less than that of the 2007 remake, with approximately $7 million. The film would go on to earn $33,392,973 in North America and $5,925,616 in foreign countries, giving Halloween II a worldwide total of $39,318,589.[ citation needed ]

2010–present: Numerous horror films and directorial debut

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Harris in 2010

My career has not been easy for me. I feel like after everything I've done, I've kind of had to start over. I remember a couple of months ago... I found a Teen People magazine with me on the cover of "The New It Girls", and it was me, Jessica Biel, Scarlett Johansson and Kirsten Dunst. I was in that company at one point in my career – I had just done Daylight with Sylvester Stallone [in 1996]. And then somewhere along the line, I don't know what happened. It was not for a lack of trying – they got that one movie after that that really pushed them, and I feel like I'm always looking for that movie. I've just managed to barely hang in there by the skin of my teeth, but I think that's why I'm still working is because I've hung in there. With Rob Zombie bringing me back for Halloween , it's ironic that the same movie that started my career reinvented it again.

-–Harris on becoming a "scream queen" [57]

Harris continued to develop her "scream queen" identity with growing genre credits. She starred alongside Lance Henriksen, Bill Moseley, AFI's Davey Havok and Nicki Clyne in the illustrated film series Godkiller . Beginning with 2010's Hatchet II , Harris has taken over the leading role of Marybeth in the Hatchet series, after Tamara Feldman declined to reprise her character. [58] [59] [60] Further genre credits include Jim Mickle's second feature film, [61] the vampire/post-apocalyptic epic Stake Land , [62] Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer , ChromeSkull , Havenhurst and Michael Biehn's The Victim , with lead roles in Shiver , See No Evil 2 , Inoperable, Camp Cold Brook and others. She equally provided the voice and basis for an animated Barbara in Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn , director Zebediah de Soto's prequel/re-telling of George A. Romero's 1968 original. [63] Work in other types of films includes dramas like The Trouble with the Truth and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood . Harris made her directorial debut with the horror comedy Among Friends, in which she also has an appearance. [64] The film, which was picked up for distribution by Lionsgate, was released on August 27, 2013. [65] [66]

Since the 2010s, Harris has had guest appearances in the television shows Psych (as a murder suspect), Bones (as a murder victim), as herself in Holliston and Naked Vegas , and also returned to voice Debbie Thornberry for a saucy Robot Chicken parody of The Wild Thornberrys ,[ citation needed ] among others.

On April 3, 2022, Harris appeared as a guest for the 2022 Dead Meat Horror Awards along with other horror film stars such as Tony Todd, Bonnie Aarons, Ray Chase and Heather Langenkamp [ citation needed ]. In 2021, she started a podcast with longtime friend and Halloween co-star Scout Taylor-Compton called Talk Scary to Me, which can be heard on any podcast platform, with new episodes airing each Tuesday.

Public image

Harris has been referred to as "horror's reigning scream queen" by the New York Daily News and various other outlets, [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] and was called "the Natalie Portman of Horror" by director Sylvia Soska. [72] She has provided the cover feature for such publications as Girls and Corpses , Gorezone magazine, Invasion magazine and Scream Sirens [73] [74] [75] [76] 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. [77] Harris was also featured in Five Finger Death Punch's first music video, "The Bleeding", in 2007. [78] In 2011, Harris won the Best Actress Award at the Shockfest Film Festival for her starring role in the short Nice Guys Finish Last. [79] The 2012 Burbank International Film Festival gave Harris its Best Actress Award for her portrayal of literary heroine Wendy Alden in Shiver . [80]

Personal life

In 2013, Harris became engaged to David Gross. [81] [82] The couple married in a private ceremony in Holualoa, Hawaii, on January 4, 2014, [83] [84] and had a son in 2017. [85] Their second son was born in late 2018. [86] [87]

Stalking incident

Harris was stalked in 1995 by an obsessed fan, Christopher Small, who wrote letters threatening to kill her. Small was later arrested after taking a teddy bear and a shotgun to her home. On January 29, 2007, Harris appeared on an episode of the Dr. Phil show, sharing her experience with other equally affected people. [88] The stalker was obsessed with her character of Molly Tilden from the television series Roseanne . In October 2009, Harris was granted a restraining order against Small, who began sending her messages on Twitter. [89]

Filmography

Film

Film appearances by Danielle Harris
YearTitleRoleNotesRefs.
1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Jamie Lloyd
1989 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1990 Marked for Death Tracey
1991 City Slickers Classroom studentCameo appearance
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Melissa Crandell
The Last Boy Scout Darian Hallenbeck
1993 Free Willy Gwenie
1995 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Young Jamie LloydArchive footage from Halloween 5 – Producer's Cut only
1996 Back to Back Chelsea Malone
Daylight Ashley Crighton
Shattered ImageSusan
1998 Urban Legend Tosh Guaneri
DizzylandLuluShort film
1999GoosedYoung Charlene Silver
2000 Poor White Trash Suzi
2001 Killer Bud Barbie
2002 The Wild Thornberrys Movie Debbie Thornberry Voice role
2003 Rugrats Go Wild
2004Debating Robert LeeLiz Bronner
Em & MeEmily Davenport
2005Race You to the BottomCarla
2007 Halloween Annie Brackett
Left for Dead Nancy
2008 Super Capers Felicia Freeze
Burying the Ex OliviaShort film
MadisonSarahShort film; also director[ citation needed ]
2009 Halloween II Annie Brackett
Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet Alissa Giordano
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond Kathy
2010 Godkiller HalfpipeVoice role
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer Maria Sanchez
Hatchet II Marybeth Dunston
Stake Land Belle
The Day I Told My Boyfriend Stake Land companion short film
Willie NoneStake Land companion short film; director[ citation needed ]
2011 The Victim Mary
ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 Spann
Nice Guys Finish LastKoriShort film
2012 Shiver Wendy Alden
The Trouble with the Truth Jenny
Among FriendsJamie LloydUncredited cameo appearance; also director[ citation needed ]
Fatal CallAmy Hannison
Fade Into YouWomanShort film
2013Hallows' EveNicole Bates
Hatchet III Marybeth Dunston
2014 Camp Dread Donlyn Eldridge
Ghost of Goodnight LaneChloe
The Town That Dreaded Sundown Townsperson #2Cameo appearance
See No Evil 2 Amy
2015 Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn BarbaraVoice role
2016 Havenhurst Danielle Hampton
PostpartumReganShort film
2017InoperableAmy Barrett
Victor Crowley Marybeth DunstonCameo appearance
2018 Camp Cold Brook Angela
RequiemNaomi
2019Between the DarknessRanger Stella Woodhouse
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood "Angel"
2020 Redwood Massacre: Annihilation Laura Dempsey
Stay HomeHerselfShort film [90]
2021The Host AppSasha
2023 Dark Obsession CharlotteAlso producer [91]
Natty KnocksDiane Henderson
2024RoadkillAllison
Project DorothyDorothyVoice role
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Production ExecutiveCameo appearance [92]
Stream Elaine Keenan
2025Dr. GiftKatPost-production

Television

Television appearances by Danielle Harris
YearTitleRoleNotes
1985–1987 One Life to Live Samantha "Sammi" Garretson
1987 Spenser: For Hire TaraEpisode: "Thanksgiving"
1991Don't Touch My DaughterDana HemmingsTelevision film; also known as Nightmare
Eerie, Indiana Melanie MonroeEpisode: "Heart on a Chain"
Growing Pains Susie MaxwellEpisode: "The Big Fix"
In Living Color Former drug addictEpisode: "The Jackson Bunch"
The Killing Mind Young Isobel NeimanTelevision film
1992 1775 Abby ProctorUnsold television pilot
1992–1993 Roseanne Molly Tilden Recurring role (season 5); 7 episodes
1993 Jack's Place JenniferEpisode: "True Love Ways"
The Woman Who Loved Elvis Priscilla "Cilla" JacksonTelevision film; based on Laura Kalpakian's novel Graced Land
1994 Boy Meets World Theresa "T.K." KeinerEpisode: "Sister Theresa"
The Commish Sheri FisherEpisode: "Romeo and Juliet"
Roseanne: An Unauthorized BiographyJessica PentlandTelevision film
1996 Wish Upon a Star Hayley Wheaton / Alexia Wheaton
1997 ER Laura QuentinEpisodes: "Something New", "Friendly Fire"
High Incident TiffanyEpisode: "Camino High"
1997–1998 Brooklyn South Willow MortnerEpisodes: "Clown Without Pity", "Tears on My Willow"
1998 Charmed AvivaEpisode: "The Fourth Sister"
Diagnosis: Murder Noelle AndrewEpisode: "An Education in Murder"
1998–2004 The Wild Thornberrys Debbie ThornberryMain role; 90 episodes
1999Hostage HotelJustine SinclairTelevision film
2000–2002 That's Life Plum WilkinsonMain role; 29 episodes
2001 The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie Debbie ThornberryTelevision film; voice role
2002 The West Wing KikiEpisode: "20 Hours in America"
2003The PartnersLeilaTelevision film
2004–2005 Father of the Pride Sierra Voice role; 15 episodes
2005 Cold Case Gina CarrollEpisode: "Yo, Adrian"
2007 Route 666: America's Scariest Home Haunts HerselfHost
2009 Fear Clinic SusanWeb series; main role
2010 Psych TonyaEpisode: "Feet, Don't Kill Me Now"
2011 Paranormal Challenge Herself / Guest judgeEpisode: "USS Hornet"
2012Nuclear FamilyZoeTelevision film
2012–2013 Holliston HerselfEpisodes: "Weekend of Horrors", "Halloween Girl"
2013 Bones Rebecca "Becca" PearceEpisode: "The Maiden in the Mushrooms"
Halloween Wars HerselfGuest judge; episode: "Zombie Prom"
Hollywood Death TripTelevision special; co-host
Naked Vegas Episode: "Paint the Town, Red"
Twisted Tales SusanEpisode: "To Hell with You"
2015 Robot Chicken Debbie Thornberry / Positive PigEpisode: "Zeb and Kevin Erotic Hot Tub Canvas"; voice role
2019 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula HerselfGuest judge; episode: "Halloween Haunt"
2021 The Conners Molly TildenEpisode: "An Old Dog, New Tricks and a Ticket to Ride"
Creepshow Marnie WrightsonEpisode: "The Things in Oakwood's Past"; voice role
2024Killer CakesHerself (judge) [93]

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2000The Wild Thornberrys: Animal AdventuresDebbie Thornberry
The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler Windows version only
2003 Rugrats Go Wild

Music videos

YearArtistTitleRole
2007 Five Finger Death Punch "The Bleeding" Ivan's girlfriend
2021 Psycho Synner "Love You to Pieces"
"Creepy Crawlin' to Getcha"

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