Danielle Vega

This article is about the actress. For the author writing under the pen name of Danielle Vega, see Danielle Rollins.

Danielle Vega
Born	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Known for	Kim on Barney & Friends Ceci Camayo on East Los High

Danielle Vega (nee; Erica Rhodes) is an American actress. Vega made her TV debut as Kim on the PBS television series Barney & Friends ; ^[1] before earning worldwide acclaim as Ceci Camayo on Hulu's drama series East Los High . ^[2]

Early life

Vega was born in Atlanta, Georgia but was raised in Dallas, Texas. ^{[3] [4]} Vega attended Southern Methodist University, where she graduated with a degree in journalism. ^{[4] [5]} Vega is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career

At age 10, Vega appeared in the children's TV show Barney & Friends. ^[3] In 2009, she auditioned for the ninth season of American Idol , but was later cut in the Hollywood Week auditions. ^{[6] [7]} Since then, she has portrayed many roles in her career including in films So This Is Christmas, Betrayed at 17, Teeth and Blood. ^[3] In 1994, she played herself on Psalty's Songs for Little Praisers the Bible series in volume 1–3. She landed the breakout role as Ceci Camayo in East Los High, for which she earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Barney's Sense-Sational Day	Kim	Direct to Video
	Camp WannaRunnaRound
	It's Time for Counting
1998	Barney in Outer Space
1999	Sing and Dance with Barney
	Barney's Night Before Christmas
2000	Super Singing Circus
2002	You Can Be Anything
	Barney's Beach Party
2011	Sex/Absurd	Starlet
	Betrayed at 17	Student	(TV Movie)
2013	Dance With Barney	Hip Hop Dancer	Direct to Video
	Road to Juarez	Woman in Restaurant
	So This Is Christmas	Angelina
2014	Shirin in Love	Fashionista
	Teeth and Blood	Lori Franklin
2015	Road to Juarez	Woman in Restaurant
2016	Path of Redemption	Female Pharmacist

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997–2000, 2006	Barney & Friends	Kim / Dancer	19 episodes
2011	Homicide Hunters	Neighbor	Episode: S01E06
	Super Girl	College Girl	Episode: S01E01
2012	Upstairs Girls	Michelle	2 episodes
2013–2017	East Los High	Ceci Camayo	36 episodes
2015	The Last Ship	Woman in Crowd	Episode: S02E06
2016	Chicago Med	Maria Gonzalez	Episode: "Bound"
2022	Christmas With My Ex		Television movie

References

1. "Hulu's 'East Los High' with Dallas actress Danielle Vega is more than a teen soap opera". dallasnews.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
2. "East Los High: An EXCLUSIVE Interview with Danielle Vega". stayteen.org. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014.
3. "Profile". eastloshigh.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014.
4. "Bio". teethandblood.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
5. "Meet Erica Rhodes, Idol's girl with a whip". idolchatteryd.com. March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
6. Erica Rhodes Whips 'American Idol' Into A Frenzy, Monica Herrera, Billboard , 28 January 2010.
7. Leigh Miller, Victoria (10 February 2010). "'American Idol' Season 9 Hollywood Week: Who Made it to the Next Round and How Did Ellen DeGeneres Do on Her First Night?". voices.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

External links

• Danielle Vega at IMDb