Brittany Daniel

In December 2016, Brittany Daniel got engaged to boyfriend Adam Touni. He proposed to her when they were hiking at Tennessee Valley Cove in Marin County. Adam Touni’s family friend Jeanette Blacy from Blacy's Fine Jewelers designed the engagement ring. The couple got married in July 2017.

She had earlier dated actor Keenen Ivory Wayans. In an interview, she said that she stays as good friends with her ex-boyfriends, and only ends the relationship when things start getting bad.

She loves bungee jumping, rollerblading, hiking, and rock climbing. She also likes to relax by sleeping on the beach.

Brittany Daniel was born on March 17, 1976, in Gainesville, Florida, USA, to Carolyn and Charlton Bradford Daniel, Jr., who was then running for Mayor of Gainesville. Her father suffered from cancer and died in 2008. She has a twin sister Cynthia, and an elder brother, Brad. Brittany attended Gainesville High School.

The sisters started modeling from an early age. When they were 11 years old, they were signed by The Ford Modeling Agency, based in New York City. They were also featured in the American teen magazines ‘Seventeen’, and ‘YM’. They appeared in ads for Doublemint gum as the Doublemint Twins.

Brittany Daniel started acting in 1989 with an appearance in ‘The New Leave It to Beaver’, an American sitcom sequel to the original ‘Leave It to Beaver’. In 1992, when she was 16, she moved to New York to play the role of Mila Rosnovsky on the syndicated American teen drama ‘Swan's Crossing’ that aired for 13 weeks from June 29 to September 25, 1992.

After high school, she bagged the role of Jessica Wakefield in the television series ‘Sweet Valley High’ a comedy-drama based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. Produced by Saban Entertainment, it aired from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997. Her twin sister Cynthia played the role of Jessica's twin, Elizabeth.

While the sisters were working for ‘Sweet Valley High’, they got the offer of their first film ‘The Basketball Diaries’, a 1995 American crime drama directed by Scott Kalvert. It was an adaptation of Jim Carroll's autobiographical book of the same name.

In 1997, when ‘Sweet Valley High’ was canceled, Brittany continued acting in television series and films. In 1999, she did a role in ‘Dawson's Creek’, a teen drama television series about the lives of a group of friends in high school. The show covered their college life as well. The series ran till 2003.

In 2000, she did a role in the TBS television movie ‘On Hostile Ground’, which was directed by Mario Azzopardi. In 2001, she was cast as David Spade's love interest, Brandy, in ‘Joe Dirt’, an adventure comedy film, written by Spade and Fred Wolf, and produced by Robert Simonds.

Brittany Daniel is best known for her role in the American comedy-drama series ‘Sweet Valley High,’ based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series which ran from 1994 to 1997 was a huge hit among the teenage audience and helped to establish Brittany as an upcoming young actress.