Danielle Harris

Danielle Harris is known as the “scream queen,” owing to her regular appearances in horror films. Director Sylvia Soska once called her the “Natalie Portman of Horror.” Several publications have called her “horror’s reigning scream queen.”

Danielle dated David Gross for sometime before getting married to him in Hawaii in 2014. In 2017, she gave birth to her son, Carter Davis Gross.

In 1995, Danielle was stalked by a man who claimed to be her fan. He threatened to kill her and was arrested by the police when he brought a gun to her house.

Danielle Andrea Harris was born on June 1, 1977, in Plainview, New York, US. Her mother, Fran Harris, was a single mother. Soon, Fran moved with Danielle to Florida for work. There, Danielle got enrolled at an elementary school. She grew up with her younger sister, Ashley.

While in Florida, Danielle participated in a beauty competition and ended up winning it. As a prize, she was given a 10-day tour in New York, the city where she was born. During her visit to New York, Danielle was offered several modeling jobs, but she rejected all of them as she did not want to be away from Florida.

However, a few years later, Danielle’s mother got a transfer that brought the family to New York again. Soon, Danielle began accepting modeling offers and modeled for several brands and magazines before she started developing an interest in acting. She also started auditioning for TV and film roles. In 1985, she got her big break when she was called to audition for a role in the soap opera ‘One Life to Live.’

Among the hundreds of girls who were called for the audition from all over the country, Danielle got the role. With that, her career in the entertainment industry began.

Following her initial TV roles, she auditioned for a key role in the fourth film of the successful ‘Halloween’ film franchise, ‘Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.’ She earned the role of ‘Jamie Lloyd’ in the film. The 1988 film was a major critical and commercial success. Over time, it became a cult classic.

The very next year, Danielle reprised her role of ‘Jamie’ in ‘Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.’ Owing to the events in the plot of the previous film, her character was now presented as a mute girl. Although the film was not as successful as its prequel, it still made enough profits. It also made ‘Jamie Lloyd’ a popular recurring character.

In 1990, Danielle appeared in the action film ‘Marked for Death,’ where she played the role of the niece of the lead character. The film was a big critical disaster. Despite that, it turned into a box-office success. In 1991, Danielle earned average success with three films, ‘City Slickers’, ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead,’ and ‘The Last Boy Scout.’ She also appeared on TV with ‘Growing Pains’ and ‘The Killing Mind.’

In 1992, she played a major character in the series ‘Roseanne.’ In the years that followed, she appeared more on TV than in films. In 1993, she tasted big success with the release of her film ‘Free Willy.’ In the mid-1990s, she appeared in TV series such as ‘The Commish’ and ‘Boy Meets World.’

In 1995, she learned that the next instalment of ‘Halloween’ was being made but she was not being considered to reprise her role of ‘Jamie Lloyd.’ The producers told her that they wanted an actor of over 18 years of age. Danielle was 17 at that time. She got emancipated but did not like the salary that was offered to her. Thus, she opted out of the movie.