Emerging Actress Danielle Larracuente was born on February 25th, 1992, in Cortlandt Manor, New York. She is the daughter of Carmen D. Sabater and Israel Larracuente Jr. Both her parents are of Puerto Rican descent and retired NYPD officers. Danielle is a sister to three brothers. One of her idols growing up in the New York area was Jennifer Lopez and Rosie Perez. At a very young age, Danielle started in print work and secured her first major commercial at only four years of age. For the next few years, Danielle continued as a child actress doing more commercials, advertisements, and plays. An important milestone in Danielle’s young career, at the age of nine years old, was landing the starring role of Young Nala in “Lion King” on Broadway (2001). After her run, she was cast in a role for a skit on “Saturday Night Live” with Jimmy Fallon (2002) and hosted a season of commercial breaks for the Women’s National Basketball Association (2003). At fifteen years old she along with her mother moved to Los Angeles, California to further pursue her goals and aspirations as an actress. As she continued on with more roles, she moved into television guest starring in an episode of “ER ” (2006). Her next role was in “Without a Trace” (2009). Later Danielle took a monumental hiatus to be a mother to her young son Benson, complete her Cosmetology License as well as a B.S in Psychology. After a few years of focusing on her schooling and a profession in Psychology/Cosmetology, she decided to return to her first passion. Danielle returned to television with a recurring role on “Vida” (2020), guest spots on “NCIS”, “Home Economics”, and “Good Trouble”. A great achievement of hers is co-starring alongside Melissa Joan Hartin the hit Christmas Movie “Mistletoe in Montana (2021).” Danielle is currently taking on the role of Paulina Calderon on the Bosch spin off ” Bosch Legacy” in a recurring role. She can also most recently be seen in “This Is Me…Now (2024) playing one JLOS best friends and as a guest star role in Chicago Med (2024). A driving factor for Danielle’s aspirations for the future and beyond is to continue to bring a rising presence in TV & Film for the Latino community
