Danielle Chuchran
| Danielle Chuchran | |
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 At the 2008 MovieGuide Faith and Values Awards Gala |
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| Born | Danielle Ryan Chuchran June 9, 1993 Upland, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Website | |
| http://www.daniellechuchran.com/ | |
Danielle Ryan Chuchran (born June 9, 1993) is an American teen actress, having appeared in films since 2001. Currently she is best known for playing the role of Mary Ingalls in the newest screening of Little House on the Prairie. She also stars in the 2007 film The Wild Stallion (formerly Last of the Mustangs).
[edit] Biography
Danielle was born in Upland, California but moved to Utah as an infant. At the age of five, she decided she wanted to be in a Hawaiian Tropic beauty pageant; she placed first in the pageant and won the Most Photogenic, Best Hair, and Best Personality categories as well.
After landing several print ads, Chuchran signed with an agent to give acting a try. She landed her first two auditions and filmed two movies for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of which still plays at the Salt Lake Visitors Center. At the age of eight she co-starred in Little Secrets, a feature film with Vivica A. Fox, Evan Rachel Wood and Michael Angarano. Shortly thereafter she landed the role of Thing 1 in The Cat in the Hat feature. In 2007 she also starred as one of the children in Saving Sarah Cain as Anna Mae Cottrell.
Additional credits include the HBO movie Shot in the Heart and episodes of several TV series, among them Crossing Jordan, Girlfriends, Days of Our Lives and The District. On stage she appeared in the production of Elvis and Juliet, written by Mary Willard and directed by Ted Lange. She also appeared on The Bold And The Beautiful as a young Stephanie Forrester in flashbacks.
She also did a short film on YouTube where she plays Katniss Everdeen from Suzanne Collins's young adult series The Hunger Games trilogy, and has filmed another Hunger Games-based short film in which she plays a girl from District 1. She has worked with YouTube directors, Mainstay pro, to make these short films, and others such as a short film based on the book series Maximum Ride by James Patterson.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2001 | Shot in the Heart | Guest |
| Little Secrets | Guest | |
| 2002 | The District | young girl |
| 2003 | The Cat In The Hat | Thing 1 |
| 2004 | Girlfriends | Julie |
| Crossing Jordan | Guest | |
| 2005 | Little House on the Prairie | Mary Ingalls |
| Without a Trace | Melissa | |
| 2006 | The Bold and the Beautiful | young Stephanie Forrester |
| 2007 | Saving Sarah Cain | Anna Mae Cottrel |
| 2009 | The Wild Stallion | CJ |
| ER | Sloan | |
| Minor Details | Claire | |
| 2010 | You're So Cupid | Emma |
| "Snow Beast" | Emmy | |
| 2011 | "A Christmas Wish" | Jeanie |
| "Scents and Sensibility" | Margarett Dashwood |
