Danielle Chuchran

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.

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.
Chuchran's hobbies include dancing, playing soccer, softball, horseback riding, swimming, rock climbing, gymnastics, rollerblading and riding her ATV in the mountains. She also loves animals, especially her dog, Heidi, and her cat, Sunshine. She has an older sister and brother and is an aunt to Daven, Ashton and Bryton.

Chuchran's dream is to be able to work with Keira Knightley and Tom Hanks.