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Danièle Watts

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Jamie Foxx, Franco Nero, and Danièle Watts in Django Unchained (2012)
After an unexpected break up, BobbyÂ’s friends convince him to get out of his rut, by leveraging his prowess with the ladies into a business as a wingman for hire. Meanwhile Kristy, who also just went through a breakup, finds therapy and monetary success in defending women from sleazy male advances. When Kristy and Bobby take a sudden interest in each other, its only a matter of time before one of them finds out that theyÂ’re working for the competition
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Wingman Inc. (2015)
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Danièle Watts is best known for her role in the critically acclaimed Academy Award winning blockbuster hit Django Unchained (2012), acting alongside Academy Award nominated actors, Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, and Leonardo DiCaprio as "Coco." On TV, she is known as "Angela Mullen" - love interest to "Shane Botwin" on the 8th season of Showtime's hit show Weeds (2012), and as Martin Lawrence's daughter on the FX show, Partners (2014), also starring Kelsey Grammer (Frasier).

A child of a Jamaican mother, and an American father, she studied the performing arts in high school at North Springs Magnet Performing Arts program in Atlanta, GA, and after 4 years of touring as an actress with educational, student-driven works throughout the greater Atlanta area, she was the first student board member to participate on the board of Artists Raising the Consciousness of Humanity (ARCH Productions). During that time she was featured on several episodes of the educational program "Couch Kids,' which presented real teenagers addressing relevant teen issues, which was distributed as part of health education curriculum to high school students in the Southern United States. She went on to receive a Norman Topping community service based scholarship, and a B.A. in Dramatic Arts from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), and also studied abroad at the British American Drama Academy in London.

An award-winning theatre artist, and advocate for arts education, Danièle has taught performance through the Young Storytellers Foundation, Ices After School Program, and was a founding creator of the performing arts collaboration between Imaginese Productions and the nationally recognized Spark Program for middle school students in Los Angeles. In 2013, she was invited by Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, to host the arts education programming for The City of Los Angeles African-American Heritage Month events at The Los Angeles City Hall, and The Los Angeles Zoo.

On the internet, Danièle can be seen in a leading role in the romantic comedy Wingman Inc. (2015), distributed through Lionsgate and Amazon Instant Video. Her starring role opposite Max Burkholder (Parenthood), in the independent film, Babysitter (2015), can be viewed on various on-demand channels, iTunes, & Amazon Instant Video. On YouTube, she plays Brian Jordan Alvarez (Jane the Virgin)'s adopted sister in The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo (2016), a YouTube breakout hit, created by Alvarez, that was optioned by Lionsgate. Danièle also played a role Alvarez wrote for her, and served as an associate producer for Everything Is Free, Alvarez's feature film debut released in 2017 on Google Play, Amazon Prime, and various other online platforms.

Watts, and her husband Brian James Lucas, also known as celebrity chef, BeLive, were consulting creative producers for Television project, "Juice Bar," which is "in-development" through arts education non-profit, Arts Alliance For Humanity, created by Yale School of Drama grad and actor, Obi Ndefo.

Since making news headlines in 2014 for an incident involving Los Angeles police officers, civil liberties, and sexual expression, Watts and BeLive have been advocates of greater dialogue and awareness surrounding sexuality, and have participated with the Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts and Sciences to share sex therapy with the public.

As of 2020, Watts and BeLive are developing a musical documentary, "The Terrifying Lightness of Whiteness," an idea that she began developing in 2012, prior to the release of Django Unchained, as her desire for fame was colliding with her need for emotional and spiritual renewal. The film explores and celebrates the psychedelic awakening, expansion of consciousness, and music as a basis for a shared reality.
BornNovember 3, 1985
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Reatha Grey, John C. Johnson, Billy Mayo, Danièle Watts, and Brandon Greenhouse in The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)
Kelsey Grammer, Martin Lawrence, Telma Hopkins, and Danièle Watts in Partners (2014)
Danièle Watts in Partners (2014)
Danièle Watts and Alexander Gould in Weeds (2005)
Danièle Watts in Weeds (2005)
Danièle Watts and Alexander Gould in Weeds (2005)
Danièle Watts and Alexander Gould in Weeds (2005)
Danièle Watts and Alexander Gould in Weeds (2005)
Danièle Watts and Alexander Gould in Weeds (2005)
Leonardo DiCaprio and Danièle Watts in Django Unchained (2012)
Danièle Watts, Max Burkholder, and Morgan Krantz at an event for Babysitter (2015)

Known for

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained
8.4
  • Coco(as Daniele Watts)
  • 2012
Detroit 1-8-7 (2010)
Detroit 1-8-7
7.6
TV Series
  • Shawna Johnson(as Daniele Watts)
Cold Case (2003)
Cold Case
7.6
TV Series
  • Donalyn Sullivan '91(as Daniéle Watts)
Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
How I Met Your Mother
8.3
TV Series
  • Lori(as Daniele Watts)

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Actress

  • Kevin Scott Richardson in Vampire Burt's Serenade (2020)
    Vampire Burt's Serenade
  • Spencer Longmore in Before Dawn Breaks (2019)
    Before Dawn Breaks
  • Scratch (2018)
    Scratch
  • Anna Easteden, John Campbell-Mac, and James Van Alden in Star Power (2018)
    Star Power
  • Brian Jordan Alvarez in Everything Is Free (2017)
    Everything Is Free
  • Ken Kirby, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Stephanie Koenig, Jon Ebeling, Jason Greene, and Antonio Marziale in The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo (2016)
    The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo
  • Shane Coffey and Natasha Bassett in Noodles (2016)
    Noodles
  • Ashley Rickards in Awkward. (2011)
    Awkward.
  • Hostile Border (2015)
    Hostile Border
  • Wingman Inc. (2015)
    Wingman Inc.
  • Amy Landecker, Danièle Watts, Valerie Azlynn, Max Burkholder, and Morgan Krantz in Babysitter (2015)
    Babysitter
  • Erica Dasher in Wave (2014)
    Wave
  • Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence in Partners (2014)
    Partners
  • Film Lab Presents (2014)
    Film Lab Presents
  • The Bloody Indulgent (2014)
    The Bloody Indulgent

Producer

  • Brian Jordan Alvarez in Everything Is Free (2017)
    Everything Is Free
  • It's Just a Question
  • Erica Dasher in Wave (2014)
    Wave
  • You Are What I Want (2012)
    You Are What I Want

Production Designer

  • Erica Dasher in Wave (2014)
    Wave

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Babysitter at SXSW 2015: "Wicca"
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Babysitter at SXSW 2015: "Wicca"
Babysitter at SXSW 2015
Interview 2:26
Babysitter at SXSW 2015
Babysitter at SXSW 2015: "Kitty Pryde"
Interview 1:46
Babysitter at SXSW 2015: "Kitty Pryde"
Babysitter
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Babysitter
Wingman Inc. Official Trailer
Trailer 1:27
Wingman Inc. Official Trailer
First Crushes
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First Crushes

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    • November 3, 1985
    • Riverside County, California, USA
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    For her first guest-starring role on Read Between the Lines (2009) (Season 7, Episode 7), she worked with rap coach, Jeff Lucky of "SummerSoul Records", to record 2 original songs, which aired on the episode, including the closing montage song, "Read Between the Lines".

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