- Niece of director Julie Taymor.
- Niece-in-law of Elliot Goldenthal.
- Currently studying theatre at Duke University (April 2008)
- Nominated for Best Direction of a Musical in both the 2024 Drama Desk Awards and the 2024 Tony Awards. Danya won the Tony, in a year with the most women nominated in the Best Directing categories: 7 of the 10 nominations were women (3 of the 5 for play, 4 of the 5 for musical).
- Danya's aunt, Julie Taymor, is also a Tony winner for Best Direction of a Musical in 1998 for "The Lion King". Julie was the first woman director to win in the category. The win was historic, not only for Julie's win, but for Garry Hynes' victory in the Best Direction of a Play for "The Beauty Queen of Leenane, as the first woman to win in that category the same year.
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