:Daniella van Graas
{{Short description|Dutch model and actress (born 1975)}}
{{family name hatnote|van Graas|Graas|lang=Dutch}}
{{Infobox person
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| name = Daniella van Graas
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}}
| birth_place = Tuitjenhorn, Netherlands
| height = 1.80 m
| years_active = 1997–2013
| spouse = Brett Tawil
| children = 3
}}
Daniella van Graas (born 1975) is a Dutch fashion model, cover girl, and actress.{{cite web |url=https://webvisible.com/hottest-beautiful-women-netherlands-id=2309/ |title=Top 10 Hottest Women From Netherlands 2019 |year=2019 |publisher=webvisible.com |accessdate=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428191638/https://webvisible.com/hottest-beautiful-women-netherlands-id%3D2309/ |archive-date=28 April 2019 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}{{unreliable source?|date=June 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Tabizine_233786/ |trans-title=The global fashion industry pays attention! The reason why the Dutch model is active |script-title=ja:世界のファッション業界が注目！オランダ人モデルが活躍する理由 |work=Tabizine |publisher=Excite News |date=February 10, 2019 |language=ja |accessdate=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428204051/https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Tabizine_233786/ |archive-date=28 April 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news |title=Schitteren naast Bruce Willis|date=29 August 2007|newspaper=Metro (NL)|url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:4PHY-BD20-TXKN-V0T9-00000-00&context=1516831 |language=Nl |via=Lexis |url-access=subscription}} She has appeared in movies, on television, and between 1997 and 2003, on the cover of several magazines. In 2012, she was featured in the Dutch television show The Prettiest Girl in Class.
Early life and education
Van Graas grew up in Tuitjenhorn, where she attended the Sint Barbaraschool, a Roman Catholic elementary school. Her father was a teacher, her mother a homemaker. After elementary school, she attended the college prep track at the Christian High School Jan Arentsz in Alkmaar, cycling {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=off|sp=us}} each way daily to and from home.
Entertainment career
= Modelling =
At age 18, van Graas was scouted by a modelling agent at a shopping mall in Amsterdam.{{cite news |title=Op het witte doek met Bruce Willis; Model en filmster Daniella van Graas; van Tuitjenhorn naar New York. |url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:4PXT-P760-TXKH-41MW-00000-00&context=1516831 |accessdate=30 April 2019 |work=Noordhollands Dagblad |date=19 October 2007|language=nl|url-access=subscription|via=Lexis}} She moved to Paris, where she worked with Ford Modeling Agency,{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041027101406/http://fordmodels.com/standard_card.cfm?model_id=115&assn_id=370|url=http://www.fordmodels.com/standard_card.cfm?model_id=115&assn_id=370|title=Daniella Van Graas|archive-date=27 October 2004|publisher=Ford Modeling Agency|location=New York}} and then to New York.
As a model, van Graas collaborated with Armani Jeans,{{cite magazine |title=Un 4 de Agusto |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ecuador/expresiones/20170804/281724089637037 |accessdate=30 April 2019 |magazine=Expresiones |date=4 August 2017 |page=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430111841/https://www.pressreader.com/ecuador/expresiones/20170804/281724089637037 |archive-date=30 April 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} Aveeno, Barely There,{{cite news |last1=Monget |first1=Karyn |title=Big Spender |url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA104766944 |accessdate=30 April 2019 |work=Women's Wear Daily |date=7 July 2003 |page=8 |language=en |quote=The newest campaign for the Barely There brand, which has been budgeted in excess of $5 million according to industry estimates, breaks Wednesday on prime time TV. Created by Shahid & Co. and shot by Richard Avedon on four top models, four different TV spots will focus on well-known figures: Shalom Harlow as Betsy Ross, Ivanna Milisevic as Susan B. Anthony, Daniella Van Graas as Joan of Arc and Rebecca Mader as Eve. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502004034/http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA104766944 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} CoverGirl, L'Oréal, Max Factor, Maybelline, Pantene, Pepsi, and H&M. She also worked with Marie Claire Netherlands.{{cite web |title=Daniella van Graas |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Daniella_van+Graas/ |website=fashionmodeldirectory |publisher=FMD - The Fashion Model Directory |accessdate=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330060921/https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/daniella_van+graas/ |archive-date=30 March 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} She appeared in a fashion show at the 68th Academy Awards ceremony.{{cite web |title=68th Annual Academy Awards |url=http://collections.new.oscars.org//Details/FilmWorks/1000849 |website=collections.new.oscars.org |accessdate=29 April 2019}}
Van Graas was the spokesmodel and "face" for Aveeno, "a brand that sells natural-based skin- and hair-care products"; that relationship lasted for years, ending in 2013, when Jennifer Aniston took over the role.{{cite news |title=Jennifer Aniston Named the New Face of Aveeno Skincare |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/news/jennifer-aniston-named-the-new-face-of-aveeno-skincare-2013181/ |work=Us Magazine |date=18 January 2013 |accessdate=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403151351/https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/news/jennifer-aniston-named-the-new-face-of-aveeno-skincare-2013181/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}
Van Graas appeared on the covers of the magazines Femina (2001), Fitness (March, 2003, August and December 2004, July 2010), New Woman (March and September 1998), Cosmopolitan (U.S. and U.K., April 1999), Self and Marie Claire Netherlands (December 1997).{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Magazine-January-Daniella-Graas-Nurses/dp/B00BGSVLSA |work=Self Magazine |date=January 1996 |title=Daniella Van Graas/ Nurses |asin=B00BGSVLSA |accessdate=28 April 2019 |via=Lexis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428200623/https://www.amazon.com/Magazine-January-Daniella-Graas-Nurses/dp/B00BGSVLSA |archive-date=28 April 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} She is featured in the 2014, book Schoonheid is jezelf zijn [Beauty is being yourself], an anthology of diverse views on the nature of beauty.{{cite news |title=Maria Genova in boek over schoonheid |url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:5CG2-HTD1-JC8W-Y13P-00000-00&context=1516831 |accessdate=30 April 2019 |work=Noordhollands Dagblad |date=19 July 2014 |language=Nl |via=Lexis |url-access=subscription}}
= Acting =
Van Graas recognizes that her film acting has been largely typecast as a model in one form or another. She notes that being on set with professionals has helped her grow as an actress. She states she aspires toward a wider set of roles. "If she had the choice, she knows what she wants to play. 'Something like Charlize Theron in Monster. Arriving nicely [with a] twenty kilos [3 st 2 lb gain] and walking without care. That seems wonderful to me. But that is not really realistic.{{'"}}{{according to whom|date=June 2019}}
In October 2008, van Graas appeared in the TV show Entourage. She played episodic roles and supporting roles in the films Perfect Stranger, Love by the Rules and Without, Autumn in New York.
On January 19, 2012, the TROS dedicated its third episode of the season of {{ill|The Prettiest Girl in Class|nl|Het mooiste meisje van de klas (AVROTROS)}} to van Graas. According to the TV program, she grew up in the village of Tuitjenhorn, "amidst cabbage fields and where the fair is seen as the highlight of the year" and she was deemed a "stand out".{{cite web |url=https://tvvisie.be/inhoud/nederland/18januari2012/van-tuitjenhorn-naar-hollywood-in-het-mooiste-meisje-van-de-klas_48956/ |title=From Tuitjenhorn to Hollywood in 'The Most Beautiful Girl in Class' |work=TVvisie |language=Dutch |date=January 18, 2012 |quote=... without a doubt the most beautiful girl. Daniella himself remains very sober and that makes her extra attractive for the boys. That is not only true for the North Holland boys. Tico Torres, the drummer of the at that time immensely popular band Bon Jovi, likes fan Daniella when he is on tour in the Netherlands. |accessdate=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428174949/https://tvvisie.be/inhoud/nederland/18januari2012/van-tuitjenhorn-naar-hollywood-in-het-mooiste-meisje-van-de-klas_48956/ |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}{{cite AV media|title=Het Mooiste Meisje van de Klas: Daniella|date=21 August 2012|access-date=30 April 2019|url=https://www.npostart.nl/het-mooiste-meisje-van-de-klas/21-08-2012/TROS_1325596|publisher=NPO Start|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430112445/https://www.npostart.nl/het-mooiste-meisje-van-de-klas/21-08-2012/TROS_1325596|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
Filmography
=Movies=
=Television=
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| 2002 |
| 2008 |
| 2012
|Het mooiste meisje van de klas |Herself |Dutch TV show |
Personal life
Van Graas is {{convert|5|ft|11|in|cm|abbr=on}}. She is married to Brett Tawil, a former sports coach. The couple live in New York{{cite news|newspaper=Noordhollands Dagblad|url=https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20180921_3157852/mooiste-meisje-uit-klas-tuitjenhorn|title=Mooiste meisje uit klas Tuitjenhorn|trans-title=Prettiest girl in the class Tuitjenhorn|author=Redacteur Schagen|date=17 January 2012|language=nl|quote=Model en actrice Daniella van Graas is donderdagavond te zien in het televisieprogramma 'Het mooiste meisje van de klas'. De 36-jarige Graas werd geboren in Tuitjenhorn en woont momenteel met haar gezin in Queens in New York. Presentator Jaap Jongbloed bezocht met zijn crew onder andere Van Graas in New York en er werden opnames gemaakt in Tuitjenhorn, waar zij op de Barbaraschool zat.|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501001809/https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20180921_3157852/mooiste-meisje-uit-klas-tuitjenhorn|archive-date=1 May 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} and have three children.{{citation|title=Mooiste meisje uit klas Tuitjenhorn|trans-title=Prettiest girl in the class Tuitjenhorn|date=17 January 2012}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0886970|Daniella Van Graas}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190627101646/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc9395f69 Daniella Van Graas] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
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Category:Dutch television actresses