Danièle Watts
{{short description|American actress}}
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Danièle Watts is an American actress best known for her appearances in the television show Weeds, and as a main cast member on the FX television series Partners.
Early life and education
Danièle Watts was born in California.{{cite web|url=http://www.hlntv.com/article/2014/09/15/daniele-watts-django-unchained-detained-lapd|title='Unchained' to detained: Who is Daniele Watts? - HLNtv.com|work=HLNtv.com|access-date=17 September 2014}} In middle school, she lived in Orlando, Florida, and in high school, she lived in Atlanta, where she attended the North Springs Charter School of Arts and Sciences. She later attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the British American Drama Academy in London.{{cite web|url=http://www2.fxnetworks.com/shows/partners/cast-crew/partners-cast-daniele-watts|title=Partners - - FX Networks|access-date=17 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917182136/http://www2.fxnetworks.com/shows/partners/cast-crew/partners-cast-daniele-watts|archive-date=17 September 2014|url-status=dead}}
Career
On television, she has appeared in singular episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Greek, Cold Case, Detroit 1-8-7, Criminal Minds, Private Practice, 90210, Castle, Melissa & Joey, as well as episodes of Weeds. In 2014, she appeared as a main cast member of the TV series Partners, acting as Martin Lawrence's daughter.
Controversy
In September 2014, Watts and boyfriend Brian Lucas were accused of having sex in a car on a public street. The police were called for a "citizen complaint of indecent exposure" and loud noises.{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=M. Alex|title='Django Unchained' Actress Daniele Watts to Apologize to LAPD|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/django-unchained-actress-daniele-watts-apologize-lapd-n353561|access-date=10 August 2015|publisher=NBC|date=Aug 4, 2015}} During and after her arrest, Watts claimed she was the subject of racial profiling, due to her boyfriend being white, as she was accused of being a prostitute, and handcuffs leaving her wrist bloodied.{{cite news|last1=Dillon|first1=Nancy|title='Django Unchained' actress Daniele Watts, boyfriend plead not guilty to lewd conduct|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/daniele-watts-boyfriend-pleads-not-guilty-lewd-conduct-article-1.2093979|access-date=10 August 2015|publisher=NY Daily News|date=Jan 28, 2015}} The police initially did not charge the couple, but following social media complaints by the couple and the release of audio of the arrest by the police, witnesses stepped forward, alleging lewd conduct.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-ra-amorous-django-actress-20150831-column.html |title=Was justice served in the case of amorous 'Django' actress Daniele Watts? |last=Abcarian |first=Robin |date=August 31, 2015 |work=The LA Times |access-date=2022-05-17}} In May 2015, the couple pled no contest to charges of disturbing the peace in exchange for the lewd conduct charges being dropped, and were sentenced to fifteen days of community labor and ordered to write apology letters to the police officers involved in the stop, and to office workers who witnessed a fully clothed Watts sitting on Lucas' lap. After Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Christine Ewell found Watts' letter to the arresting officer to be "insincere", Watts was ordered to write a second letter.
Filmography
=Films=
- Magic Al and the Mind Factory (2000, as Ruth)
- Something Like a Business (2010, as Chlamydia)
- Starter Home (2010, as Adalie)
- All Ages (2010, as Jodi)
- Before Dawn Breaks (2011)
- The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011, as Marianne)
- Biggz (2011, as Megan)
- The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You (2012, as Danielle)
- Dulce (2012, as Homeless Woman)
- Django Unchained (2012, as Coco){{cite web|title=Actress digs up her past as she prepares to play slave in Tarantino film|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/brief/14206822/actress-digs-up-her-past-as-she-prepares-to-play-slave-in-tarantino-film|publisher=Hollywood.com|access-date=22 September 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Carp|first1=Jesse|title=Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained Casts Newcomer Daniele Watts|date=January 13, 2012 |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Quentin-Tarantino-Django-Unchained-Casts-Newcomer-Daniele-Watts-28844.html|publisher=Cinema Blend|access-date=22 September 2014}}
- You Are What I Want (2012, as Whitney Hinds)
- Straight Down Low (2013, as Amber Adams)
- 420 Gentleman: Rastafari Jamaican (2013)
- Room in LA (2013, as Daniele)
- Wingman Inc. (2013, as Amy)
- The Bloody Indulgent (2014, as Drugged Girl #2)
- ColorLines (2014, as Terri)
- Wave (2014, as Gemma)
- Muted (2014, as Crystal Gladwell)
- Untitled Morgan Krantz Project (2015, filming)
- We Are Family (2015, announced){{cite web|last1=Obenson|first1=Tambay A.|title=Isaiah Washington, Mo'Nique, Orlando Jones, Danielle Watts Board Choice Skinner's 'We Are Family'|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/isaiah-washington-monique-orlando-jones-danielle-watts-board-choice-skinners-we-are-family|publisher=IndieWire|access-date=22 September 2014}}
- Babysitter (2016 as Anjelika Day)
- Scratch (2017, as Samantha){{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4958746/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5|title = Starring|date = |access-date = 28 November 2015|website = IMDB|publisher = |last = |first = }}
=Television=
- How I Met Your Mother (2008, 1 episode, as Lori)
- Greek (2009, 1 episode, as Girl)
- Cold Case (2009, 1 episode, as Donalyn Sullivan '91)
- Detroit 1-8-7 (2010, 1 episode, as Shawna Johnson)
- Criminal Minds (2010, 1 episode, as Tracy Anderson)
- Private Practice (2010, 1 episode, as Lola)
- Conan (2011, 1 episode, as Hubbard Daughter in the segment "Tyler Perry's Row 11")
- 90210 (2011, 1 episode, as Hannah)
- Castle (2011, 1 episode, as Rebecca Montgomery)
- Melissa & Joey (2011, 1 episode, as Jessie)
- Weeds (2012, 8 episodes, as Angela Mullen)
- Film Lab Presents (2014, 1 episode, as Mrs. Parks)
- Partners (2014, 10 episodes, as Laura Jackson){{cite web|last1=Obenson|first1=Tambay A.|title=Daniele Watts Will Play Martin Lawrence's Daughter In New FX Comedy Series 'Braddock & Jackson'|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/daniele-watts-will-play-martin-lawrences-daughter-in-new-fx-comedy-series-braddock-jackson|publisher=IndieWire|access-date=22 September 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0915125}}
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Category:Actresses from Atlanta
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Category:Actresses from California
Category:21st-century African-American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses