Danielle Rose Russell

Danielle Rose Russell (born October 31, 1999) is an American actress. She is known for playing supporting roles in films such as A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), Aloha (2015), Pandemic (2016) and Wonder (2017). In 2018, Russell joined the fifth and final season of The CW drama series The Originals as teenage Hope Mikaelson, and reprised her role as the star of its spinoff series, Legacies, which premiered on October 25, 2018. 2Early life Russell was born in Pequannock Township, New Jersey, and raised in West Milford, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rosemary Rado, a former dancer and Rockette, and Walter Russell, a former singer. She initially pursued modeling in her youth, appearing in print ads and commercials, before pursuing regional theater and appearing in several school plays at Holy Spirit School in Pequannock. As of 2018, she was finishing high school via online coursework. 2Career Russell's first role was in the film A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), playing the 14-year-old daughter of a Russian drug dealer. The next year, she appeared in Aloha (2015), as the daughter of Bradley Cooper's character. In 2016, Russell appeared in six episodes of the short lived TV series The Last Tycoo