Danielle Manning
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One Life to Live character | |
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Danielle Manning is a fictional character from the American
The character was conceived as part of her mother
Background and reception
In 2009, Missal was cast in the role of the daughter of Téa Delgado and Todd Manning.[5] Prior to landing the role, she had little television experience, one of her few roles being Saturday Night Live, in a sketch alongside Dan Aykroyd and Jimmy Fallon.[5] When reading the script for Danielle Rayburn, Missal said she thought, "Oh, my goodness. This girl is a mixture of two cuh-razy [sic] characters...There's so much drama all the time, but I love it!"[5] In a campaign supporting One Life to Live, TV Guide (Canada) writer Nelson Branco named Missal and the other youth on the show as one of the reasons the show was the best soap opera on air.[6]
Storylines
Backstory
In 2002, Todd Manning hires con man Ross Rayburn to aid him in the kidnapping of his children Starr and Jack Manning, during an estrangement with his ex-wife Blair Cramer. Todd's other ex-wife, Téa Delgado, catches wind of the plot and seeks to alert Blair. Extenuating circumstances, however, leave Todd, Ross and Téa stranded on an island in the South Pacific. During their cast away, Ross and Téa grow close while at odds with Todd. This, however, does not stop Todd and Téa from making love. When Téa later realizes that Todd is still in love with Blair, she gives him her blessing in seeking to escape the island in an attempt to reconcile with her. In the meantime, Téa opts to stay behind with Ross and waits to be rescued by the coastguard Todd promises to send if he makes it back home. They eventually are rescued. During their stay together, Téa and Ross embark on an impromptu relationship. Later, Téa discovers that she is pregnant, and assumes that the child is Ross's. The two later marry and move to Tahiti, where Danielle is born and raised, although her mother silently questions her paternity.
Téa's lingering feelings for Todd causes her marriage to fall apart. Eventually, Téa asks Ross for a divorce. Ross refuses her request, threatening to take Danielle away from her if she tries to leave him. To ensure that this does not happen, Téa enrolls a now-
2009–12
At the Warwick School, Danielle meets
Ross, hurt and angry, kidnaps
Todd and Téa's reunion is cut short when she leaves him due to Dani not being able to accept him. Dani and Matthew become closer, and they almost have sex, but Matthew cuts it short, as they are not ready and Dani is using it to vent feelings about her father. Over time, Dani and Todd begin to grow closer, as she continues to act out at school in order to get his attention. In a play at school based on the relationship of Starr and
When she is going through a hard time, Dani, full of mixed emotions, kisses Nate. Destiny sees them, and she convinces her to tell Matthew. On the night of his parents' wedding, Dani tells Matthew the truth and they have a bad breakup in the church. Soon after, Dani begins a relationship with Nate, and while they are swimming at Llantano River, they find a briefcase full of money. Nate ends up hostage, and Dani turns to Todd for help for ransom money. In the aftermath of the hostage situation surrounding the money, Dani and Todd find Téa in the hospital and find out about her tumor. The three plan out Téa's last days, and Téa and Todd remarried on August 3, 2010. Soon after the wedding, Téa learns she has weeks to live and has an option of hospice. Téa decides to go there and says goodbye to Dani and Todd. Passing her necklace on to Dani, the family have a tearful goodbye. Dr. Greg Evans (Terrell Tilford) tells the duo days later that Tea has died. Starr orchestrates a memorial service as Llanview pays respect to Téa.
In the midst of Todd and Danielle finally having a relationship, Ross returns to Llanview, with a will stating that Tea gave custody of Dani to him. In reality, the will is a phony in a plot orchestrated by Elijah Clarke, and Téa wanted Blair, who had become her caretaker and confidant when she first learned of her illness, to adopt Dani. After a court battle, and Dani telling the court that her mother would want her with Todd, custody of Dani is given to Ross. Realizing she wants to be with her family in Llanview, Dani with the help of Starr, Nate, and James, escapes. However, the plan is adverted and Dani, Starr and Hope are kidnapped by Elijah. Elijah had also kidnapped Téa in the process, without Starr and Dani realizing. Starr escapes, but Eli holds Téa and Danielle in separate rooms in an abandoned warehouse. They would eventually find each other, but after the police try to intervene Blair giving herself up so that Elijah would leave the girls alone, Eli blows up the warehouse. Dani, who escaped, tells Todd that Téa is actually alive. Todd and
Nate later goes to jail when he was found guilty of Eddie Ford's murder. Dani cannot stand that her boyfriend is gone. A few weeks later they say that Nate was not the murderer of Eddie Ford. Dani throws him a welcome back party. Dani finds out about her uncle
She is now aware of the fact that the father she has known since she came to town might be an imposter. On October 14, 2011, Nate states that her birthday was in a couple of days and that she would be 17. On October 17, 2011, Dani agrees to go on a date with Nate, making clear that she wants to take things slow. On October 20, at midnight, Tea wishes Dani a happy 17th birthday.
In June 2012, when Téa crossed over to
2013
Dani is now 21 years old and living with her mother, and it is revealed that she has been getting drunk on alcohol and high on pills. Matthew figures out and takes her pills, but Dani passes out on the opening night of Blair's new nightclub Shelter due to a drug overdose. At the hospital, Todd, Téa, and Blair find out about Dani using when Matthew tells the doctor about taking
In 2019, Nora Buchanan mentions that Dani is now working for her as a paralegal researcher.
References
- ^ Hal Boedeker (25 January 2013). "'All My Children,' 'One Live to Live' reborn via Hulu". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Jolie Lash (25 January 2013). "One Life To Live, All My Children – New Episodes On The Way This Spring Via Hulu, iTunes". Access Hollywood. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ "About OLTL: Who's Who in Llanview: Danielle Rayburn Manning". SoapCentral.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- We Love Soaps. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Kelley Missal (Danielle Sophia, OLTL)". Soap Opera Digest. Source Interlink Media. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ Branco, Nelson (January 13, 2010). "'One Life to Live': The best soap you're not watching". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ Shelly Altman and Chris Van Etten (Head writers); Scott McKinsey (Director); Charlotte Gibson (Script writer) (April 12, 2019). General Hospital. Season 57. ABC.