SacAnime Summer 2023 Program Book

GUESTS!
DANIELLE BISUTTI
Danielle Bisutti is a Los Angeles born and raised Emmy Award winning
and BAFTA Award nominated actress, writer, producer, director and singersongwriter.
As a thespian, Bisutti has distinguished herself by bringing a
wide range of diverse characters to life.
The Actress: Danielle was nominated for a BAFTA for her performance
as The Norse Goddess “Freya” in Sony PlayStation’s top grossing videogame
God of War, which won unanimous “Game of the Year” awards and
5 BAFTA Awards including “Best Game” in 2019. She won a Los Angeles
area Emmy Award for her hosting role in Street Music Los Angeles in
2002. Danielle performance captured the role of “Claudia Grimstone” in
Madden NFL 21: Face of the Franchise: Rise to Fame 2020, she voiced
“Wonder Woman” in The Lego Movie 2 Videogame, she portrayed the
ominous “Ms. Grey” in Lifetime’s Nanny Killer, “Dana Gallagher in Shonda
Rhimes’ For the People and series regular role as Witch “Hexela” in
BUYtv’s Dwight in Shining Armor distributed by Paramount.
Film credits include top grossing Sony Pictures’ cult favorite Insidious:
Chapter 2 (receiving rave reviews: “Bisutti’s performance as [Mother of
Parker Crane] the younger version of the Bride in Black is a most elegant personification of evil.”), Starring in Universal Studio’s Curse of Chucky,
“Norma Steele” in The Blue Rose Executive Produced by Jay Van Hoy, Michael Rosenbaum’s indie comedy Back in the Day, Lionsgate’s Venice
Underground with Eric Mabius, The Neighbor with Matthew Modine, and the lead in Lionsgate’s faith-based film, No Greater Love. Bisutti is
perhaps best known for her series regular role as”Amanda Cantwell” opposite Keke Palmer on the hit Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP. Her
recurring roles on Matador for Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network, Parks & Recreation, Last Man Standing, CSI Miami, Without A Trace, Raising
the Bar and The O.C., Guest Starring roles on Anger Management, Grey’s Anatomy, Mom, NCIS, NCIS LA, Criminal Minds, Dr. Ken, Castle, Hot in
Cleveland, Newsreaders, 90210, Rizzoli & Isles, Beauty and the Beast, Body of Proof, Leverage, Bones, Cold Case, Two and a Half Men and Boston
Legal. Notable Theater credits include originating the role of “Diane” in the new musical Hipster Sweatshop at the Rockwell, “Sheila” in the musical
HAIR Potawanami Tribe performed at the Democratic National Convention 1996 in Chicago followed by a 5 week tour at The New Athenaeum
Theatre, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Maggie in Boy’s Life, Yelena in Uncle Vanya, Victoria in Noel Coward’s Tonight at 8:30, Fastrada in Pippin,
and Ophelia in Hamlet.
The Singer-Songwriter: Danielle’s original songs have been placed in films: Venice Underground, April Moon, In the Presence of, Shadowheart, and
theme song Heaven for indie feature City of… which she performed live at the 19th Annual Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards Desert AIDS
Project accompanying dancers Kupono and Marko from So You Think You Can Dance with with choreography by Ray Leeper. She received a Los
Angeles Music Award for “Best Female Singer-Songwriter.” Her album “Glimmer” was nominated for AAA Album of the Year and her song “In
Passing” has received Unanimous Choice Recipient Award for Independent AC Single of the Year. Music Connection Magazine has featured Danielle
in its Hot 100 Unsigned Artists list. Annually Danielle sings on stage with rock n’ roll legends at the Venice Beach Sign Holiday Lighting ceremony,
past artists: Al Jardine of The Beach Boys and Andy Summers of The Police. Danielle sings and plays piano, guitar and ukulele with her band
Midnight Velvet, interweaving jazz and blues standards in their smooth, inventive way and reinterpret songs from the Great American Songbook to
modern day rock-pop classics a la the vintage style of Postmodern Jukebox.
Danielle received her Bachelor of Arts at California State University at Fullerton graduating Magna Cum Laude with a double emphasis on Acting
and Musical Theatre. While attending CSUF, she received several nominations for the Irene Ryan Best Actress Award and took runner-up at The
Lincoln Center Theatre in NYC. She continued her studies with Eric Kline at Film Actor’s Workshop, Larry Moss, Lesly Kahn and Shari Shaw Studios
and improv at Upright Citizens Brigade.
SACANIME SUMMER 2023 SEPTEMBER 1ST - 3RD, 2023