Danielle Cruz

Danielle has been the artistic type her entire life. Even during her childhood her family would always find her picking up a box of crayons and drawing anything on her mind. Ever since then she's always kept up with her artistic side by always taking art classes in school, and always standing out with her talent for it. Her love for makeup started when she was about 13, always playing around with her eye makeup to match her outfits. But eventually Danielle started to play around with face makeup. Her love for special fx started when she was 15. She started with cheap face paints from a Halloween store and started to experiment. About a year later Danielle knew that she wanted to become a special fx makeup artist. She was constantly buying new products and testing out different looks and different styles on herself. In February 2017, she portrayed her talents for all to see for the first time in "A Palette for My Scarlet Paint" directed by Matthew Vincini, contributing to the blood and bruisings that happened during the film. Danielle is a senior in high school and plans to attend Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. She is looking forward to getting a college degree for sculpting which can help her with making prosthetics. Afterwards she hopes to attend MUD (Makeup Designory), a school to teach more about special fx makeup, so she can obtain a certificate needed to pursue her career. Art has always been a huge part of Danielle's life to help her get through all the hardships she has faced throughout the years. Her art and creativity has helped her stay positive overall and is what makes her unique and helps her stand out from the others. She hopes to make it big in the business, working on big movie sets sometime in the near future.