Danneel Ackles

• Name — Danneel Ackles • Birth Name — Elta Danneel Graul • Born — 18 March 1979 • Birthplace — Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. • Other Names — Danneel Harris Danneel Graul • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1999–present • Children — 3

Elta Danneel Graul was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, and raised in nearby Eunice, a small town in St. Landry Parish. Her father, Edward E. Graul Jr., is a practicing ophthalmologist and her mother, Deborah Graul, works as an interior designer. She was named after her great-grandmother. Her first name is Elta, but she goes by her middle name, Danneel, professionally. The name "Danneel" was inspired by Danneel Street in New Orleans. She first moved to Los Angeles to pursue a modeling career.

Before she landed her first acting role, Harris worked as a model with such companies as Big Sexy Hair and Juicy Jeans. She first appeared in a television commercial. In 2003, Harris landed her first role on the ABC soap opera television series One Life to Live as Shannon McBain, a student attending the fictional Llanview University. Harris relocated to New York for the role, and left the series in December 2004. Harris has since gone on to appear in shows such as JAG, Charmed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, What I Like About You, NCIS, and Joey. Harris's first film role was in the short film The Plight of Clownana. In 2005, Harris began a major recurring role in the third season of The WB/CW television drama series One Tree Hill. Harris portrayed the role of Rachel Gatina, a bad girl who creates havoc for the residents of Tree Hill and returned to her role as a series regular for the show's fourth season. However, in season five Harris only reprises the role of Rachel in two episodes due to the season’s format change. In June 2009, Harris was confirmed to reprise the role of Rachel in the series seventh season over the course of seven episodes. Harris was in-talks to return for the series eighth season, but, due to scheduling conflicts, these plans never materialized. In January 2007, Harris was the female lead in the New Line Cinema Comedy film Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, the sequel to the 2004 film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Filming took place in Shreveport, Louisiana, that same month. The film was released in April 2008 to mostly negative reviews (with aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes giving it an average of 53%), despite the film grossing over $43,439,123 worldwide. Harris reprised the role of Vanessa Fanning in the third and final installment of the trilogy, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, which was released in November 2011. In both 2009 and 2010, Harris had small supporting roles in the films Fired Up! and The Back-up Plan. • Illustration — Harris in 2011 In May 2009, Harris was cast in the Screen Gems Thriller film The Roommate. The film, also starring Leighton Meester and Cam Gigandet, centers on a college freshman whose roommate has a violent obsession with her. Harris portrays Irene Crew, a high-profile fashion designer. The film was shot on location at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and suffered numerous push-backs for unknown reasons. The film was eventually released in February 2011 to a $15.6 million opening weekend despite negative reviews from critics and went on to gross over $40 million worldwide. In September 2009, Harris appeared in the sitcom television series pilot Friends with Benefits, which was picked up by NBC. It was originally set to air as a midseason replacement during the 2010–11 television season, but was delayed until August 2011. Harris took on the role of Sara Maxwell, a doctor desperate to find the right guy. The series premiered to a low 2.34 million viewers and to mixed reviews from critics. The series was not renewed. In June 2012, Harris, now going by the professional name Danneel Ackles, was brought in for a recurring role in the second season of the TV Land series Retired at 35. In December 2017, it was announced that Ackles had been cast in the recurring role of Sister Jo in thirteenth season of The CW television series Supernatural alongside her husband, Jensen Ackles. She appeared in a Lifetime television film, The Christmas Contract (2018), alongside former One Tree Hill co-stars Hilarie Burton, Robert Buckley, Tyler Hilton and Antwon Tanner. More recently, Jensen and Danneel Ackles formed Chaos Machine Productions with a deal at Warner Bros. Television.

Harris became engaged to Jensen Ackles in November 2009 and the couple married on May 15, 2010, in Dallas, Texas. It was announced on January 7, 2013, that the couple was expecting their first child together. Their daughter was born in May 2013. On August 10, 2016, the couple announced that they were expecting twins together, later in the year. Their twins, a son and a daughter, were born in December 2016.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1999–2004 — One Life to Live — Shannon McBain — Contract role; 68 episodes • 2004 — What I Like About You — Kate — 4 episodes (season 2) • 2004–2005 — Joey — London / Katie Harper — 3 episodes • 2005 — Charmed — Glamour disguise Paige Matthews — Episode: "Something Wicca This Way Goes" • 2005 — JAG — Cammie Cresswell — Episodes: "Straits of Malacca", "Death at the Mosque" • 2005–2010 — One Tree Hill — Rachel Gatina — Recurring role (seasons 3, 5, 7); main role (season 4); 52 episodes • 2007 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Shasta McCloud — Episode: "A La Cart" • 2008 — Free Radio — Danneel Harris — Episode: "Lance Gets a Bodyguard" • 2008 — How I Met Your Mother — Nora Zinman — Episode: "Shelter Island" • 2009 — NCIS — Jessica Shore — Episode: "Love & War" • 2009 — Trust Me — Jessica — Episode: "All Hell the Victors" • 2009 — CSI: Miami — Abby Dawson — Episode: "Sink or Swim" • 2011 — Friends with Benefits — Sara Maxwell — Main role • 2012 — Retired at 35 — Jenn Harris — 3 episodes (season 2) • 2012 — Naughty or Nice — Jill Rhodes — Television film • 2013 — How to Live with Your Parents... — Olivia — Episodes: "How to Fix Up Your Ex", "How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life" • 2014 — Baby Boot Camp — Julia — Television film • 2018–2020 — Supernatural — Sister Jo / Anael — Recurring role (seasons 13–15); 5 episodes • 2018 — The Christmas Contract — Naomi — Television film

Danneel Ackles was recorded at birth as Elta Danneel Graul, born in Lafayette, Louisiana, in 1979. English Wikipedia notes that she was raised in the town of Eunice in St. Is documented as a practising ophthalmologist, while her mother, Deborah Graul, works as an interior designer. The authority entries for the subject record several variant names and pseudonyms, including Danneel Harris, Danneel Graul, and Danielle Harris. English Wikipedia records that she initially relocated from Louisiana to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in fashion modelling. Her formal biographical records classify her occupations across three distinct fields: actress, model, and executive producer.

Before establishing her acting career, English Wikipedia notes that Danneel Ackles worked as a commercial model for brands including Big Sexy Hair and Juicy Jeans, appearing first in television advertising. In 2003, she secured her first major television role as Shannon McBain on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, relocating to New York for the production before departing the series in December 2004. Subsequent episodic appearances documented by English Wikipedia included roles in JAG, Charmed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, What I Like About You, NCIS, and Joey, as well as her debut film appearance in the short production The Plight of Clownana. In 2005, she joined the cast of the WB/CW television drama One Tree Hill as Rachel Gatina, serving as a recurring performer in the third season, a series regular in the fourth season, and returning for subsequent guest appearances in the fifth and seventh seasons. Her feature film credits include the role of Vanessa Fanning in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana, and its 2011 sequel A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, alongside supporting appearances in Fired Up!, The Back-up Plan, and the Screen Gems thriller The Roommate. Following television roles in Friends with Benefits, Retired at 35, and Supernatural, she and her husband formed Chaos Machine Productions under an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. How her professional standing or work is formally judged or commemorated in institutional archives remains unrecorded in the provided documentation.

Danneel Ackles married the actor Jensen Ackles on 15 May 2010 in Dallas, Texas, following their engagement in November 2009, as documented in published biographical coverage in English Wikipedia. Their marriage established both a personal partnership and a joint professional relationship, culminating in their co-founding of the production enterprise Chaos Machine Productions. The couple's joint artistic work also extended to screen performances, including her recurring appearance as Sister Jo alongside her husband in the thirteenth season of the CW television drama series Supernatural. In August 2016, the couple publicly confirmed that they were expecting twins, who were subsequently born in December 2016 as a son and a daughter. Throughout these biographical transitions, published references record her move from her early professional designation as Danneel Harris to her married name, Danneel Ackles, which she formally adopted for screen credits from June 2012 onward during her tenure on the TV Land series Retired at 35.