Actor / Director Profile

The lead singer of the all girl bands The Nouveaux Riches and Maxitit and a professional photographer by day at The Little Room Studio, Daniels was born in Seattle, Washington. Eddie Daniels has been acting, dancing and singing since she was six years old, and has appeared in over forty films, plays, videos and TV Guest Appearances. At an early age she moved to New York where she garnered theatrical roles. From 1989 -1992 Daniels was a featured dancer on the hit show Club MTV with Downtown Julie Brown. Daniels first garnered international attention in 1992 with her turn as Jersey Girl in Abel Ferrara Bad Lieutenant (1992). Her scene with Harvey Keitel was a hit at the Cannes Film Festival and garnered great reviews. Over the next few years, she won further critical support and many all pro reviews for her role as Marty in Matthew Harrison Rhythm Thief (1994), and as Dove in Central Standard Time (1997)for which she was nominated Best New Actress Slamdance 1997 by Film Threat Magazine. Rhythm Thief (1994) went on to win the Grand Jury Prize for Best Director at Sundance 1995. From 1999-2004 she went to work for Slamdance Film Festival as a festival programmer for their yearly stint along side Sundance Fil Festival in Park City Utah. Also an artist, in 1999 her mixed media self portrait titled, "City Ordinance My Ass" sold at Sotheby's for American Film Institute's "Where Film Art Meets Fine Art" benefit auction. Daniels hosted and founded, alongside produce Adam Leipzig and Susan Ferris, an independent film screening series called Rogue at the Vogue where they featured various up and coming filmmakers. She played Rhythm Guitar in the Alt Country Rock band Betty Dylan (aka Betty Dillon) for two years. She played a rock singer in the film Manhattan Minutiae, performing songs she wrote for the film, giving fans an early look at her musical prowess. She appeared in music videos for Madonna,George Michael and countless others. She starred in the music video for the Spin Doctors' song "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast", and has also appeared in a series of American Movie Classics commercial segues in which she was a platinum blonde, 1940s big band torch singer. On June 24, 2005, with her all girl band, Maxitit, the Bad Kitty Posse she launched a career as a lead singer and musician at Paladino's Rock Club. Maxitit played several gigs promoting the feature film Manhattan Minutiae (2006) which stars Daniels and features Maxitit. Notable bands they have shared the stage with as Maxitit includes; The Cliks, Girl in a Coma, The New (formerly AKA), DOA, Circle Jerks, Sick of Sarah and God-Des and She. Eddie Daniels resides in Los Angeles as an Actress, Photographer, Rockstar and is also in the all girl band The Nouveaux Riches which has appeared in Jane Clark _Meth Head(2011)_ and 'Kimberly McCullough's' Nice Guys Finish Last. She was born Julie Diane Haggerty to Dan Haggerty, a civil engineer and Sandra Haggerty, a school teacher. She has three siblings - sisters Leah and Christina, and brother Daniel.