Daniella Alonso

The show is about a group of high school kids who decide to document their senior year. Then 10 years later the kids who are now adults just want to catch up on where they are in their lives and what ended up happening.  The way the show is shot is kind of interesting because we go back and forth between 2000 and 2010 and all the years in between. We tell the stories of what happens in their lives, but also we incorporate real life, historical events .  One of the characters was going to be...Read Full Story

Name: Daniella Alonso Hometown: NYC Sign: Virgo High School: St. Vincent Ferrer HS College: Marymount Manhattan College First Role: Academy Boyz Current Role: Brenda Serrano on My Generation Hair color: Brown Favorite Three TV Shows: The Wire! Dexter The L Word Favorite Three Movies: Outrageous Fortune, Great Expectations, Basquiat Favorite Music: Biggie Favorite Books: The Bell Jar, Confederacy of Dunces, Madame Bovary, The Fountainhead Favorite Food: ALL...Read Full Story

1) The Meadow in Central Park. Not even the Meadow, all of Central Park.  There are so many little nooks and crannies in Central Park, I remember just hanging out with all my friends. 2) Grays Papaya on 72 nd Street. The best hot dogs in all of New York. 3) St. Marks Street. I got my tattoo there. There are a lot of cool restaurants like Dojos, which I’m obsessed with. 4) I love the area of Broadway between Halston and Canal, that whole little strip. That’s where I shop, that’s where I...Read Full Story

In Rapid Fire, we ask each Girl to finish the beginning of a sentence we provide. They will have only mere milliseconds to provide a response, so these answers will come straight from their unconscious, unencumbered by oppressive societal conventions and the insidious forces of excessive politeness. Enjoy Daniella Alonso. My motto is… be happy. I can’t stand it when… they run out of my favorite dessert. Very few people know that I… like to sing. Hollywood is… a sign. I’m inspired by...Read Full Story

“I’ve never screamed so hard as when I found out I got the part” says Daniella Alonso of her new role as Brenda on ABC’s My Generation , and she has good reason to rejoice. The show’s unique flashback structure, along with an extensive billboard campaign, have made it one of the notable new shows of the season. A native New Yorker, Daniella started modeling and acting as a teen, but still attended college because her grandparents insisted on it. She’s done stints on Friday Night Lights and...Read Full Story