After graduating with honors from the theatre conservatory program at Shenandoah University, Danielle toured the country nationally for a year with a children’s threatre company and then landed in Chicago to continue her stage career.
While living in Chicago she performed with multiple theatre companies but there she also discovered her passion for film and television. After booking over a dozen commercials and starring in a number of short films, she was cast in her first feature film role in the movie What If… starring Kevin Sorbo and directed by the amazing Dallas Jenkins.
This experience sparked her decision to finally move to Los Angeles to further pursue her film and television career. Danielle Hoetmer has since been seen on many great prime time television shows including: Lessons in Chemistry, How I Met Your Father, Love Victor, Lucifer, 911: LoneStar, Veronica Mars, Grown-ish, What Just Happened, Code Black, Scandal, Scorpion, Hawaii Five-O, CSI:Cyber, Private Practice, Criminal Minds, Heartbeat, Days of Our Lives, and The Client List.
Her most notable feature film credits include, a supporting lead in the much anticipated Lionsgate's movie, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, starring Judy Greer and set to open in theaters November 2024. A supporting role in the indie cult hit, Riddle of Fire which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, and a large supporting lead in the sweet family drama Emerson Heights starring Gatlin Green and Austin James, on Amazon Prime.