Daniela Sea
Daniela Sea (left) with Neil Giuliano at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Neil G Giuliano is an American Gay rights Activist. Giuliano was the former four-term Republican mayor (1994-2004 of Tempe Arizona. The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. (Photo by Jere)
Background information
Birth name	Unknown
Also known as	Daniela Sea Dan-yella Dyslexia Little Prince
Born	1977 Malibu, California, United States
Occupation(s)	musician, actress, performance artist, juggler
Instrument(s)	guitar, accordion, penny whistle
Years active	early 90s-Present
Associated acts	Cypher in the Snow

Daniela Sea (born 1977) is an American musician, performance artist, former circus juggler, and actress. Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Juggling is a physical human skill involving the movement of objects usually through the air for entertainment (see Object manipulation) A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox The tin whistle, also called the tinwhistle, whistle, pennywhistle or Irish whistle, is a simple six-holed Woodwind instrument Cypher in the Snow were an all women Queercore band from San Francisco. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, Clowns trained animals trapeze acts Hoopers, tightrope walkers Juggling is a physical human skill involving the movement of objects usually through the air for entertainment (see Object manipulation) An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

History

Sea grew up in Malibu, California, raised by her artist/surfer/hippie parents. Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a Surfboard, although wave-riders The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world ^[1] When she was a child, her father came out as gay. Her stepfather taught her to surf and moved the family to Hawaii so they could enjoy better surfing. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Her earliest memories are of the ocean, later inspiring her pseudonym. An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias)

Sea "I ran away when I was 16 from L. A. and I moved to the Bay area, like a good gay kid would. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the " While there in Berkeley, she joined the DIY/punk/feminist/artist space Gilman Street Project, studied improv acting in Laney College, and played in several punk rock bands, including The Gr'ups and Cypher in the Snow. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. DIY (or Do It Yourself culture is a broad term that refers to a wide range of Grassroots political activism The punk subculture is based around Punk rock. It emerged from the larger Rock music scene in the mid-to-late-1970s in the United Kingdom, the United Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate The 924 Gilman Street project alternately the Alternative Music Foundation, is the Berkeley California street address and Improvisational theatre (also known as improv or impro) is a form of Theatre in which the Actors use Improvisational acting techniques Laney College is a Community college located in Oakland California, next to the Lake Merritt BART station and the Kaiser Convention Center. Cypher in the Snow were an all women Queercore band from San Francisco. ^[2]

Sea traveled all over Europe and Asia. She hitchhiked through Turkey, did some street theatre, and performed as a fire juggler with a traveling circus in Poland. Hitchhiker Program Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, hitching, autostop or thumbing up a ride) is a means of Transportation Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Street theatre is a form of theatrical Performance and presentation in outdoor Public spaces without a specific paying Audience. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland As a punk rocker, she and her band cross-dressed. Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothing commonly associated with another gender within a particular Society. At one point in her world travels, she lived in India for eight months as a man. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

She said about her sexuality:

Career

After Sea returned from Europe, she moved to New York City. The City of New York ^[5] and decided to re-enter the acting world, giving an audition tape to a friend who worked on The L Word's writing staff. The L Word is a Television Drama series on Showtime that portrays the lives of a group of Lesbian, Bisexual and Sea then got a call at her restaurant job in New York and was asked to fly to Los Angeles for an audition. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West ^[2] She was then offered to perform the role of Moira Sweeney, an androgynous computer technician who moves from the Midwest with Jenny (Mia Kirshner). Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress who works in movies and Television series. Over the course of the season, Moira comes out as a transman, adopting the name "Max Sweeney". A transman or transguy (often referred to as FTM) is short for Transsexual or Transgender man - a person who was naturally born or physically Max Sweeney, formerly Moira Sweeney, is a Fictional character on the Showtime television network series The L Word. ^[3] She and Leisha Hailey (Alice) are the only out lesbians in The L Word ensemble cast, although Laurel Holloman (Tina) is bisexual. Leisha Hailey (born July 11, 1971) is an American actress musician and producer Alice Pieszecki is a Fictional character on the Showtime television network series The L Word, shown nationally in the United States Laurel Holloman (born May 23, 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American actress, currently best known Tina Kennard is a Fictional character on the Showtime television network series The L Word, shown nationally in the United States. ^[3]

Recently, she has helped to form a band called Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion with Bitch (formerly of Bitch and Animal). Bitch and Animal, a duo consisting of musicians Bitch and Animal Prufrock, were a Queercore band that performed from 1995 to 2004

Besides The L Word, Sea's filmography also includes the films Shortbus (2006)^[2] (with Bitch, playing characters based on themselves) and Itty Bitty Titty Committee, released in 2007. For other uses see Short Bus (disambiguation. Shortbus is a 2006 comedy - Drama film written and Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a lesbian-related Comedy Film released on 28 September, 2007. She also appeared in the John Cameron Mitchell-directed music video for Bright Eyes' "First Day of My Life" with Bitch. John Cameron Mitchell (born April 21, 1963) is a Golden Globe -nominated American Writer, Actor, and director Bright Eyes is an American band consisting of Singer-songwriter / Guitarist Conor Oberst, Multi-instrumentalist / producer " First Day of My Life " is a single off of the album I'm Wide Awake It's Morning by the Nebraskan band Bright Eyes, released

References

External links

• Daniela Sea's official website
• Daniela Sea at the Internet Movie Database
• Daniela Sea on The L Word
• Daniela Sea's official Myspace