Daniella Perkins, also known artistically as Daniella Taylor, is an American actress and internet personality. She gained prominence through her main role in the Nickelodeon series Knight Squad (2018–2019). She has since appeared in the Freeform series Grown-ish (2021–2024).
Early life Daniella Taylor was born at the Anaheim Regional Medical Center to a white teen mother who raised Daniella and her younger sister, Devenity, as a single mother. Her father is African-American. She grew up in Orange County, California. As children, Perkins and her sister put on plays for their own amusement. She was homeschooled to make time for her career.
Career Taylor attempted creating a YouTube channel at 11 with her sister. In 2008, they began a fashion, location, and restaurant review website WzTheBuzz and went on to officially launch it as a business in 2011. Taylor created a Musical.ly around 2015 and has since gained over 1.8 million followers on TikTok. In addition, her YouTube channel has over 750,000 subscribers.
Taylor decided to pursue acting professionally in her early teens. Her first venture was with Devenity in the 2014 short film Senior Slasher. She made her television debut with a guest role on Girl Meets World in 2016.
Taylor began working with Nickelodeon in 2016, playing the recurring role of Sophie in the series Legendary Dudas. She starred as Ciara in the Nickelodeon series Knight Squad from 2018 to 2019, a role she reprised in a crossover episode of Henry Danger. She voiced Winnie in Middle School Moguls. She also made guest appearances in a number of Nickelodeon series, participated in reality series, and appeared in the 2016 television film, Blurt.
Taylor starred as the titular role in the 2019 Brat web series Red Ruby.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Senior Slasher Short film 2017 Del Playa Sara 2023Deltopia Rachel2024SuncoastLaci
Television Year Title Role Notes 2016 Hopefuls McKayla Pilot 2016 Girl Meets World Zoe Episode: "Girl Meets She Don't Like Me" 2016 Legendary Dudas Sophie 6 episodes 2017 Nickelodeon's Ultimate Halloween Haunted House Herself TV special 2018 The Thundermans Cheyanne Episode: "Rhythm n' Shoes" 2018 Blurt Milly Turkel TV film 2018–2019 Knight Squad Ciara Main role 2018 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Jade Episode: "Quadbusters" 2019 Middle School Moguls Winnie Main voice role; miniseries 2019 Henry Danger Ciara Episode: "Knight & Danger" 2019 The Carpe Challenge: Chicago Herself Main role; miniseries 2019 Drop That Seat Herself Main role 2019 SpongeBob SquarePants Contestant TV special: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" 2021–2024 Grown-ish Kiela Hall Recurring role (season 4); Main (seasons 5–6)
Web Year Title Role Notes 2019 Red Ruby Ruby Balsey Lead role
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