Danielle Rayburn
| Danielle Manning | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Kelley Missal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2009–13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | October 23, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | August 19, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Ron Carlivati | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Classification | Final, regular | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Danielle Rayburn | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | College student | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Buchanan/King/Manning Apartment Llanview, Pennsylvania |
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| Family | Lord |
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| Father | Todd Manning |
| Mother | Téa Delgado |
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| Nieces and nephews | Hope Manning-Thornhart |
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Danielle Manning is a fictional character from the American daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Ron Carlivati, the role was originated on October 23, 2009 by Kelley Missal, who remained in the role through the ABC Daytime finale on January 12, 2012. Missal reprised the role when new daily episodes of One Life to Live debuted on Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network April 29, 2013.
The character was conceived as part of her mother Téa Delgado's absence on the series from 2002 through 2008. Danielle was affected by SORAS, being aged several years after her supposed conception in 2002. Her revised birth date was October 20, 1994; in 2013, it was revealed Dani would be aged to 21.
In 2009, Missal was cast in the role of the daughter of Téa Delgado and Todd Manning. Prior to landing the role, she had little television experience, one of her few roles being Saturday Night Live, in a sketch alongside Dan Aykroyd and Jimmy Fallon. When reading the script for Danielle Rayburn, Missal said she thought, "Oh, my goodness. This girl is a mixture of two cuh-razy [sic] characters...There's so much drama all the time, but I love it!" In a campaign supporting One Life to Live, TV Guide (Canada) writer Nelson Branco named Missal and the other youth on the show as one of the reasons the show was the best soap opera on air.
In 2002, Todd Manning hires con man Ross Rayburn to aid him in the kidnapping of his children Starr and Jack Manning, during an estrangement with his ex-wife Blair Cramer. Todd's other ex-wife, Téa Delgado, catches wind of the plot and seeks to alert Blair. Extenuating circumstances, however, leave Todd, Ross and Téa stranded on an island in the South Pacific. During their cast away, Ross and Téa grow close while at odds with Todd. This, however, does not stop Todd and Téa from making love. When Téa later realizes that Todd is still in love with Blair, she gives him her blessing in seeking to escape the island in an attempt to reconcile with her. In the meantime, Téa opts to stay behind with Ross and waits to be rescued by the coastguard Todd promises to send if he makes it back home. They eventually are rescued. During their stay together, Téa and Ross embark on an impromptu relationship. Later, Téa discovers that she is pregnant, and assumes that the child is Ross's. The two later marry and move to Tahiti, where Danielle is born and raised, although her mother silently questions her paternity.
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