Danielle Wade

Danielle Wade (born 30 June 1992) is a Canadian actress and singer. She first rose to prominence for winning the 2012 Canadian reality television series Over the Rainbow. Growing up, Wade was a figure skater. She graduated from Sandwich Secondary School, and attended the University of Windsor where she pursued a BFA in musical theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber referred to Wade as “an extraordinary talent".

As a result of winning Over the Rainbow, Wade starred as Dorothy Gale in the North American premiere of Lloyd Webber's stage adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. Overall, Wade has performed as Dorothy approximately 500 times.

In 2014, Wade starred as Cinderella in Cinderella, a Ross Petty family holiday pantomime production.

Between 2015 and 2017, Wade appeared in five Drayton Entertainment musical productions. In 2015, Wade played Anne Shirley in their production of Anne of Green Gables. In 2016, she starred as Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia, and then as Ariel Moore in Footloose. In 2017, she played the Narrator in Drayton Entertainment's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Later in 2017, she starred as Belle in Beauty and the Beast.

In 2018, Wade starred as Marian Paroo in the Stratford Festival production of The Music Man.

Wade made her Broadway debut in Mean Girls, a musical based on the Tina Fey movie. The musical opened at the August Wilson Theatre in April 2018, with Wade understudying the lead roles of Cady Heron and Janis Sarkisian. In August 2019, it was announced that Wade would star as Cady Heron in the first North American tour of Mean Girls. She continued in the role when performances resumed following the COVID-19 pandemic.

In May 2023, it was announced that Wade would star alongside Corbin Bleu in the world premiere production of Summer Stock, based on the 1950 film of the same name. The musical, produced by Goodspeed Musicals, was performed between July 7 and August 27, 2023.

On May 1, 2023, Wade married musical theatre actor Will Branner in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

Theater credits

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 Over the Rainbow Herself Winner 2021 The Old Guards TV short

Film Year Title Role Notes 2020 Night Terror Night Terror Short film 2022 Squatting Sophie Short film