BIO
DANNI SUZUKI is an actress, presenter, director, screenwriter, and speaker. She studied directing and acting at NY Film Academy (NY-LA). She holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from PUC-RJ and a Postgraduate degree in Neuroscience from PUC-RS (2024). She is an international speaker, with four TEDx talks, twice a jury member for the International Emmy Awards, and a guest lecturer for the Postgraduate program in Digital Marketing and Influence at PUC-RS. She served as a jury member at the LABRIFF Film Festival in Los Angeles (2017) and in the semi-finals of the International Emmy Awards (2021 and 2024).
She has established herself as one of the most prominent Asian actresses in her country, performing in soap operas, series, and films since 1998, with a solid career at one of the largest television networks in Brazil (Rede Globo), where she worked for almost 20 years. Her most recent acting work can be seen in the series "Arcanjo Renegado," currently airing on Globoplay, in the series "Desjuntados" on Amazon Prime (BR), in the series "Capoeiras" on Disney Plus, and soon in cinemas in the feature film "Secrets" (premiering in 2024), for which she received a Best Actress nomination at the Marbella International Film Festival in Spain.
She made her debut in 2016 as a director and screenwriter with the film "Pulso," which was nominated and awarded for Best Direction, Screenplay, Film, Cinematography, and Acting at various national and international festivals, including the International Festival of "Mar Del Plata" in Argentina, Brazil New Visions Film Fest, "LABRIFF" and "Olympus Film Festival" in LA; it was screened at the Laemmle Theater in Hollywood. She is currently finalizing her documentary feature about refugee children, filmed in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and the Brazil-Venezuela border. She was the creator and screenwriter of a series on Amazon Prime (Brazil) and a screenwriter for a series on Amazon Prime (USA).
As a presenter, she has hosted two seasons of "The Voice Brasil," covered the most important music festivals, hosted daily programs, auditorium shows, and interviews with national and international celebrities. She lived with various peoples from different cultures around the world while filming for Multishow. She is currently filming the second season of the program "New Faces" on E! Entertainment Television, set to premiere in October 2024. She is also working as a voice actress in the animations "Patos" and "Kung Fu Panda 4" for Universal, which will be released in cinemas across Brazil in 2024.
A social activist, she has served as an ambassador for the American NGO "Waves for Water" and the international NGO "Make a Wish." She has been running her own social projects for over 26 years, dedicating herself since 2016 to refugee families.
AWARDS
Best Direction - Olympus Film Festival - Los Angeles**
Best Direction - Tiete Films Awards**
Best Direction - Caicó Film Festival**
Best Direction - Civifilms Independent Film Festival**
Best Direction - Cinema Três Passos**
Best Screenwriter - Fest Cine - 2016**
Nominated for Best Direction - Brazil New Vision International Film Festival 2023**
Nominated for Best Actress for "Secrets" - Marbella Film Festival 2022**
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "Normais 2" - Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2009**
Best of the Year in Dance - Domingão do Faustão 2009**
1st Place in Doubles at the Janosake Amateur Tennis Championship 2024**
2nd Place in Ice Skating - Domingão do Faustão 2009**
1st Place in the II Amateur Snowboarding Competition - Chile 2008**
1st Place with the Independent Dance Company - Dancx - Dancer 2000**
Ambassador of Make a Wish Brazil (2023)**
Ambassador of the NGO Waves For Water in Brazil**
Ambassador of World Kidney Day**
Ambassador of National Breastfeeding Day - Breastfeeding and Health, the Heart of the Matter 2012**
PROFISSIONAL
EDUCATION
Postgraduate in Neuroscience and Behavior - PUC-RS. 2022/2024
Finance - AUVP - Investor School - 2024
Guest Lecturer for Postgraduate Digital Marketing and Influence - PUC-RS - Emotional Connections - 2024
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design - Product Design - PUC-RJ - Scholarship Recipient - 1997-2002
Integral Systemic Coaching - Emotional Intelligence - Febracis 2019
Leadership with Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman 2021
Emotional Intelligence - CIS Method - Paulo Vieira 2018
High Business with Paulo Vieira 2019 - Febracis
Digital Marketing - Erico Rocha - 2021
Professional Classical Ballet - State Dance School of the Municipal Theater - RJ (EDMO) 1987-1997
Theater and Modern Dance - New York University - Scholarship Recipient - NY 1991
CAL (Centro de Artes Laranjeiras) - 2 Years - Professional Acting Conservatory | 2000-2002
Teatro Tablado - Theater School - 2000
Professional Theater Company - Ensaio Aberto - Actress and Dancer - 2001
Structure of the Thriller Screenwriting - Dan Brown 2021
Acting for Film - New York Film Academy (LA) 2016
Filmmaking - New York Film Academy (NY) 2014
Cinematography Direction with Lula Carvalho - 2020
Screenwriting - Bruno Albuquerque - 2022
Voice and Acting with BABAYA - Rede Globo 2016
Shakespeare Globe Theatre with Yolanda Vazquez - London - 2014
Acting for Film with Camila Amado - 2014
Directing (Filmmaking) - New York Film Academy (NY) 2013
Acting for Film with Fátima Toledo - Rede Globo 2010
Acting for Film with Tizuka Yamasaki - 2002