Danika Adams

Dani (Danika) Adams was born in July of 1990, and spent her first six years in California where she saw her first Shirley Temple video at age 3 and decided on the spot that she would take part in the world of entertainment. Since then, her family moved to North Carolina, and she took part in many church and little theater plays (like "Four Tickets to Christmas" - Kernersville Little Theatre). She wrote and performed in her own parody of "Oedipus Rex" - entitled: "Fredipus Tex" - in 8th Grade, and made the Top 10 in the North Carolina Modeling Pageant that year (2003). At a Performance and Visual Arts high school, she received acting and basic film training in her first year, although she went on to graduate as a piano major - which became a platform for her following three years as a piano teacher. From 2002 to 2011, Dani led worship at her church - Abundant Life - as a pianist and vocalist, while taking part in a contemporary band called Seeds of Grace. Seeds of Grace disbanded after a year, but she never stopped writing music. After graduating high school, she stayed with Model and Talent Management, where she received training at John Casablanca's and later took part in the 2012 Avanti Showcase. While training, she remained active in productions by Donalja "The Voiceness" James ("Why Me Lord") and Foxfire Productions ("Are We Free At Last" and "Count Your Blessings"), and was also a part of DRL Toons Modeling Troupe. In 2012, she met and began working with Dexter Goad, of Shadowdog Productions. At first, she participated in voice work for various audio plays, but in 2014 she landed a lead role for "Dead Room: Origins" as Dagan. Everything would shift from there. Not only did her adoration of film work increase, but she had her first opportunity as a Script Supervisor during the shoot... and locked in, from that moment, on her truest passion - storytelling and directing. Setbacks in life posed many obstacles, but her vision never wavered. She gathered every experience she could, and applied them to her own works and ideas - from promoting artists, craftsmen, and hidden wonders in her city on a YouTube vlog called "Life Is Fun," to publishing her first two fables on Amazon ("Desmond Deathflores" and "Miki's Dream") as The Chronicler. She continued doing voice work as well, her latest feature being for Murewa Ayudele's "Man of the Law" as the characters Oyin and Sade Bayo. Other lead roles she's appeared in were for "Shorts 4 Cancer" and "Waiting Room" (Shadowdog Productions), "For the Love of Fruitcake" (Ready Made Productions), and in the YouTube series "Book Crushers" as Nakia. She also worked alongside Jim McQuaid to help produce "Game of Me" (2018) written by Jenna Rose Simon. She is working on completing her first animations - beginning with "The Tale of Desmond Deathflores," a flower who became more than just poison. She remains active on her YouTube channel as Chronicler9, and participates in Axion Reaction videos with Dexter Goad and Dane Goodwin. Dani last counted herself to have 87 stories ready to tell, since first creating her worlds at 7 years old - but the number continues to increase. She believes strongly in the power of storytelling, to shape societies and history. Her goal by making movies is to reveal perspectives, encourage hope, and promote unity to people from all walks of life, stating: "Humans NEED stories. ... Stories give us hope - give us reason, incentive, purpose. And good stories, like good food, unite us as human.