After Vassar, she moved to New York City, where she studied with William Esper, a protégé of Sanford Meisner, and worked off-Broadway. She then moved to Los Angeles for a part on the short-lived TV series Action.[1]
In 2002, the St. Louis Film Festival awarded Daniels the Emerging Star Award. She appeared in One Hour Photo, Wheelmen, and House of 1000 Corpses[4] before becoming a major cast member of Showtime's The L Word. Her depiction of Dana Fairbanks on that show prompted an anonymous donation of a million dollars to the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation,[5] an organization that promotes and funds breast cancerintraductal research.[6]
^Bloom, Nate (December 8, 2011). "Jewish Stars 12/16". Cleveland Jewish News. Born Erin Cohen in St. Louis, Daniels is instantly recognizable to fans of the former Showtime series "The L Word"
^Benjamin Morse (2006). "Dana Lives". Vassar Alumni Quarterly. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2008.
