Danielle Rees currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Danielle is actually her middle name and she uses it professionally, her first name is Jillian. Her nickname among friends is Jilly. She has done far more modeling than acting and has graced the runways of Nina Ricci, Sonia Rykiel and Marc by Marc Jacobs. You may have also seen her in the "clean and clear" ads. She works closely with the National Eating Disorders Association. She is classically trained in opera and was up for the role of Christine in "Phantom of the Opera" but then lost out to Emmy Rossum. She has been linked to the actor Shane West and more recently to the guitarist for the Ben Lee band; Gawain Matthews.