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Actress and model Dani Oliveros talks about her new projects, shifting from fashion to film, and life as a rising star in Hollywood.
<figure id="attachment_111560" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-111560" style="width: 1299px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-111560" src="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-1.jpg" alt="Dani Oliveros by Kimberly Yvette Goodnight for DAMAN August 2025 001.jpg" width="1299" height="1624" srcset="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-1.jpg 1299w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w" sizes="(max-width: 1299px) 100vw, 1299px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-111560" class="wp-caption-text">Jumpsuit by Ambush; necklace by Louis Vuitton; shoes by Puma</figcaption></figure>
From the runway to the big screen, Dani Oliveros is proving she can do it all. The Florida-born actress and model first caught attention through campaigns with Gucci, Maybelline, and Nike, but it’s her leap into acting that’s now putting her in the spotlight. With projects that range from the edgy horror-thriller “Skill House” to the high-energy comedy “Rolling Loud” alongside Owen Wilson, and the upcoming legal drama “A Place in Hell,” Oliveros shows no signs of slowing down. Chatting with DA MAN, she shares what it’s like moving between genres, how discipline fuels her craft, and the moments that keep her inspired both on and off set. 
DAMAN: You’ve teased “A Place in Hell” as one of your upcoming roles. What can you share about the project and your character? 
Dani Oliveros: Most of the characters and plot line are being kept under wraps, but the project follows Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar Jones working at a high-profile criminal law firm.
DA: The title “A Place in Hell” suggests something dark or psychological. Is this another venture into horror or does it explore new territory for you as an actor? 
DO: It’s funny, a lot of people have asked me if it’s a horror or sci-fi/dystopia centered film based on the title, but it definitely is more of a thriller. I like that the name carries such strong weight that you don’t know what to expect.
<figure id="attachment_111561" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-111561" style="width: 1299px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-111561" src="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-2.jpg" alt="Dani Oliveros by Kimberly Yvette Goodnight for DAMAN August 2025 002.jpg" width="1299" height="1624" srcset="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-2.jpg 1299w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-2-768x960.jpg 768w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-2-1229x1536.jpg 1229w" sizes="(max-width: 1299px) 100vw, 1299px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-111561" class="wp-caption-text">Blazer by Sean Sheila; jumpsuit by Ambush; necklace by Louis Vuitton</figcaption></figure>
DA: Without giving too much away, what kind of audience reaction do you think “A Place in Hell” will provoke? 
DO: I think Chloe Domont is so gifted in her ability to create such vivid dichotomies in her writing. The audience will likely be torn between several vantage points and I think the film leaves a lot up for debate on several different topics, especially having such strong female leads. But I think it does give a lot for the audience to think about.
DA: Let’s talk about “Skill House”—what was your initial reaction when you read the script, and what made you say yes to the project? 
DO: For Skill House, I didn’t get the script until my callback, and I feel like I vividly remember my jaw dropping reading some of the scenes. It has some material that had never been done before and was so extreme that my initial reaction was just, “Woah.” I also liked that Kirsten is a character I couldn’t initially figure out. She seems to be one thing, but that’s more calculated than she lets on, and as she gets pushed to higher stakes, we get to see a different side of her, which I was really eager to play around with.
DA: Working on a film produced by 50 Cent must have been quite an experience. What was the vibe like on set, and did anything surprise you about the production process? 
DO: The vibe on set was definitely “summer camp.” We had such a big core cast that we bonded really quickly and it was one of the most fun sets I’ve been on. We laughed maybe a little too much, but I think that balanced how much crying and screaming we were doing, and we were all always doing little games between shots. But then it was sad the longer we shot, the more our cast dwindled down as people started to get killed off. I was surprised a lot with the production process, but this was my first horror movie and I got really good with just going with the flow of things since everything was constantly changing, even into post production.
<figure id="attachment_111562" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-111562" style="width: 1299px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-111562" src="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-4.jpg" alt="Dani Oliveros by Kimberly Yvette Goodnight for DAMAN August 2025 003.jpg" width="1299" height="1624" srcset="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-4.jpg 1299w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-4-240x300.jpg 240w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-4-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-4-768x960.jpg 768w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-4-1229x1536.jpg 1229w" sizes="(max-width: 1299px) 100vw, 1299px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-111562" class="wp-caption-text">Shirt by Nana Vintage; skirt by adidas; bag by Puma; shoes by Kenneth Cole</figcaption></figure>
DA: Your upcoming comedy “Rolling Loud” features Owen Wilson and Matt Rife. How did you land the role, and what was it like working in such a high-energy, comedic environment? 
DO: Rolling Loud was so fun and such a change of pace from the other projects I was doing at the time! I had a self-tape audition, but since it was a fun character I did play around with it a bit, and got a director session/chemistry read maybe a month after. It was a little tricky to coordinate because at the same time I was working out details for another film, and things moved so quickly I ended up on a flight the next day to shoot and flew from Rolling Loud to another set. The environment was incredible, though. I felt like I was taking a masterclass in comedy filled with improv and ways to make every single take so different. I also love being on huge sets like that.
DA: Comedy and horror are such different genres. As an actor, how do you shift gears between such contrasting tones? 
DO: Even though horror and comedy are such different genres, the two of them specifically have so much in common. I’m pretty used to shifting between all kinds of genres for auditions, sometimes doing tapes back to back that are wildly different. I try to figure out the tone right away, because each script has its own heartbeat, and I don’t think too much about making that shift rather than just figuring out how each script operates and feels as its own world.
<figure id="attachment_111563" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-111563" style="width: 1299px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-111563" src="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-5.jpg" alt="Dani Oliveros by Kimberly Yvette Goodnight for DAMAN August 2025 004.jpg" width="1299" height="1624" srcset="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-5.jpg 1299w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-5-240x300.jpg 240w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-5-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-5-768x960.jpg 768w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-5-1229x1536.jpg 1229w" sizes="(max-width: 1299px) 100vw, 1299px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-111563" class="wp-caption-text">Shirt by 4funkyflavours; skirt by adidas; bag by Puma; socks by Oooh Yeah!; shoes by Kenneth Cole</figcaption></figure>
DA: Looking back, how did your training at the Alexander Dreyfoos School of the Arts and The Alvin Ailey Program shape your discipline and work ethic as an actor? 
DO: Dreyfoos was my high school, but as a performing arts school, it was extremely competitive in academics, with a pre-ivy league high school as our biggest rival, so I am well accustomed to high competitive and high pressure environments. Between that, Alvin Ailey, where I’d dance for 12 hours a day everyday, and my gymnastics background, I drive my preparation with getting tons of reps in, which is more common I’d say for athletes than a lot of the other arts, where people expect creativity to be the driving force rather than discipline, especially in such an abstract art form. In gymnastics I’d train skills for months at a time to compete for a matter of seconds on a single pass. And I still do gymnastics now, mostly to uphold that mindset and discipline. I also don’t expect things to happen overnight, and am really great at structuring my days and fueling myself wholly as a person, not just as an actor. I do take a lot of pride in my work ethic, because I really had no natural talent with acting when I first started.
DA: Modeling for brands like Nike, Target, and being featured in Vogue Italia—what’s one standout memory from your modeling days that still stays with you? 
DO: I have been so lucky with my modeling career, there are so many standout moments, but I think my top would be a Gucci x DSW collab, a Maybelline campaign, and a Vogue Italia feature. Those were some of the most fun, then there’s a good amount that I got to travel to incredible locations for, like Lima, Peru.
<figure id="attachment_111564" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-111564" style="width: 1299px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-111564" src="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-6.jpg" alt="Dani Oliveros by Kimberly Yvette Goodnight for DAMAN August 2025 005.jpg" width="1299" height="1624" srcset="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-6.jpg 1299w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-6-240x300.jpg 240w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-6-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-6-768x960.jpg 768w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-6-1229x1536.jpg 1229w" sizes="(max-width: 1299px) 100vw, 1299px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-111564" class="wp-caption-text">Bag &amp; shoes by Puma</figcaption></figure>
DA: What was the turning point when you realized you wanted to shift your focus from modeling to acting full-time? 
DO: I think the turning point happened pretty quickly into pursuing acting, which was when I had already been modeling for about 5 years. I definitely was not a natural talent in acting, but once I got rep and started auditioning I realized how much work I was going to have to do to book anything, so I decided to double down and fully commit. Also at that time social media started to really change, and I kinda missed the train on that so I was seeing that affect my model bookings a lot not being proactive in content creation, so I felt like that’s when I needed to really make a choice on which I’d put all my time and energy into, personally.
DA: You’ve worked across both studio features and independent films. What’s something you appreciate about each experience? 
DO: I do love working on both independent and studio projects! Of course on studio projects you have more of a budget, so you see bigger crews, access to ideally whatever the set calls for, and they tend to work like huge machines with a bunch of moving parts. There’s something really magical about feeling like such a small but integral part of something so large of a scale. On the other hand, because indies are so small, there’s often so much more room to play on them and experiment in a way larger sets don’t always allow for. Also every relationship becomes so much more personal which I always value, and every person on those sets tend to be extremely passionate about that specific project, so it feels like you’ve made a little family by the end of the shoot.
<figure id="attachment_111566" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-111566" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-111566" src="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-3_small.jpg" alt="Dani Oliveros by Kimberly Yvette Goodnight for DAMAN August 2025 006.jpg" width="650" height="812" srcset="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-3_small.jpg 650w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-3_small-240x300.jpg 240w" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-111566" class="wp-caption-text">T-shirt by Iron Maiden; jeans by Saint Laurent</figcaption></figure>
DA: You’ve made impressive strides already, but what’s one dream role—or dream collaboration—that’s still on your list? 
DO: Oh man, I have a never ending list of dream roles and it’s ever changing. I would love to do a psychological thriller, an action or physically demanding role, a romcom, a dance movie, I want to do everything! My list of dream collaborations is just as scattered, but Ari Aster is definitely one of my all-time favorites.  
DA: On Instagram, you’ve shared moments from wellness and gym routines. How does fitness feed into your roles mentally and physically? 
DO: Fitness more than anything is mental for me and I think it largely plays into both my roles and the time between any jobs I’m on. I am someone who has horribly high amounts of energy and if I don’t get that out creatively and physically, my mental health can plummet really quickly, so I like to stay on top of it for discipline. Gymnastics specifically feeds largely into my mental endurance, often taking months of repetition to get one skill, so I train myself to get used to the mindset that things will take time.
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-111565" src="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-7.jpg" alt="Dani Oliveros by Kimberly Yvette Goodnight for DAMAN August 2025 007.jpg" width="1299" height="1624" srcset="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-7.jpg 1299w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-7-240x300.jpg 240w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-7-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-7-768x960.jpg 768w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dani-7-1229x1536.jpg 1229w" sizes="(max-width: 1299px) 100vw, 1299px" />
DA: With so many exciting projects lined up, how do you stay grounded and creatively inspired in the midst of a growing career? 
DO: Really feeding into myself care, hobbies and friends are the things that ground me the most. Also having gymnastics as both an outlet and source of community and stability between projects is my rock. I can tend to crash after projects and feel antsy wanting to get onto the next project right away, so being able to just focus on new skills to put my attention towards is a huge grounding aid so I don’t put that pressure on myself.
DA: And lastly, As a proud Mestiza in Hollywood, how do you hope your presence and performances impact the next generation of artists coming up? 
DO: I hope that as a very proud Mestiza my presence here pushes those individuals to try who want to, but feel they don’t see a possibility for themselves because of representation. I constantly give thanks to everyone who has come before me opening the door, and I want to pay that forward. Things have gone slowly from being more “open” ethnicity in casting to writing stories and creating roles seeking people from different ethnic backgrounds. If you have that creative calling, go for it, it’s there for a reason.
Photography &amp; Styling Kimberly Yvette Goodnight 
Hair &amp; Makeup Faye Lauren at Tracey Mattingly using Charlotte Tilbury and Oribe 
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