Danielle Ferland (born January 31, 1971) is an American actress and singer, best known for originating the role of Little Red Ridinghood in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods on Broadway.
She made her Broadway debut at age 13 as Louise in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (1984).
She reunited with the original cast for three performances in 1989, which were filmed for the Season 10 premiere episode of PBS’s American Playhouse.
[1] Other credits include The Crucible (1991), Fredrika in A Little Night Music Lincoln Center Revival in 1991, Uncommon Women and Others (1994), Tartuffe at the Delacorte Theatre in 1999, A Year with Frog and Toad (2003), Engaged (2004),[2] She Stoops to Conquer at the Irish Repertory Company in 2005, the concert and recording of the York Theatre production of Summer of '42 (2006),[3] Like Love, New York Music Festival, 2007[4] and All My Sons (2008).
In 2012 Ferland starred in the Baltimore CenterStage and Westport Country Playhouse production of Into the Woods as the Baker's Wife.