The Danielle Fishel Handbook - Everything you need to know about Danielle Fishel

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Danielle Christine Fishel (born May 5, 1981) is an American actress and television personality best known for her role as Topanga Lawrence on the 1990s TV sitcom Boy Meets World. She is set to reprise the role for the upcoming 2013 spinoff Girl Meets World. She is also known for being the host of Style Network's The Dish. Fishel also appears in National Lampoon's Dorm Daze and its sequel, and was a spokesperson for NutriSystem.

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 19 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781488505553
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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Articles Danielle Fishel Boy Meets World Gamebox 1.0 Lance Bass Longshot (film) National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze Rocket's Red Glare Say What? Karaoke The Chosen One (2007 film) The Dish (TV series) The Nightmare Room The Soup Yorba Linda, California

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Danielle Fishel

Danielle Fishel

Born

Education

Occupation

Years active

Danielle Fishel Danielle Christine Fishel May 5, 1981 Mesa, Arizona, U.S.

California State University, Fullerton (2012, B.A. Psychology)

Actress and television personality

1992–present

Danielle Christine Fishel(born May 5, 1981) is an American actress and television personality best known for her role as Topanga Lawrence on the 1990s TV sitcomBoy Meets World, and the 2013 sequelGirl Meets World. She is also known for being the host of Style Network'sThe Dish. Fishel also appears inNational Lampoon's Dorm Daze and its sequel, and was a spokesperson for NutriSystem. Fishel earned a degree in Psychology from California State University, Fullerton on December 19, 2012 at the age of 31.

Early life Fishel was born in Mesa, Arizona, the daughter of Jennifer, a personal manager, and Rick Fishel, a medical [1] [2] equipment sales executive. She is of half Maltese descent. The family relocated to Yorba Linda, California when she was three weeks old. She has one younger brother, Christopher. She graduated from Calabasas High School in 1999.

Career In 1991, the then-10-year-old Fishel was discovered in a community theater where she performed in two productions,The Wizard of OzandPeter Pan. She quickly moved on to do voice-overs and commercials, including several as a Barbie Girl for Mattel. Soon after, she appeared on two episodes of the hit showFull House, guest starring as a character named Jennifer. She also had a small role onHarry and the Hendersons, playing Jessica. Fishel's mother became her full-time manager. In 1993, at the age of 12, Fishel began her well-known role as Topanga Lawrence on ABC's pilot seriesBoy Meets World. Originally written as a small part, Topanga became a recurring role. After a successful first year, Fishel [3] became a show regular. Fishel's character was a sparky, intelligent girl who was mature beyond her years; she replaced the nerdy Stuart Minkus as the brains of the class. The long-running show ended in 2000 after seven years. Fishel was on the cover ofSeventeenin December 1998. She took home a 1998 Young Star for Best Performance by [4] a Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series. In June 1999, she was one of "The 21 Hottest Stars Under 21" as presented byTeen People. Fishel was on the cover of GQ's hottest stars to watch in GQ's 1997 October issue. (GQ 1997 10) She appeared in the music video for "Until You Loved Me" by Canadian music group The Moffatts. SinceBoy Meets Worldended, Fishel has appeared in several films, includingNational Lampoon's Dorm Daze. In 2006, she appeared in three made-for-DVD releases:National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2: College at Sea(appearing again as "Marla" from the first film), the action filmGamebox 1.0(playing a dual role), andThe Chosen One, an independent animated film in which she provides the voice of the lead female character. In 2006, Fishel appeared as a guest onThe Tyra Banks Showwhere she discussed her dramatic weight loss with the [5] use of the Nutrisystems Diet. Following her appearance on the show, Fishel became a spokesperson for [6] NutriSystem. She also became a special correspondent forThe Tyra Banks Show, starting in early February 2007. By 2010 she had gained some of the weight back, and toldPeoplemagazine she could not maintain her NutriSystem

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[7] weight. In 2003, Fishel co-hostedSay What? Karaokeon MTV for one season. From August 2008 to March 2011 Fishel hostedThe Dishfor the Style Network, which satirized pop culture in a format similar to sister network E! Entertainment Television'sThe Soup. Fishel was also on Fuse TV as host ofThe Fuse 20, and was a guest star on the round table on an episode ofChelsea Lately. Beginning in 2012, Fishel became the host of MSN TV'sLast Night on TV.

Animal Lady

Herself/Host

Herself

Donna Goldstein (voice)

2003

2002

2000

Sarah Miller

Counselor

Kate / Princess

Notes

2001 to 2002Nikki

The Nightmare Room

Say What? Karaoke

Rocket's Red Glare

Episode: "Frightful Halloween Bash"

2

2013

2009

2011

2006

The Fuse 20

2008 to 2011The Dish

The Tyra Banks Show

National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze

Gloria

Marla

TV movie

150 episodes

Girl Meets World

Episode: "Stuck on You"

Personal life [5][6] In real life, Fishel dated herBoy Meets Worldco-star Ben Savage. She dated former 'N Sync member Lance [8] Bass, who was her date to her high school prom. In 2007, Fishel was arrested in Los Angeles County on a drunken [9] driving warrant. Fishel attended California State University, Fullerton from 2008 to 2012 and graduated on December 19, 2012.

2003

Year

Title

2007

Topanga Lawrence

Gamebox 1.0

2004

2000

Longshot

National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2

2006

Episode: "Sorority Girl"

Episode: Danielle Fishel; Jordin Sparks

Episode: "Camp Nowhere: Part 1"

Title

Heather

The Chosen One

1992 to 1993Full House

Role

Harry and the Hendersons

Jessica

Jennifer P.

Year

Kirk

1996

1993 to 2000

Television

Boy Meets World

1993

Episode: "The Long Goodbyes: Part 2"

Episode: "I'm Not D.J.", "Silence Is Not Golden"

Topanga

Katie

Topanga Matthews

Herself/Host

Stacy

Herself/Host

Yes, Dear

2003

1997

Parenthood

Role

Marla

ABC TGIF

Filmography Film

Episode: "Vaya Con Nikki", "Welcome to the Rest of Your Life"

Danielle Fishel

Awards

Year

1995

1996

Result

[10] Nominated

[11] Nominated

References

Award

Young Artist Awards

Young Artist Awards

Category

Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Comedy Series

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Supporting Young Actress

Work

Boy Meets World

[1] Danielle Fishel Biography (1981-) (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/30/Danielle-Fishel.html). Filmreference.com. Accessed 2010-05-10. [2] "Twitter" (https://mobile.twitter.com/daniellefishel/status/273910088794787842?p=v). Mobile.twitter.com. . Retrieved 2013-02-05. [3] Biography for Danielle Fishel (http:/ /imdb.com/name/nm0004918/bio).IMDb. Retrieved 2007-09-19. [4] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105958/awards [5] The Tyra Banks Show (http://web.archive.org/web/20080130112844/http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_recaps/ show_recap_fri56.html). Friday, October 6, 2006.Warnerbros.com. Retrieved 2006-11-06. [6] 411 Movies Interview: Danielle Fishel of Boy Meets World and Game Box 1.0. (http:/ /www.411mania.com/movies/columns/52108/ 411-Movies-Interview:-Danielle-Fishel-of-Boy-Meets-World-and-Game-Box-1. 0.htm) (March 22, 2007).411mania.com. Retrieved 2007-06-18. [7] Boy Meets World's Danielle Fishel 'I'm Okay with My Weight' (http:/ /www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20342961,00.html). (January 25, 2010)People. v73 n.3. Retrieved 2010-03-27. [8] Valerie Nome (January 17, 2009). Danielle Fishel Talks Lance Bass, Love Life |Dustin Mullins 2004 OK! Magazine - The First for Celebrity News (http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/01/danielle-fishel-talks-lance-bass-love-life-11346/). OK! Magazine. Accessed 2010-05-10. [9] "Former child star Fishel arrested" (http:/ /usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-12-23-people-fishel_N.htm).USA Today. December 23, 2007. . Retrieved 2012-11-27. [10] 17th Young Artist Awards (http:/ /www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms17.htm) (1995). youngartistawards.com. Accessed 2012-06-06. [11] 18th Young Artist Awards (http:/ /www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms18.htm) (1996). youngartistawards.com. Accessed 2012-06-06.

External links  Danielle Fishel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4918/) at the Internet Movie Database  LAist.com Interview with Danielle Fishel (http://laist.com/2008/10/09/laist_interview_danielle_fishel_of. php/)

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Boy Meets World

For the album by Fashawn, see Boy Meets World (album).

Genre

Created by

Starring

Theme music composer

Composer(s)

Country of origin

Original language(s)

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

Executive producer(s)

Location(s)

Camera setup

Running time

Production company(s)

Distributor

Boy Meets World

Season 1 intertitle

Sitcom

Michael Jacobs April Kelly

Ben Savage William Daniels Betsy Randle Will Friedle Rider Strong Danielle Fishel William Russ Lee Norris (season 1) Lily Nicksay (seasons 1-2) Anthony Tyler Quinn (seasons 2-4) AlexDasert(season3) Lindsay Ridgeway (seasons 3-7) Matthew Lawrence (seasons 5-7) Trina McGee-Davis (seasons 5-7) Maitland Ward (seasons 6-7)

Ray Colcord (seasons 1–4) Phil Rosenthal (seasons 5–7)

Ray Colcord

United States

English

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158 (List of episodes)

Production

Michael Jacobs (entire run) David Kendall (seasons 2–3) Bob Young (season 4) Howard Busgang Mark Blutman (both; season 5) Bob Tischler (seasons 6–7)

John Marshall High School (3939 Tracy Street, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California) Walt Disney Studios (500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California)

Videotape; Multi-camera

24 minutes

Michael Jacobs Productions Touchstone Television

Disney-ABC Domestic Television

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Original channel

Picture format

Original run

ABC

Broadcast

480i (SDTV)

Septemberb24,b1993–by,52b0a0M0

Boy Meets Worldis an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews (played by Ben Savage), a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the network's TGIF lineup. The entire series has been released on DVD, as well as on iTunes.

Synopsis

Grade School The first season of the show begins with Cory Matthews and his best friend Shawn Hunter, two average sixth-graders who come from different backgrounds. They do not care about schoolwork, despite the efforts of Mr. Feeny, their longtime teacher. Their primary interests are in sports, though later on Shawn and then Cory begin to express interest in girls. This season focuses specifically on Cory's relationships with the other characters in the show. He begins to understand his parents more and respect them for all that they do for him. His relationship with his older brother Eric becomes confusing as Eric's constant obsession with girls is foreign to Cory and he becomes more protective of his little sister, Morgan. Cory also begins to show interest in Topanga, a smart outsider in his class, though he often hides this by insulting and berating her. Cory and Shawn's friendship endures real tests for the first time, and Cory must often choose between doing what Shawn wants him to do and what is best for Shawn and their friendship.

High school During the second season, Cory and Shawn start high school and meet Mr. Jonathan Turner, an unconventional English teacher. Although they initially view Mr. Turner as cool, they soon realize that he is a teacher first, hence why Cory called him "Feeny with an earring." Throughout the second season, Cory and Shawn try a variety of ways to become popular with their classmates. In doing so, they almost get into fights with the school bullies and even get in trouble with their school principal, Mr. Feeny. Eventually, Shawn becomes cool and popular at school, but still keeps his friendship with the less popular Cory. Shawn’s mother, Virna, deserts Shawn and his father, Chet, which upsets Shawn greatly. Chet then leaves to find Virna. After this occurred, Shawn lived briefly with Cory and his parents but soon figures out that it was just not the right fit for him. Later, Shawn moves in with Mr. Turner. Cory tries at some points to begin a relationship with Topanga, but this is mostly because he does not want to be left out of the dating game. Sensing this, Topanga is wary of his advances, and despite the mutual attraction, the two do not date during this season. During the third season, Cory finally admits that he wants to ask out Topanga, but cannot work up the courage to do it. Consequently, his best friend Shawn asks her out. Although Cory was hurt, he soon realized Shawn set the whole thing up so he could unite Cory and Topanga and make Cory confess his feelings for her. He tells her how he feels, and they become boyfriend and girlfriend. Later in the third season, Cory and Topanga are worried that their relationship has hit a rut, and decide it would be best to break up while they are still able to keep the friendship. They get back together a few months later, when Cory follows her to Disney World to win her back. Eric spends this season desperately trying to make up for his first three years of slacking off in high school. He makes progress, but it is not enough; he is not accepted to any universities as of his high school graduation. He decides then to take a year off and figure things out, beginning with a summer road trip. After finding out in the season finale that Cory feels estranged from him, Eric invites Cory along for the ride. Shawn nearly makes several life-changing blunders this

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season, but Cory and now Mr. Turner help him to make the right choices. Cory endures several tests of character this season - everything from being credited with a great deed which he did not deserve, to being insistently pursued by another girl while he is with Topanga. Sometimes Cory makes the right decision, sometimes the wrong one, but he learns from each. The fourth season opens with Cory and Eric's return from their road trip. In this season, Eric finds himself confronted with life after high school. After having a couple of jobs and meeting people that teach him some interesting lessons, Eric decides to retake the SAT and give college another try. Alan decides to quit his job and open a sporting goods store, with Eric as his partner. Topanga’s mother is transferred at her job to Pittsburgh, which is over 300 miles from Philadelphia. The news devastates Cory, but Topanga runs away from her new house and returns to Philadelphia. Topanga’s parents decide that she can live with her Aunt Prudence in Philadelphia until she graduates. Shawn's mother returns for a brief period, but then leaves again under unknown circumstances at some point between season 4 and season 6. Later that school year, Mr. Turner gets into a severe motorcycle accident in which he almost dies. The next year, Eric moves out of his parents’house and begins college at the fictional Pennbrook University (a pastiche of local Philadelphia schools including Saint Joseph's University and the University of Pennsylvania). He moves into an apartment with Jack, who turns out to be Shawn’s half-brother. Shawn clearly shows his hatred toward Jack after he refuses to live with him because he did not like the fact that Jack never called or checked to see if Shawn and his dad were doing okay. (Shawn eventually discovers that Jack never received any of Shawn's letters or he would have come to see him immediately). However, after being convinced by his father and others around him, Shawn moves in with them, but he has nothing in common with Jack, which causes a lot of tension. A new student, Angela Moore, moves to Philadelphia and begins to date Shawn. Over winter break, the students go skiing on a school trip. Cory sprains his ankle and Lauren, a ski-lodge employee, takes care of him. The two kiss, but Cory lies to Topanga, and tells her that they are both Herberts. When Topanga finds out that he lied, they break up. Cory, upset about the break-up, gets drunk and is arrested, along with Shawn. The two agree never to drink again, but Shawn breaks the promise and shows up at school drunk. With the help of Angela and Jack, Shawn realizes that alcoholism runs in his family and that he needs to stop drinking. Topanga forgives Cory after encountering her own kiss with an old friend from grade school. She realizes no kiss means more than the ones she shares with Cory. Cory and Topanga reunite and attend the prom together, where they are named King and Queen. On prom night, Cory's mother Amy announces that she is pregnant. Mr. Feeny decides to retire at the end of the school year and move to Wyoming- however, he soon returns from retirement and goes back to teaching. Topanga is accepted to Yale, but Cory does not want her to leave him. At graduation, Topanga tells Cory that she decided not to go to Yale because she wants to be with him—then she proposes. The couple's parents are upset that they got engaged so young, but Cory and Topanga decide to elope. However, at the last minute, they decide that they want to get married“the right way,”in front of family and friends.

College Shawn, Cory, Topanga, and Angela join Jack and Eric at Pennbrook. Rachel McGuire, a new student from Texas, moves in with Eric and Jack, causing tension as both boys have crushes on her. Angela and Shawn break up due to his claim that they should meet new people, and, despite Cory’s efforts, decide to stay just friends. They eventually are brought back together by way of Angela's father during his visit to the college, recruiting students for his R.O.T.C. program of basic training in the army. Mr. Feeny returns to take some classes, but then is offered a teaching job at the university. During their freshman year, Stuart (played by Ben Savage's brother Fred Savage), one of their professors, makes inappropriate (and unwelcome) sexual advances towards Topanga, causing Cory to shove him through a glass door at the Student Union. Cory is suspended, but for only one day; the Dean believes that Stuart had crossed the line. Mr. Feeny and the Dean eventually gain feelings for one another and begin dating.

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