Danielle Van De Kamp

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Danielle Van De Kamp
First appearance	Pilot (episode 1.01)
Statistics
Gender	Female
Age	17
Occupation	Student
Family	Bree Van De Kamp Hodge (mother) Rex Van De Kamp (father-deceased) Andrew Van De Kamp (brother) Orson Hodge (step-father)
Spouse	John Rowland (ex-boyfriend) Matthew Applewhite (boyfriend-deceased)
Relatives	Phyllis Van De Kamp (paternal grandmother) Henry Mason (maternal grandfather) Eleanor Mason (maternal step-grandmother) Gloria Hodge (step-grandmother)
Portrayed by	Joy Lauren
Created by	Marc Cherry

Danielle Van De Kamp is the name of a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actress Joy Lauren.

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Danielle is the 17-year-old daughter of Bree Van De Kamp Hodge and Rex Van De Kamp. She is the younger sister of Andrew and does not receive as much attention as her brother receives.

During her sophomore year, Danielle was the head of her high school's abstinence club. After finding a condom in the laundry basket, Bree discovers that Danielle is planning to give up her virginity to her ex-boyfriend, John Rowland, in order to lure him back to her. Bree then pays a visit to John and advises him not to accept Danielle's offer. John then permanently ends the relationship leaving Danielle devastated.

In the second season, she convinced her mother to let Phyllis Van De Kamp (Rex's mother, Bree's mother-in-law) stay for her father's funeral after the two quarrelled over the arrangements. Danielle soon found love in Matthew Applewhite, a new African-American neighbor on Wisteria Lane. While looking for his brother in the Van De Kamp yard, Danielle finds him and asks if she is looking for someone. Matthew politely lies and asks her out on a date. Danielle accepts and soon the two rendezvous in the park secretly at night.

After her mother discovers Matthew hiding under Danielle's bed, Bree attempts to put the brakes on their relationship. However after Danielle exchanged family secrets with Matthew about Andrew's hit-and-run, Betty uses the information to her advantage to keep Bree quiet about Caleb.

Danielle appears to need a boyfriend in order to feel good about herself, and is preoccupied with her looks. She proved that she can be just as amoral as her brother when she played as an accomplice to Matthew's scheme in order to have Caleb "put down" so that he and his mother would not have to move. Danielle then discovers Matthew locked in the basement as punishment and frees him after hitting Betty on the head with a crow bar. Danielle then runs away with Matthew leaving her mother no other choice than to voluntarily admit herself to a mental institution. Bree escapes from there, desperately trying to protect her daughter, when she learns that Matthew is the true murderer of Melanie Foster. It comes to a confrontation, and the shocked Danielle has to witness her boyfriend holding her mother at gunpoint. Matthew is finally killed by the police in front of the horrified Danielle.

The season 3 episode "Nice She Ain't" revealed that Danielle had been sleeping with her history teacher, Robert. Bree surprises the two of them at a local hotel, thus ending the relationship. Afterwards Danielle majorly rebels against the whole family and winds up attempting suicide. In wake of this, Bree decides to take the whole family to counseling. However, while there, Danielle takes advantage of Bree's fears of losing her by threatening to run away if she tries to intervene in any way between her and Robert again. Determined, as usual, to not let Danielle get her way, Bree visits Robert's apartment and feigns happiness for the two of them, then brings two suitcases full of her clothes into the apartment, which panics Robert. Bree then tells him that HE is to end the relationship himself, and threatens criminal charges for statutory rape if she tells Danielle she was there. When Danielle is dumped by him she reveals to her teacher's wife their affair.

Desperate Housewives
Episode list | Official site
General	Original airdates | Characters | Awards and nominations | DVD releases | Music
Main characters	Susan Mayer | Lynette Scavo | Bree Van de Kamp Hodge | Gabrielle Solis Marquez | Edie Britt | Mary Alice Young Carlos Solis | Tom Scavo | Orson Hodge | Mike Delfino | Julie Mayer | Andrew Van De Kamp | Danielle Van De Kamp | Austin Britt
Former characters	Rex Van de Kamp | Karl Mayer | Paul Young | Betty Applewhite | John Rowland