ACTRESS TALKS ABOUT HER CAREER AND BEING VEGAN

Actress and performer Tiffany Daniels is an actress, dancer and fitness instructor who has embraced the Vegan lifestyle. PHOTO PROVIDED BY ANDERSON GROUP PUBLIC RELATIONS.
Actress and performer Tiffany Daniels is an actress, dancer and fitness instructor who has embraced the Vegan lifestyle. PHOTO PROVIDED BY ANDERSON GROUP PUBLIC RELATIONS.

ACTRESS TALKS ABOUT HER CAREER
AND BEING VEGAN

BY TIA CAROL JONES

Actress and performer Tiffany Daniels has many
talents. Not only does she play Tish on “That Girl
Lay Lay,” but she also is a trainer at Trufusion Fitness. She also has embraced the vegan lifestyle.

She started out in the entertainment industry as a professional dancer. She grew up doing a lot of musical theater and eventually booked “The Color
Purple” while it was on its National Tour. During her time with “The Color Purple,” she received the opportunity to understudy for the role of Squeak. It
was the first time she even had the idea of stepping out of the background and into the foreground.

“It was thrilling. It was a wonderful experience. I felt really good about my preparation for that moment, not knowing that I was ever going to get to utilize that preparation,” she said. That experience let Daniels know that she was destined and more capable of more than she ever thought she could be. From that moment on, she started taking acting classes and getting acting training for film and television.

After three years on tour with “The Color Purple,” Daniels returned to Los Angeles and took a deep dive into acting. Daniels describes her role on “That Girl Lay Lay” as a really fun role. It allows her to utilize not just her acting skills, but also her dancing and singing skills.

Living in Los Angeles, there’s always an opportunity to expand your skillset. Daniels was recruited by a spin cycling fitness company. It wasn’t something she thought she wanted
to do, but it ended up being a really great fit for her. It gave her the freedom to teach fitness classes while giving her time to go to acting auditions and dance and acting classes.

Even though she has taken breaks from teaching cycling classes because of her acting schedule, it is something she really loves to do. She moved over to Trufusion because they reached out to her, knowing she had experience. It ended up being a really great fit for her and she teaches a couple of
classes a week. “It keeps me in the fitness world, it keeps my body moving and it gets me back into the fitness community as much as I can,” she said.

Daniels became a vegetarian in 2007 and switched to vegan and plant-based in 2013. It started off as an experiment. She heard about it and wanted to see if it was something she could do.

Daniels also saw the benefits of a vegetarian diet. People she saw who were vegan and vegetarian had less physical ailments and had a much healthier appearance. There were also benefits for Daniels in creating longevity in her career as an actress.

“I want to continue doing what I’m doing for a very long time. I have been told for many many years that I don’t look my age. The longer I can keep a more youthful look, it will buy me a little more opportunity in the industry, because of the choices that I’ve made,” she said.

Daniels’ transition from vegetarian to veganism was a matter of finding substitutions that worked and tasted good to her. Her two weaknesses were Greek yogurt and cheese. She found a couple of options that didn’t make her food feel like she was missing everything.

Her advice to staying consistent is about finding a community of accountability. She has friends in the plant-based community that are her accountability buddies. It also is a mindset. Once she made the decision, she didn’t go back.


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