---
name: "Danielle Fishel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danielle-fishel"
fi1m_id: "danielle-fishel"
imdb_id: "nm0004918"
tmdb_id: 63467
wikidata_id: "Q129208"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 May 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:54:58.401342+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danielle Fishel

## Identity

Danielle Fishel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danielle-fishel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danielle-fishel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004918
- **TMDB ID:** 63467
- **Wikidata ID:** Q129208
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Fishel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129208, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004918/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63467

Actor. Born 5 May 1981 in Mesa, Arizona, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 May 1981, Mesa, Arizona, USA
- **Also known as:** Danielle Christine Fishel
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Fishel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129208, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004918/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63467

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Girl Meets World*](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Danielle Fishel is an American actress and director. She began acting professionally at the age of ten after appearing in community theatre productions, and made early guest appearances on series including *Full House* (1992–1993).

Fishel is best known for playing Topanga Lawrence on the sitcom *Boy Meets World* (1993–2000) and reprising the role as Topanga Matthews on *Girl Meets World* (2014–2017). She has also voiced characters in *Gravity Falls* (2012) and *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* (2015), and has directed episodes of *Girl Meets World*, *Raven's Home* and other series. In 2013 she graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Fullerton with a degree in psychology.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, daniellefishel.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Girl Meets World* (2014), Fi1m 67, as Topanga Matthews — [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Doc Meets World* (2026), Actor
- *Vampirina: Teenage Vampire* (2025), series, Director
- *Electric Bloom* (2025), series, Director
- *Shifting Gears* (2025), series, Director
- *Wizards Beyond Waverly Place* (2024), series, Director
- *Classmates* (2023), Director, Producer
- *Sydney to the Max* (2019), series, Director
- *Raven's Home* (2017), series, Director
- *Boiling Pot* (2015), as Valerie Davis
- *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* (2015), series, as Librarian (voice)
- *Girl Meets World* (2014), series, as Topanga Matthews — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md)
- *Clapping for the Wrong Reasons* (2013), Actor
- *Gravity Falls* (2012), series, as Pyronica (voice) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/gravity-falls.md)
- *The Dish* (2008), series, Actor
- *The Chosen One* (2007), as Donna Goldstein (voice)
- *Dorm Daze 2* (2006), as Marla
- *Gamebox 1.0* (2004), as Princess/Kate
- *National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze* (2003), as Marla
- *Longshot* (2001), as Gloria
- *Nikki* (2000), series, as Stacy
- *Rocket's Red Glare* (2000), as Sarah Miller
- *Walt Disney World Happy Easter Parade* (1997), Actor
- *ABC Saturday Morning Preview Special* (1994), as Topanga Lawrence
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, as Topanga Lawrence
- *Harry and the Hendersons* (1991), series, as Jessica
- *Full House* (1987), series, as Jennifer P.

## Gallery

- ![Danielle Fishel](https://film.one/media/person/3365630/gallery-2e132299304f.jpg) Danielle Fishel — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Danielle_Fishel_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2023.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Fishel_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/3365630/gallery-a027cf4e3d67.jpg) Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2023 — Pedro Heshike for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Danielle_Fishel_%2852799373607%29.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Fishel_%2852799373607%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/3365630/gallery-d1a6aeda2ce9.jpg) Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Danielle_Fishel_%2853160473498%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/3365630/gallery-f341f90ed83e.jpg) Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Danielle_Fishel_%2853161561841%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/3365630/gallery-4aaf5518cbf3.jpg) Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2023 — Pedro Heshike for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Danielle_Fishel_%2853187001942%29.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Fishel_%2853187001942%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/3365630/gallery-76992ab1d594.jpg) Danielle Fishel at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2023 — Pedro Heshike for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Danielle_Fishel_%2853188043498%29.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Fishel_%2853188043498%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/danielle-fishel