Donielle Hansley Biography

Donielle Hansley was born on March 4, 2004, in Richmond, Virginia. Donielle’s mother, Felicia, is a homemaker while his father is an R&B singer. He has an elder sister named Aneecia.

When Donielle was four years old, his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. The family later traveled to Los Angeles, California. He is in a relationship with a girl named Elena Rayona and the two of them have featured in TikTok videos together.

Donielle Hansley has gained a lot of popularity at such a young age. Without any professional training in any kind of dance form, the little Donielle managed to win a local dance competition. Things changed all of a sudden when his mother posted his dance videos on YouTube; viewers were amazed to see an untrained kid competing with some highly professional dancers. Slowly, Donielle became very popular. Thereafter, his parents enrolled him at a professional dance school which further polished his skills. Donielle’s breakthrough came in 2013 when he participated in the dance reality, Dance Kids ATL, which was aired on TLC. By the end of the show, little Donielle emerged as the show’s most favorite and the most adored dancer.

After Dance Kids ATL there was no looking back for Donielle. He participated in almost all well-known dance reality shows and the world got a new star in the field of hip-hop dancing. He later signed a contract with the popular rapper MattyB and became one of the backup dancers in the latter’s dance group.

By the time he reached his teenage, Donielle had already worked with many world-famous artists like Mindless Behaviour, Jacob Latimore, OMG Girlz, T-Pain, and B.O.B. He also shared the stage with Jungle Booggie.

Donielle Hansley made his acting debut with the 2010 film, Lottery Ticket, starring alongside Ice Cube and Bow Wow. He has worked with director Tyler Perry in his television series, If Loving You Is Wrong where he appeared in the main role of Frank. He has voiced the lead character from the Nickelodeon animation, ‘Bubble Guppies.’ Donielle has also lent his voice to the famous character, ‘Darwin Watterson’ from the popular British-American animated television series, The Amazing World of Gumball. He was, however, replaced by Christian J. Simon in the sixth season of the series.

Donielle Hansley owes his accomplishments to his mentors, Adrian Eaton, Mike Peele, Kiki Ely, Jeremy Strong, Jasmine Singh, and Antonio Madison. Other than hip-hop, he has trained in many dance forms like funk, ballet, contemporary, bone breaking, African dance, and jazz. At such a young age, Donielle has graced many international dance stages.

He has been a part of MattyB’s international tour and also choreographed for ‘Auburn Dance Festival.’ He has performed live at ‘Jazz Festival Dance’r.’ Donielle has hosted the ‘Bailey Agency Kids Model Fashion Show’ and has opened for the Clean Music Movement Awards. In 2016, Donielle Hansley appeared in ten episodes of the series, Containment. He also hosted the event, ‘Lip Sync Battle Shorties’. In 2018, he was seen in the film Honey 4.