Danielle Moné Truitt (born March 2, 1981) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in BET's television series Rebel and Fox's television series Deputy. She later starred as NYPD Sergeant Ayanna Bell on NBC's crime drama Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021–2025), having first made her debut on Special Victims Unit.
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Biography
Truitt was born and raised in Sacramento, California. She was Miss Black Sacramento 2000 and studied theatre and dance at Sacramento State, from which she graduated in 2004. She briefly worked in banking after graduation, before joining a local theater company. In addition to starring in Rebel and Organized Crime, she is a two-time Ovation Awards nominee (The Mountaintop, Dreamgirls) and received an NAACP Theatre Award nomination for The Mountaintop.
Personal life
Truitt was married to Kelvin Truitt as of 2007, but the marriage ended in 2021. She has two children.