| Personal Information Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Danielle Bryk |
| Birthday / Date of Birth / Age / How old / DOB | November 2, 1972. As of 2025, she is around 53 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Engaged / Husband / Boyfriend | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 3 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| How many dogs does Danielle Bryk have? | Ferdinand and Lucky are her two dogs |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Danielle Bryk (maiden name Danielle Nicholas) is an American interior designer and television show host for HGTV and DIY Network.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Danielle was the youngest of four children in her family.
- Her sister Terry contributes to Danielle’s interior projects as a stylist. Terry has attended the New York-based Fashion Institute of Technology. She has also worked as a fashion consultant at Macy’s By Appointment in NYC.
- Danielle herself has a degree in English Literature and Art History from Queen’s University. However, she realized that home decorating and design is her calling.
- Danielle had learned some basic home renovation from her mother when she was still young. As a child, too, she would constantly rearrange the home furniture. Later, she moved to New York to study design at Parsons School.
Marriage and Relationships :
- Since March 1996, Danielle is married to Greg Bryk, a Canadian film and television actor. Greg has also graduated from Queen’s University.
- Danielle often jokes that Greg is “the most dramatic person” she knows, describing life with him as “drama 24/7” but also “lovely.”
- Greg has many recurring roles on television and was a series regular in shows such as Bitten, ReGenesis, Frontier, Mary Kills People and The Handmaid’s Tale.
- The couple welcomed their first child, Dempsey, when Danielle was just 23, only a few years into their relationship, calling it “a really big surprise!”. They went on to have two more children – Ella and Billy, and they have three dogs by the name of Ferdinand, Lucky and a new dog, Gracie.
- Greg used to spend a lot of time at home raising the kids when they were young.
Children Information :
- Dempsey Bryk (born August 29, 1996) : Successful actor, known for roles in Heartland, Willow (Disney+), and Going Dutch (2025). He studied at the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey Business School before training at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York City.
- Billy Bryk (born October 31, 1999) : An actor-filmmaker, he has co-directed Hell of a Summer (2023) with Finn Wolfhard, and has appeared in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Saturday Night (2024), and the series Wynonna Earp.
- Ella Bryk (born 2003) : She has been featured in family business projects and appears in renovation content on Instagram under the handle @ellabryk.
Design and Home Renovation : Career and Net Worth
- Danielle and her hubby Greg had bought, renovated, and sold various small properties in the past.
- They then bought a 100-year-old house in Toronto, which was rundown, filled with raccoons & had a flooded basement. However, it was in a good neighborhood, and they intended to make it into a family home.
- To cover the renovation cost, their mortgage broker introduced them to a production company in Canada. So was born ‘Building Bryks, a TV show which documented the Bryks renovating their house.
- Danielle earned her contractor license while filming the series.
- While they were experienced in renovating houses, this was a huge project involving gutting the house on the inside. While Danielle did a lot of the design work, she left the major portions such as plumbing and electrical wiring to the professionals.
- Filming delayed the renovation, with the whole project taking close to eight months!
More TV Shows & Other Work :
- The show was so successful that Danielle went on to host similar shows, ‘A Bryk at a time’ and ‘Bryk House.’ She became known for her chic and contemporary style.
- In 2019, Danielle Bryk started filming a documentary series, The Bryk Cottage, which aired on Cottage Life Television. It followed Bryk through the drama, ups, and downs as she designed a low carbon cottage for her sister and brother-in-law.
- Bryk also owns a design and renovation company ‘Studio Nicholas’, that has been active for over 15 years, specializing in restoring century homes and creating “character homes.” The aesthetic is urban and pared back. Danielle gets inspiration from her travels, and her designs always center around balance.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Danielle’s first job was at a clothing boutique. She loves coffee, dogs and her favorite class in school was shop class.
- Her favorite season is summer, although Christmas is her favorite holiday.
- Her favorite film is Love Actually while her go-to karaoke song is ‘I will survive’ by Gloria Gaynor.
- Danielle’s ideal vacation is to go surfing with her family. It will be a laid-back holiday without phones and internet where they will stay in a small villa on the beach, cooking, eating, and talking around the table.
Some of her favorites as mentioned in an interview were as follows :
- Hot Dog or Hamburger : Hamburger
- Coffee or Tea : Coffee
- Spicy or Sweet Spicy
- Sunset or Sunrise : Sunset
- Summer or Winter : Summer
- Chocolate or Vanilla : Chocolate
- Sneakers or Heels : She is more comfortable in sneakers, but she does like a nice heel
Danielle is smokin hot!