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Danielle Brooks
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn September 17, 1989 (35 years)
Danielle Brooks (born September 17, 1989) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as prison inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019).
In 2015, Brooks made her Broadway debut in the musical revival of The Color Purple as Sofia, for which she received a nomination for a Tony Award and won a Grammy Award. In 2023, Brooks reprised her role as Sofia in the film adaptation of The Color Purple and was nominated for an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, and Golden Globe Award for her performance. In 2021, she played gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the made-for-television biographical film Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie as an executive producer.
In 2022, Brooks hosted Netflix's reality series Instant Dream Home and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Program Host. The same year, Brooks starred in the superhero series Peacemaker (2022–present) and returned to Broadway in the revival of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson, for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination. She has since starred in the fantasy adventure comedy A Minecraft Movie.
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In 2015, Brooks made her Broadway debut in the musical revival of The Color Purple as Sofia, for which she received a nomination for a Tony Award and won a Grammy Award. In 2023, Brooks reprised her role as Sofia in the film adaptation of The Color Purple and was nominated for an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, and Golden Globe Award for her performance. In 2021, she played gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the made-for-television biographical film Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie as an executive producer.
In 2022, Brooks hosted Netflix's reality series Instant Dream Home and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Program Host. The same year, Brooks starred in the superhero series Peacemaker (2022–present) and returned to Broadway in the revival of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson, for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination. She has since starred in the fantasy adventure comedy A Minecraft Movie.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Danielle Brooks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| 2025 | The Bad Guys 2 · as Kitty Kat (voice) |
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie · as Dawn |
| 2023 | The Color Purple · as Sofia |
| 2022 | Peacemaker (TV Series) · as Leota Adebayo |
| 2021 | Karma's World (TV Series) · as Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant (voice) |
| 2021 | Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia · as Mahalia Jackson |
| 2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine · as Jordana Bachman |
| 2020 | Social Distance (TV Series) · as Imani |
| 2020 | Eat Wheaties! · as Wendy |
| 2020 | Get Organized with The Home Edit (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Close Enough (TV Series) · as Pearle Watson (voice) |
| 2019 | Clemency · as Evette Wilkinson |
| 2019 | The Public's Much Ado About Nothing · as Beatrice |
| 2019 | The Day Shall Come · as Venus Al Shabaz |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2019 | All the Little Things We Kill · as Claire Soto |
| 2018 | Sadie · as Carla |
| 2017 | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (TV Series) · as Ruthless Ruth |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie · as Olive Blue / Monica The Crossing Guard (voice) |
| 2015 | I Dream Too Much · as Abbey |
| 2015 | Master of None (TV Series) · as Shannon |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Time Out of Mind · as Receptionist |
| 2013 | Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) · as Tasha 'taystee' Jefferson |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Fireproof · as Young Catherine (voice) |