Danielle Brooks
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Biography
Danielle Brittany Brooks (born September 17, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as prison inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson on the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). In 2015, she made her Broadway debut in the musical revival of The Color Purple as Sofia, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award and won the 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.
After appearing in the HBO series Girls (2014), Netflix's Master of None (2015–2017), and the animated sitcom Close Enough (2020–2022), in 2021, she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Television Movie as an executive producer on Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia. In 2022, she 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.
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Project Runway
Lip Sync Battle
Master of None
Get Organized with The Home Edit
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
The Angry Birds Movie
Karma’s World
Close Enough
Clemency
Orange Is the New Black
A Minecraft Movie
The Color Purple
Finding Your Roots
Waller
Peacemaker
Instant Dream Home
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