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.
Filmography
all 43
TV Shows 25
Movies 18
self 18
Voice 2
Minecraft (2025)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey (2023)
The Color Purple (2023)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Instant Dream Home (2022)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising (2022)
Peacemaker (2022)
Karma’s World (2021)
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
Social Distance (2020)
Eat Wheaties! (2020)
Get Organized with The Home Edit (2020)
Close Enough (2020)
Floored (2020)
Clemency (2019)
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing (2019)
The Day Shall Come (2019)
Tamron Hall (2019)
All the Little Things We Kill (2019)
Sadie (2018)
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image (2017)
Talking with Chris Hardwick (2017)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017)
I Dream Too Much (2016)
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
Master of None (2015)
The Same Difference (2015)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Time Out of Mind (2014)
Trailblazer Honors (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Fireproof (2008)
Project Runway (2004)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
The View (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
The Oscars (1953)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1989-09-17 (34 years old)
Birth PlaceAugusta, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known As丹妮爾·布魯克斯
AwardsTheatre World Award
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