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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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Filmography
all 49
TV Shows 29
self 21
Movies 20
Voice 5
Producer 1

The Bad Guys 2 (2025)

Sherri (2022)

Instant Dream Home (2022)

Peacemaker (2022)

Karma’s World (2021)

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021)

All the Little Things We Kill (2021)

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)

Close Enough (2020)

Floored (2020)

Clemency (2019)

The Day Shall Come (2019)

Tamron Hall (2019)

Sadie (2018)

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017)

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

Master of None (2015)

Time Out of Mind (2014)

Trailblazer Honors (2014)

Orange Is the New Black (2013)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

Fireproof (2008)

Project Runway (2004)

The View (1997)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)

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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1989-09-17 (35 years old)
Birth PlaceAugusta, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known As丹妮爾·布魯克斯, دانیل بروکس, دانيل بروكس, แดเนียล บรูคส์
AwardsTheatre World Award
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