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Danielle Brooks

1989-09-17

The 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.

Danielle Brooks in

Movies

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A Minecraft Movie

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The Angry Birds Movie

6.235 average rating
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The Color Purple

7.1 average rating
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Fireproof

7.663 average rating
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The Bad Guys 2

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Time Out of Mind

5.6 average rating
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Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

5.6 average rating
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Clemency

6.3 average rating
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The Day Shall Come

5.7 average rating
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

5 average rating
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Eat Wheaties!

5.5 average rating
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All the Little Things We Kill

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Sadie

6.8 average rating
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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

6.7 average rating
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Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

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The Same Difference

3.1 average rating
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Oh. What. Fun.

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The Public's Much Ado About Nothing

7 average rating
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I Dream Too Much

4.8 average rating
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Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

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