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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 17, 1989
Place of Birth:
Augusta, Georgia, USA
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Danielle Brooks
Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | Dawn |
| 2025 | Oh. What. Fun. | |
| 2025 | The Bad Guys 2 | Kitty Kat (voice) |
| 2023 | The Color Purple | Sofia |
| 2023 | Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self |
| 2022 | Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self |
| 2021 | All the Little Things We Kill | Claire Soto |
| 2021 | Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia | Mahalia Jackson |
| 2020 | Eat Wheaties! | Wendy |
| 2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Jordana Bachman |
| 2019 | The Day Shall Come | Venus Al Shabaz |
| 2019 | Clemency | Evette Wilkinson |
| 2019 | The Public's Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice |
| 2018 | Sadie | Carla |
| 2017 | Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image | Herself |
| 2016 | I Dream Too Much | Abbey |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice) |
| 2015 | The Same Difference | |
| 2014 | Time Out of Mind | Receptionist |
| 2008 | Fireproof | Young Catherine (voice) |