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Danielle Brooks

Sep 17, 1989 (35 years old) in Augusta, Georgia, USA

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

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A Minecraft Movie
Dawn
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Orange Is the New Black
Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson
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Finding Your Roots
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Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Ruthless Ruth
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Close Enough
Pearle Watson (voice)
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The Color Purple
Sofia
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The Oscars
Self
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Peacemaker
Leota Adebayo
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The Bad Guys 2
Kitty Kat (voice)
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Master of None
Shannon

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