Danielle Brooks
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.
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Credits
- 2025 · A Minecraft Movie as Dawn
- 2023 · Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
- 2023 · The Color Purple as Sofia
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Instant Dream Home as Self - Host
- 2022 · Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising as Self
- 2022 · Peacemaker as Leota Adebayo
- 2021 · Karma’s World as Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant (voice)
- 2021 · Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia as Mahalia Jackson
- 2021 · All the Little Things We Kill as Claire Soto
- 2020 · Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Jordana Bachman
- 2020 · Eat Wheaties! as Wendy
- 2020 · Get Organized with The Home Edit as
- 2020 · Close Enough as Pearle Watson (voice)
- 2020 · Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
- 2019 · Clemency as Evette Wilkinson
- 2019 · The Public's Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
- 2019 · The Day Shall Come as Venus Al Shabaz
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Sadie as Carla
- 2017 · Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image as Herself
- 2017 · Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Ruthless Ruth
- 2016 · I Dream Too Much as Abbey
- 2016 · The Angry Birds Movie as Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
- 2015 · Master of None as Shannon
- 2015 · The Same Difference as
- 2015 · Lip Sync Battle as Self
- 2014 · Time Out of Mind as Receptionist
- 2014 · Trailblazer Honors as Self - Honoree
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Fireproof as Young Catherine (voice)
- 2004 · Project Runway as Self
- 2004 · Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Oh. What. Fun. as