Quinta Brunson
Quinta Brunson (/ˈkwɪntə/; born December 21, 1989) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She is best known for creating, executive producing, co-writing and starring as second-grade teacher Janine Teagues in the ABC comedy series Abbott Elementary (2021–present). Brunson gained prominence for her self-produced Instagram series Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date. She went on to produce and act in videos for BuzzFeed Video. She developed two streaming series with BuzzFeed Motion Pictures. At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, she became the first Black woman to be nominated three times in the comedy category, receiving nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (which she won), Outstanding Comedy Series (as an executive producer), and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. At the 75th ceremony, she became the first Black woman to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy in over 40 years. Brunson was honoured with a 2022 Peabody Award for her work on Abbott Elementary. She was also placed on the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2022 list. Brunson has acted in the series iZombie, Single Parents, and Miracle Workers; provided voice work for Lazor Wulf and Magical Girl Friendship Squad; and starred in the first season of the HBO sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Quinta Brunson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2026 · The Cat in the Hat as (voice)
- 2025 · Zootopia 2 as Dr. Fuzzby (voice)
- 2025 · Good Hang with Amy Poehler as
- 2025 · Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actress, Executive Producer and Writer
- 2025 · FireAid Benefit Concert as Self
- 2024 · A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter as Self
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- 2023 · History of the World: Part II as Martha Magdalene
- 2022 · 2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson as Self
- 2022 · Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary as Herself
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Oprah Winfrey
- 2022 · Cars on the Road as Ivy (voice)
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues
- 2021 · That's My Jam as Self
- 2021 · As of Yet as Lyssa
- 2020 · An American Pickle as Female Interviewee
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Hawkgirl (voice)
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Various Characters
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Hair Fighter
- 2019 · Lazor Wulf as Blazor Wulf / The Youth
- 2019 · Miracle Workers as Trig
- 2019 · Miracle Workers as Administrator
- 2018 · Single Parents as Bess
- 2018 · The Shop as Self
- 2017 · Quinta vs. Everything as Quinta
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Girl (voice)
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Quinta (voice)
- 2016 · Broke as Miloh
- 2016 · Worth It as Herself
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · iZombie as Dr. Collier
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2011 · New Girl as Annabelle
- 2010 · RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Guest Judge
- 2009 · Party Down as Jaff
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- Future · Golden as
- Future · Par for the Course as