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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 17, 1989
Place of Birth
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
- 丹妮爾·布魯克斯
- دانیل بروکس
- دانيل بروكس
- แดเนียล บรูคส์
Danielle Brooks
2.3 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danielle Brooks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
5.7
Morgan
Oh. What. Fun.
2025
7.7
Kitty Kat (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
2025
10.0
Guest Judge
Family Recipe Showdown
2025
6.3
Dawn
A Minecraft Movie
2025
3.3
Self
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
7.0
Sofia
The Color Purple
2023
5.6
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
6.4
Self - Host
Instant Dream Home
2022
6.6
Self
Top Chef VIP
2022
Credits
Oh. What. Fun.
as Morgan
2025
5.7
The Bad Guys 2
as Kitty Kat (voice)
2025
7.7
Family Recipe Showdown
as Guest Judge
2025
10.0
A Minecraft Movie
as Dawn
2025
6.3
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
2023
3.3
The Color Purple
as Sofia
2023
7.0
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Instant Dream Home
as Self - Host
2022
6.4
Top Chef VIP
as Self
2022
6.6
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Self
2022
6.0
Peacemaker
as Leota Adebayo
2022
8.2
Karma’s World
as Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant (voice)
2021
7.2
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
as Mahalia Jackson
2021
6.8
All the Little Things We Kill
as Claire Soto
2021
4.0
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Jordana Bachman
2020
5.4
Social Distance
as Imani
2020
6.2
Eat Wheaties!
as Wendy
2020
5.5
Get Organized with The Home Edit
2020
6.6
Close Enough
as Pearle Watson (voice)
2020
7.9
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self
2020
10.0
Clemency
as Evette Wilkinson
2019
6.3
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
2019
7.0
The Day Shall Come
as Venus Al Shabaz
2019
5.7
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
Sadie
as Carla
2018
6.8
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
as Herself
2017
7.0
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Ruthless Ruth (voice)
2017
7.3
I Dream Too Much
as Abbey
2016
4.8
The Angry Birds Movie
as Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
2016
6.2
Master of None
as Shannon
2015
7.4
The Same Difference
2015
2.7
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
6.4
Time Out of Mind
as Receptionist
2014
5.6
Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Honoree
2014
7.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.9
Orange Is the New Black
as Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson
2013
7.7
🎬
Modern Love
as Raimy
2012
0.0
Finding Your Roots
2012
6.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Fireproof
as Young Catherine (voice)
2008
7.7
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
Project Runway
as Self
2004
6.2
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
2004
6.2
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Checkmate
as Leota Adebayo
N/A
0.0
🎬
Bad Day
N/A
0.0