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Danielle Brooks

1989-09-17 Augusta, Georgia, USA

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Biografia

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.

Películas

The Bad Guys 2 Kitty Kat (voice) 2025-07-30
A Minecraft Movie Dawn 2025-04-02
The Color Purple Sofia 2023-12-25
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey Self 2023-12-28
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising Self 2022-02-03
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia Mahalia Jackson 2021-04-03
All the Little Things We Kill Claire Soto 2021-01-22
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine Jordana Bachman 2020-10-27
Eat Wheaties! Wendy 2020-09-25
The Day Shall Come Venus Al Shabaz 2019-10-11
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice 2019-11-22
Clemency Evette Wilkinson 2019-12-27
Sadie Carla 2018-10-12
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image Herself 2017-06-22
The Angry Birds Movie Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice) 2016-05-11
I Dream Too Much Abbey 2016-06-21
The Same Difference 2015-06-23
Time Out of Mind Receptionist 2014-09-07
Fireproof Young Catherine (voice) 2008-09-26
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