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Danielle Brooks

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35 Years Old

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.

Born

Augusta, Georgia, USA on 17th September 1989

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Daily Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Lip Sync Battle
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Sherri
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The View
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Project Runway
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Project Runway
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A Minecraft Movie
Dawn
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Honest Trailers
Dawn (archive footage)
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Orange Is the New Black
Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson
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Peacemaker
Leota Adebayo
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
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Tamron Hall
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Close Enough
Pearle Watson (voice)
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Master of None
Shannon
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Finding Your Roots
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The Oscars
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Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Ruthless Ruth
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The One Show
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Get Organized with The Home Edit
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The Bad Guys 2
Kitty Kat (voice)
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Trailblazer Honors
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Karma’s World
Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant (voice)
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Social Distance
Imani
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Instant Dream Home
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The Angry Birds Movie
Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
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The Color Purple
Sofia
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Fireproof
Young Catherine (voice)
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Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
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Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
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DC Fandome 2021
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The Day Shall Come
Venus Al Shabaz
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Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Jordana Bachman
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Clemency
Evette Wilkinson
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Oh. What. Fun.
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Time Out of Mind
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Eat Wheaties!
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Carla
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The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
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The Same Difference
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Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
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All the Little Things We Kill
Claire Soto
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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
Mahalia Jackson
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I Dream Too Much
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