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Born · September 17, 1989 (35 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia, USA
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.
Kitty Kat (voice)
0.0
2025
Dawn
0.0
2025
Self
4.5
2023
Sofia
7.1
2023
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
2022
Self - Host · (8 episodes)
6.4
2022
Self
6.0
2022
Leota Adebayo · (8 episodes)
8.3
2022
Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant (voice) · (15 episodes)
7.2
2021
Mahalia Jackson
6.5
2021
Claire Soto
0.0
2021
Jordana Bachman
5.6
2020
Wendy
5.6
2020
(1 episode)
6.5
2020
Pearle Watson (voice) · (46 episodes)
8.0
2020
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2020
Evette Wilkinson
6.3
2019
Beatrice
7.0
2019
Venus Al Shabaz
5.7
2019
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.1
2019
Carla
6.8
2018
Herself
7.0
2017
Ruthless Ruth · (1 episode)
7.3
2017
Abbey
4.8
2016
Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
6.2
2016
Shannon · (3 episodes)
7.4
2015
3.1
2015
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
2015
Receptionist
5.5
2014
Self - Honoree · (1 episode)
7.5
2014
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2014
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson · (89 episodes)
7.7
2013
(1 episode)
6.2
2012
Young Catherine (voice)
7.7
2008
0.0
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.0
2009
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
2004
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
6.2
2004
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.2
1988
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1953