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