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Danielle Brittany Brooks (born September 17, 1989)[1] is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson on the comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019) and Leota Adebayo on the superhero series Peacemaker (2022–present). She received a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of Sofia in the 2015 Broadway production of The Color Purple, and won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the film's accompanying album.

Danielle Brooks
Brooks in 2014
Born	Danielle Brittany Brooks (1989-09-17) September 17, 1989 (age 33) Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Dennis Gelin ​ (m. 2022)​
Children	1

In 2021, Brooks received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Television Movie as an executive producer on Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia.[2]

Early life and education

Brooks was born in Augusta, Georgia,[1] and grew up in South Carolina,[3] in a Christian family; her father was a deacon, and her mother, a minister.[4] She began acting at the age of six in a nativity play put on by her church.[5] For her final two years of high school, she attended South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities, a selective arts high school.[4] She studied drama at the Juilliard School and graduated in 2011.[6]

Career

After graduating from Juilliard, Brooks won roles in two theater productions: the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Servant of Two Masters, and Blacken the Bubble. She left both productions in 2013 to join the cast of the Netflix-produced television series Orange Is the New Black, a show about a women's prison, based on Piper Kerman's memoir of the same name. Brooks played as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson.[6] Her character originally was intended to be featured in the show for only two episodes, but was written into the rest of the first season and subsequent seasons.[6] Taystee's onscreen best friend Poussey is played by Samira Wiley, with whom Brooks has been friends since they met while studying together at Juilliard.[7] Brooks' performance on the show has been favorably reviewed by TV critics,[8] with one writer calling her "the breakout actress of the show and one of the most refreshing and exciting new talents of 2013."[4] Brooks was upgraded from a recurring cast member to a series regular for the show's second season.[9] She competed against co-star Uzo Aduba in an episode of Spike's Lip Sync Battle that aired on June 28, 2017. Brooks won with performances of Ciara's "1, 2 Step" and Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer".[10]

In September 2013, Brooks was cast in a third season episode of the HBO series Girls, becoming the first African-American actress on the show.[9]

Brooks made her Broadway debut in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple as Sofia.[1][11] The musical opened on December 10, 2015, at the Bernard B. Jacobs. Brooks received good notices for her performance,^{[by whom?]} and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.[12] In June 2019, she played Beatrice in The Public Theater's production of Much Ado About Nothing, receiving a Drama League Award nomination for her performance.[13][14]

In 2022, Brooks co-starred in James Gunn's Peacemaker television series alongside actor John Cena, playing the role of Leota Adebayo. The series is spin-off of Gunn's 2021 film The Suicide Squad, and is the first television series to be included in the DCEU. In an 2022 interview, Brooks revealed that Gunn was a big fan of the Netflix hit show Orange is the New Black, and wrote the part of Adebayo with her in mind.[15]

It has also been announced that Brooks would star in a Broadway revival of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson starting on September 19, 2022[16] alongside Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington and directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson. It is also planned that this cast will then star in a film adaptation of the play, with a director still to be named.[17] She will also appear in The Color Purple, a feature adaptation of the musical of the same name, directed by Blitz Bazawule.[18]

Personal life

On July 2, 2019, Brooks announced that she was pregnant with her first child.[19] In November, she gave birth to a girl.[20]

Filmography

Film

Key

*	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Time Out of Mind	Receptionist
2015	I Dream Too Much	Abbey
	Phenomenal Woman, a Short Film	Woman	Short film
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Olive Blue/Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
2018	Sadie	Carla
2019	Clemency	Evette
	The Day Shall Come	Venus
	The Public's Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice	Filmed production
	All the Little Things We Kill	Claire Soto
2020	Eat Wheaties!	Wendy
2023	The Color Purple *	Sofia	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Modern Love	Raimy	TV movie
2013	Black Girls Rock! 2013	Herself	TV movie
2013–2019	Orange Is the New Black	Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson	Main role, 89 episodes
2014	Girls	Laura	1 episode
2015–2017	Master of None	Shannon	3 episodes
2017	Tangled: The Series	Ruthless Ruth (voice)	Episode: "The Wrath of Ruthless Ruth"
	Lip Sync Battle	Herself	Episode: "Danielle Brooks vs. Uzo Aduba"
2018	Project Runway All Stars	Herself	Episode: "Damsels in Distress"
	High Maintenance	Regine	Episode: "Namaste"
	Elena of Avalor	Charica (voice)	Episode: "A Lava Story"
2020–2022	Close Enough	Pearle Watson (voice)	Recurring role (season 1); main (season 2)
2020	Social Distance	Imani	Episode: "And We Could All Together/Go Out on the Ocean"
	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	Jordana Bachman	TV special
2021	Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia	Mahalia Jackson	TV movie
	Karma's World	Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant (voice)	5 episodes
2022	Peacemaker	Leota Adebayo[21]	Main role, 8 episodes
2022	Instant Dream Home	Host	8 Episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015-17	The Color Purple	Sofia	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2019	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice	Delacorte Theater, Off Broadway
2022	The Piano Lesson	Berniece	St. James Theatre, Broadway

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2013	Young Hollywood Award	Breakthrough Actress	Orange is the New Black	Won
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
2015				Won
2016				Won
	Tony Award	Best Featured Actress in a Musical	The Color Purple	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical		Nominated
	Theatre World Award			Honoree
2017	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theater Album		Won
2020	Drama League Award[14]	Distinguished Performance	Much Ado About Nothing	Nominated
2021	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Television Movie	Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia	Nominated
2022	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Television Series	Peacemaker	Nominated

References

External links

• Danielle Brooks at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Danielle Brooks

Danielle Brooks (* 17. September 1989 in Augusta, Georgia) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin, bekannt durch ihre Verkörperung der Tasha Jefferson in Orange Is the New Black.

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- [en] Danielle Brooks

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[es] Danielle Brooks

Danielle Brooks (Augusta, Georgia, 17 de septiembre de 1989) es una actriz estadounidense conocida por su papel como Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson en la serie Orange Is the New Black.

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[ru] Брукс, Даниэль

Даниэ́ль Бри́ттани Брукс (англ. Danielle Brittany Brooks; 17 сентября 1989) — американская актриса и певица. Она наиболее известна по роли Таши «Тейсти» Джефферсон в сериале Netflix «Оранжевый — хит сезона». В 2016 году она была номинирована на премию «Тони» за роль Софии в бродвейском мюзикле «Цветы лиловые полей» (2015).

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