Danielle Brooks
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Jared Hess
Writers: Chris Bowman,
Cast: Allan Henry, Bram Scott-Breheny, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge, Moana Williams, Rachel House, Sebastian Eugene Hansen,
Director: Blitz Bazawule
Writers: Marcus Gardley,
Cast: Ciara, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks, David Alan Grier, Fantasia Barrino, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Taraji P. Henson,
Director: Oren Moverman
Writers: Oren Moverman,
Cast: Abigail Savage, Ben Vereen, Colman Domingo, Danielle Brooks, Geraldine Hughes, Jena Malone, Jeremy Strong, Richard Gere, Steve Buscemi, Yul Vasquez,