Danielle Brooks
Birthday
1989/09/17 (35 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also know as
丹妮爾·布魯克斯
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(2008) Fireproof
as Young Catherine (voice)
(2023) The Color Purple
as Sofia
(2022) Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Self
(2025) A Minecraft Movie
as Dawn
(2016) I Dream Too Much
as Abbey
(2016) The Angry Birds Movie
as Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
(2023) Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
(2014) Time Out of Mind
as Receptionist
(2015) The Same Difference
as ---
Oh. What. Fun.
as ---
(2017) Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
as Herself
(2019) The Day Shall Come
as Venus Al Shabaz
(2018) Sadie
as Carla
(2021) All the Little Things We Kill
as Claire Soto
(2019) Clemency
as Evette Wilkinson
(2019) The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
(2021) Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
as Mahalia Jackson
(2020) Eat Wheaties!
as Wendy
(2020) Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Jordana Bachman
(2025) The Bad Guys 2
as Kitty Kat (voice)
(2013) Orange Is the New Black
as Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2021) Karma’s World
as Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant (voice)
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(2020) Get Organized with The Home Edit
as ---
(2004) Project Runway
as Self
(2017) Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Ruthless Ruth
(2015) Lip Sync Battle
as Self
(2004) Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
(2022) The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
(2022) Instant Dream Home
as Self - Host
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
(2014) Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Honoree
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
(1997) The View
as Self - Guest
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2019) Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
(2020) Close Enough
as Pearle Watson (voice)
(2022) Peacemaker
as Leota Adebayo
(2015) Master of None
as Shannon
(2012) Finding Your Roots
as ---
(2020) Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self