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Danielle Brooks (born September 17, 1989) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role as prison inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019) gained her three Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and three NAACP Image Awards nominations.
Danielle Brooks is an American actress and producer, best known for her roles in Orange Is the New Black, Peacemaker and The Color Purple. She was born in 1989, graduated from Juilliard and married Dennis Gelin in 2022.
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- Augusta, Georgia, USA
This week on Dinner’s On Me, Oscar and Tony nominated star of “The Color Purple” Danielle Brooks joins the show. Over tuna melts and Thai steak salad, Danielle tells me what it was like to inherit a role from Oprah Winfrey herself and losing her anonymity overnight with the success of Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black.”
Aug 5, 2019 · Taystee, the character played by Danielle Brooks, serves as a prison introduction for both Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) and the audience when, in the very first episode of the Netflix series,...
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Dec 24, 2023 · Doreen St. Félix interviews the actress Danielle Brooks, who plays Sofia in the latest film adaptation of “The Color Purple,” a musical directed by Blitz Bazawule.
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Feb 21, 2024 · Danielle Brooks Has an Oscar Nomination. So Why Is She in Mourning? As she tries to find her place in Hollywood, the “Color Purple” stage and screen star bids an emotional goodbye to a ...
Jan 23, 2024 · Brooks, a past Emmy nominee, Tony nominee and Grammy winner who broke out in “Orange Is the New Black,” is nominated for her supporting actress work in the movie musical “The Color Purple.”