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  1. Danielle Brittany Brooks (born September 17, 1989) [1] 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 ...

  2. Danielle Brooks is an American actress, producer and director, best known for her roles in Orange Is the New Black, Peacemaker and The Color Purple. She was born in 1989 in Georgia, graduated from Juilliard and married Dennis Gelin in 2022.

    • Actress, Producer, Director
    • September 17, 1989
    • 1 min
  3. Dec 24, 2023 · The New Yorker Interview. Danielle Brooks Comes Full Circle. The actor, who played Sofia in the revival of “The Color Purple” musical on Broadway, reprises the role in a new film adaptation of...

  4. Aug 5, 2019 · 'Orange Is the New Black' star Danielle Brooks speaks about the final season and series finale of the Netflix show, including the impact of Taystee's (Danielle Brooks) ending, in an...

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    • Jackie Strause
  5. Jan 23, 2024 · Danielle Brooks on Being the Sole Oscar Nominee for ‘The Color Purple’: “I’m Doing This for Everybody” The actress shares that her character of Sofia helped her become more confident in herself...

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  7. Danielle Brooks is an actress and producer, known for Peacemaker (2022), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021). She was born in Augusta, Georgia, USA, and graduated from The Juilliard School and South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities.

  8. Jan 3, 2024 · The actress talks about her Golden Globe-nominated role as Sofia, a character she was born to play, and how she brought her own ideas to the musical adaptation. She also reflects on her journey as an artist and how Sofia's arc reflects her own.

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