Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/17/1989
Place of Birth
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
丹妮爾·布魯克斯دانیل بروکسدانيل بروكس
Danielle Brooks
Biography
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 gosp...
Known For
Oh. What. Fun.
as Morgan
The Bad Guys 2
as Kitty Kat (voice)
A Minecraft Movie
as Dawn
The Angry Birds Movie
as Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
The Color Purple
as Sofia
Clemency
as Evette Wilkinson
The Day Shall Come
as Venus Al Shabaz
Eat Wheaties!
as Wendy
Sadie
as Carla
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Jordana Bachman
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
as Mahalia Jackson
Fireproof
as Young Catherine (voice)
I Dream Too Much
as Abbey
Time Out of Mind
as Receptionist
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Self
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
as Herself
All the Little Things We Kill
as Claire Soto
The Same Difference
Unknown Role