Danielle Brooks

Danielle Brooks

b. 1989 (age 37) Augusta, Georgia, USA
Actress Director

Danielle Brooks is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for playing Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson in the Netflix Emmy-nominated series Orange is the New Black. She's a graduate of The Juilliard School, Manhattan, New York City, Ney York, USA.

Known For

Peacemaker
📺
★ 8.2
Peacemaker
2022
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
🎞️
★ 7.0
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
2021
Orange Is the New Black
📺
★ 8.0
Orange Is the New Black
2013
Close Enough
📺
★ 7.8
Close Enough
2020

Filmography

A Minecraft Movie Squared
🎞️
A Minecraft Movie Squared
2027 Actress
If I Go Will They Miss Me
🎞️
★ 7.6
If I Go Will They Miss Me
2026 Actress
A Minecraft Movie
🎞️
★ 5.6
A Minecraft Movie
2025 Actress
🎬
🎞️
★ 3.9
The 15th Annual AAFCA Awards
2024 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.2
The Oscars Red Carpet Show
2024 Self
🎬
📺
Raising Fame
2024 Self
🎬
🎞️
Critics Choice Celebration of Cinema & Television: Honoring Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements
2024 Self
🎬
🎞️
The 7th Annual Astra Film Awards
2024 Self
🎬
🎞️
KNEKT®tv Live from the ASTRA Film Awards Red Carpet
2024 Self
🎬
🎞️
The 14th Annual Governors Awards
2024 Self
🎬
🎞️
The 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards
2024 Self
The Color Purple
🎞️
★ 6.8
The Color Purple
2023 Actress
🎬
🎞️
OWN Celebrates the New Color Purple
2023 Self
Peacemaker
📺
★ 8.2
Peacemaker
2022 Actress
Instant Dream Home
📺
★ 6.4
Instant Dream Home
2022 Self
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
🎞️
★ 7.0
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
2021 Actress
Karma's World
📺
★ 6.7
Karma's World
2021 Actress
Close Enough
📺
★ 7.8
Close Enough
2020 Actress
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
🎞️
★ 5.5
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 Actress
Eat Wheaties!
🎞️
★ 6.1
Eat Wheaties!
2020 Actress
Social Distance
📺
★ 5.9
Social Distance
2020 Actress
Floored
📺
★ 5.3
Floored
2020 Self
🎬
🎞️
Artists Unite
2020 Self
🎬
🎞️
OITNB X Color of Change: Reform, Solidarity, Action
2020 Self
🎬
📺
Love from a Distance
2020 Actress
Clemency
🎞️
★ 6.5
Clemency
2019 Actress
The Day Shall Come
🎞️
★ 5.9
The Day Shall Come
2019 Actress
All the Little Things We Kill
🎞️
★ 7.1
All the Little Things We Kill
2019 Actress
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
🎞️
★ 8.2
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
2019 Actress
Sadie
🎞️
★ 6.2
Sadie
2018 Actress
🎬
🎞️
★ 4.0
49th NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet
2018 Self
Talking with Chris Hardwick
📺
★ 6.9
Talking with Chris Hardwick
2017 Self
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
🎞️
★ 6.9
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
2017 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.2
Stand for Rights
2017 Self
🎬
📺
Kickback & Chat with Amber Pickens
2017 Self
🎬
🎞️
69th Writers Guild Awards (New York)
2017 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.2
Lasso & Comet
2016 Actress
I Dream Too Much
🎞️
★ 5.2
I Dream Too Much
2015 Actress
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.7
Red Nose Day
2015 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 3.9
Oprah Goes to Broadway: The Color Purple
2015 Self
🎬
🎞️
Phenomenal Woman, a Short Film
2015 Actress
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.3
2014 Young Hollywood Awards
2014 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 4.2
The 4th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards
2014 Self
🎬
🎞️
The 30th Annual Television Critics Association Awards
2014 Self
Orange Is the New Black
📺
★ 8.0
Orange Is the New Black
2013 Actress
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.2
Black Girls Rock! 2013
2013 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.6
Modern Love
2012 Actress
🎬
🎞️
Bad Day
Actress
🎬
📺
American Comfort
Actress
🎬
📺
Waller
Actress
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