Danielle Brooks Biography
Danielle Brooks is an American actress and singer. Brooks is best known for her role on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black as Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson. Brooks received a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of Sofia in the 2015 Broadway production of The Color Purple.
Danielle Brooks Age
Brooks was born on September 17, 1989 in Augusta, Georgia, U.S. She is 29 years old as of 2018.
Danielle Brooks Height
Brooks stands at a height of 1.63 m.
Danielle Brooks Husband – Danielle Brooks Boyfriend
Brooks is not married but she is in a relationship with her mysterious boyfriend whose details are not known. In July 2019 Brooks surprised her fans on instagram informing them about her pregnancy. “I’m happily pregnant,” Brooks wrote.
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So elated to finally share this news with you all. I’m happily pregnant! @Clearblue #ClearblueConfirmed #clearbluepartner
Danielle Brooks Net Worth
Brooks has a net worth of $1 million U.S dollars. Acting is her primary source of income and she is well known for playing the role of Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.
Danielle Brooks Early Life & Education
Brooks’ father was a deacon, and her mother, a minister. She began acting when she was 6 years old in a nativity play put on by her church. For her final two years of high school, she went to South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, a selective arts high school. Brooks studied drama at the Juilliard School and graduated in 2011.
Danielle Brooks Career
Orange Is The New Black Danielle brooks
After graduating from Juilliard, she won roles in two theater productions: Blacken the Bubble and the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Servant of Two Masters. In 2013, Brooks left both productions to join the cast of the Netflix-produced television series Orange Is the New Black, a show about a women’s prison based on Piper Kerman’s memoir of the same name, as Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson. Brooks’ character Taystee was originally intended to be featured in the show for only two episodes, but it ended up being written into the rest of the first season and then into the seasons that followed. Taystee’s on-screen best friend Poussey is played by Samira Wiley.
The two have been friends since they met while studying together at Juilliard. Critics have praised Brooks’ performance in Orange Is the New Black with one writer from The Daily Beast calling her “the breakout actress of the show and one of the most refreshing and exciting new talents of 2013.” For the show’s second season, Brooks was upgraded from a recurring cast member to a series regular. Brooks competed against co-star Uzo Aduba in an episode of Spike’s Lip Sync Battle that aired on June 28, 2017. She won with performances of Ciara’s “1, 2 Step” and Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer”.
Danielle brooks Girls
Brooks was cast in September 2013, in a third season episode of the HBO series Girls, where she played the first black woman on the show.
Danielle brooks The Color Purple
Various outlets announced on May 27, 2015, that Brooks would make her Broadway debut as Sofia in the upcoming fall 2015 revival of The Color Purple. The musical opened on December 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs, to critical acclaim. For her performance, Brooks received praise and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Danielle Brooks Movies
- Danielle Brooks Year Title Role Notes
- 2015 I Dream Too Much Abbey
- 2016 The Angry Birds Movie Olive Blue/Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
- 2019 Clemency Evette
- 2019 The Day Shall Come Venus
Danielle Brooks TV Shows
- 2012 Modern Love Raimy
- 2013 Black Girls Rock! 2013 Herself
- 2013–present Orange Is the New Black Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson
- 2014 Girls Laura
- 2015–2017 Master of None Shannon
- 2016 Lasso & Comet Comet (voice)
- 2017 Tangled: The Series Ruthless Ruth (voice)
- 2017 Lip Sync Battle Herself
- 2018 Project Runway All Stars Herself
- 2018 High Maintenance Regine
- 2018 Elena of Avalor Charica (voice)
Danielle Brooks Awards and Nominations
Year |
Association |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
| 2013 | Young Hollywood Award | Breakthrough Actress | Orange is the New Black | Won |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Won | ||
| 2015 | Won | |||
| 2016 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Theatre World Award | Honoree | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Orange is the New Black | Won | |
| 2017 | Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | The Color Purple | Won |
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