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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Smoke Signals
- Living Through the Heart
- Amplify Your Freedom
- Extraordinary Ordinary You
- Taboo of It All
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Film & TV
Acting · Augusta, Georgia, USA
Danielle Brooks is an American actress whose work spans television, film, and Broadway. She first gained widespread recognition as Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson on Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), a role that became one of the series’ emotional centers and established her as a major presence on television. She later reached a broader mainstream audience starring as Leota Adebayo in James Gunn’s…
Known for
- A Minecraft Movie Squared — Dawn2027
- If I Go Will They Miss Me — Lozita2026
- A Minecraft Movie — Dawn2025
- Oh. What. Fun. — Morgan2025
- The Bad Guys 2 — Kitty Kat (voice)2025
- Family Recipe Showdown — Guest Judge2025
- The Color Purple — Sofia2023
- Oprah & The Color Purple Journey — Self2023
- Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising — Self2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1989
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14,852
- Total plays
- 74,294
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation
· 2018 · cited 33,606x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,515x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,371x
- <scp>CHARMM</scp>: A program for macromolecular energy, minimization, and dynamics calculations
· 1983 · cited 13,560x
- Scoping studies: advancing the methodology
· 2010 · cited 11,629x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1989-09-17 ) September 17, 1989 (age 36) , Augusta, Georgia , U.S.
- Education
- Juilliard School ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2009–present
- Spouse
- Dennis Gelin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2022 )
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Danielle Brooks at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival 012426 (3) (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Danielle Brooks
- date of birth
- 1989-09-17
- name in native language
- Danielle Brooks
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
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Danielle Brooks (born September 17, 1989) is an American actress. After studying drama at the Juilliard School she earned her breakthrough in television before expanding to theater and film. She has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
Her breakthrough role was as prison inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). She made her Broadway debut as Sofia in the musical revival of The Color Purple (2015), earning a nomination for a Tony Award as well as a Grammy Award. She reprised her role in the 2023 film adaptation for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, and Golden Globe Award. She played the title role in the Lifetime film Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021) earning a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award as an executive producer.