---
name: "Danielle Brooks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danielle-brooks"
fi1m_id: "danielle-brooks"
imdb_id: "nm5335029"
tmdb_id: 1075037
wikidata_id: "Q16727679"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 September 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-15T04:03:19.981381+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danielle Brooks

## Identity

Danielle Brooks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danielle-brooks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danielle-brooks
- **IMDb ID:** nm5335029
- **TMDB ID:** 1075037
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16727679
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Brooks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16727679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5335029/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1075037

Actor. Born 17 September 1989 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 September 1989, Augusta, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,030m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Brooks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16727679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5335029/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1075037

## Coming up

- *Bad Day* (2026-12-11)
- *A Minecraft Movie Squared* (2027-07-22), as Dawn

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Clemency*](https://film.one/film/clemency.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*Orange Is the New Black*](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md) (79)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Color Purple*](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Danielle Brooks is an American actress and singer. She graduated from the Juilliard School and began her professional career in theatre and television.

Brooks is best known for her role as Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson in the Netflix series *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–2019) and as Leota Adebayo in the HBO series *Peacemaker* (2022–). She played Sofia in the 2023 film *The Color Purple* and portrayed Dawn in *A Minecraft Movie* (2025).

*Sources: minecraft.wiki, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *A Minecraft Movie* (2025), Fi1m 52, as Dawn — [page](https://film.one/film/a-minecraft-movie.md)
- *The Color Purple* (2023), Fi1m 73, as Sofia — [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md)
- *Clemency* (2019), Fi1m 81, as Evette Wilkinson — [page](https://film.one/film/clemency.md)
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), Fi1m 79, as Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson — [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Minecraft Movie Squared* (2027), as Dawn
- *Bad Day* (2026), Actor
- *If I Go Will They Miss Me* (2026), as Lozita · Executive Producer
- *Oh. What. Fun.* (2025), as Morgan
- *The Bad Guys 2* (2025), as Kitty Kat (voice)
- *A Minecraft Movie* (2025), as Dawn — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/a-minecraft-movie.md)
- *The Color Purple* (2023), as Sofia — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md)
- *Peacemaker* (2022), series, as Leota Adebayo
- *Karma’s World* (2021), series, as Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant (voice)
- *Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia* (2021), as Mahalia Jackson · Co-Executive Producer
- *All the Little Things We Kill* (2021), as Claire Soto
- *Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine* (2020), as Jordana Bachman
- *Social Distance* (2020), series, as Imani
- *Eat Wheaties!* (2020), as Wendy
- *Close Enough* (2020), series, as Pearle Watson (voice)
- *Clemency* (2019), as Evette Wilkinson — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/clemency.md)
- *The Public's Much Ado About Nothing* (2019), as Beatrice
- *The Day Shall Come* (2019), as Venus Al Shabaz
- *Sadie* (2018), as Carla
- *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* (2017), series, as Ruthless Ruth (voice)
- *I Dream Too Much* (2016), as Abbey
- *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016), as Olive Blue / Monica the Crossing Guard (voice)
- *Master of None* (2015), series, as Shannon — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/master-of-none.md)
- *Time Out of Mind* (2015), as Receptionist
- *The Same Difference* (2015), Actor
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, as Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *Modern Love* (2012), as Raimy
- *Finding Your Roots* (2012), series, Actor
- *Fireproof* (2008), as Young Catherine (voice)

## Gallery

- ![Danielle Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-d8b376ae00ac.jpg) Danielle Brooks — LaShawnda Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Danielle_Brooks_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_012426_%283%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Brooks_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_012426_%283%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Orange is the New Black cast at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-28a63a05c80a.jpg) Orange is the New Black cast at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards. (2014) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Adrienne_C._Moore%2C_Danielle_Brooks%2C_Neri_Kyle_Tannenbaum_and_Lisa_Vinnecour%2C_May_2014.jpg/1280px-Adrienne_C._Moore%2C_Danielle_Brooks%2C_Neri_Kyle_Tannenbaum_and_Lisa_Vinnecour%2C_May_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The cast from the TV show "Orange is the New Black" at The Paley Center For Media's PaleyFest 2014 Honoring "Orange Is The New Black". From left in chairs: Exec](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-ba66864a3629.jpg) The cast from the TV show "Orange is the New Black" at The Paley Center For Media's PaleyFest 2014 Honoring "Orange Is The New Black". From left in chairs: Exec — Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cast_of_Orange_Is_The_New_Black_at_Paley_Fest.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Orange_Is_The_New_Black_at_Paley_Fest.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Orange is the New Black cast at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-269add2cdcd7.jpg) Orange is the New Black cast at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards. (2014) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Danielle_Brooks%2C_Neri_Kyle_Tannenbaum_and_Lisa_Vinnecour%2C_May_2014_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Brooks%2C_Neri_Kyle_Tannenbaum_and_Lisa_Vinnecour%2C_May_2014_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-eb4c63483e4d.jpg) Danielle Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Danielle Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-9f671950652e.jpg) Danielle Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Danielle Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-4a81d18d7f8d.jpg) Danielle Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Orange is the New Black cast at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-7fbc8134d918.jpg) Orange is the New Black cast at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards. (2014) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Danielle_Brooks%2C_Neri_Kyle_Tannenbaum_and_Lisa_Vinnecour%2C_May_2014_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Brooks%2C_Neri_Kyle_Tannenbaum_and_Lisa_Vinnecour%2C_May_2014_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Brooks, Adrienne C Moore, Dascha Polanco and Selenis Leyva at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-27dc71135be6.jpg) Danielle Brooks, Adrienne C Moore, Dascha Polanco and Selenis Leyva at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards. (2014) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Danielle_Brooks_-_Adrienne_C_Moore_-_Dascha_Polanco_-_Selenis_Leyva_%2814471611860%29.jpg/1280px-Danielle_Brooks_-_Adrienne_C_Moore_-_Dascha_Polanco_-_Selenis_Leyva_%2814471611860%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danielle Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-9f4bdc430268.jpg) Danielle Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Danielle Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-d97ca301bec6.jpg) Danielle Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Danielle Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/8618/gallery-3e4f4fa2a2df.jpg) Danielle Brooks — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2024: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Color Purple*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Theatre World Award 2016: Theatre World Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 2016: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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