Danielle Brooks

Danielle Brittany Brooks born September 17 1989 is an American actress She is best known for her role as prison inmate Tasha Taystee Jefferson on the Netflix comedydrama series Orange Is the New Black 20132019 In 2015 she made her Broadway debut in the musical revival of The Color Purple as Sofia for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award and won the 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 After appearing in the HBO series Girls 2014 Netflixs Master of None 20152017 and the animated sitcom Close Enough 20202022 in 2021 she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Television Movie as an executive producer on Robin Roberts Presents Mahalia In 2022 she hosted Netflixs reality series Instant Dream Home and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Program Host The same year Brooks starred in the superhero series Peacemaker 2022present and returned to Broadway in the revival of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson