Danielle Brooks Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Danielle Brooks Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Danielle Brooks (born September , ) is an American actress and singer.

She is best known for her role as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson on the

Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. She received a Tony

Award nomination for her portrayal of Sofia in the Broadway

production of The Color Purple.Brooks was born in Augusta, Georgia,

and grew up in South Carolina, in a Christian family; her father was a

deacon, and her mother, a minister. She began acting at the age of six

in a nativity play put on by her church. For her final two years of

high school, she attended South Carolina Governor's School for the

Arts & Humanities, a selective arts high school. She studied drama at

the Juilliard School and graduated in .After graduating from

Juilliard, Brooks won roles in two theater productions: the

Shakespeare Theatre Company's Servant of Two Masters, and Blacken the

Bubble. She left both productions in 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. Brooks played as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson. Her character

originally was intended to be featured in the show for only two

episodes, but was written into the rest of the first season and

subsequent seasons. Taystee's onscreen best friend Poussey is played

by Samira Wiley, with whom Brooks has been friends since they met

while studying together at Juilliard. Brooks' performance on the show

has been favorably reviewed by TV critics, with one writer calling her

"the breakout actress of the show and one of the most refreshing and

exciting new talents of ." Brooks was upgraded from a recurring cast

member to a series regular for the show's second season. She competed

against co-star Uzo Aduba in an episode of Spike's Lip Sync Battle

that aired on June , . Brooks won with performances of Ciara's ",

Step" and Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer".
Danielle Brooks Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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