Danielle Brooks(IV)

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Danielle Brooks was born on 17 September 1989 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Peacemaker (2022), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021). She has been married to Dennis Gelin since 13 January 2022. They have one child.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 6 wins & 11 nominations total

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Steve Agee, Chukwudi Iwuji, John Cena, Jennifer Holland, Freddie Stroma, and Danielle Brooks in Peacemaker (2022)

Danielle Brooks at an event for 32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards (2017)

Adrienne C. Moore and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)

Uzo Aduba, Adrienne C. Moore, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)

Danielle Brooks in The Art of Giving (2022)

Danielle Brooks in Flowers in Bloom (2022)

Danielle Brooks in A Room with a View (2022)

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Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)

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Peacemaker

8.3

TV Series

Leota Adebayo

Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)

Orange Is the New Black

8.1

TV Series

Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

7.3

TV Movie

Mahalia Jackson

2021

Close Enough

7.8

TV Series

Pearle(voice)

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Peacemaker
- Leota Adebayo
- TV Series
- 2022–2023
Karma's World
- Dr. Lillie Carter-Grant
- TV Series
- 2021–2022
Close Enough
- Pearle (voice)
- TV Series
- 2020–2022
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
- Mahalia Jackson
- TV Movie
- 2021
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
- Jordana Bachman
- TV Special
- 2020
Social Distance
- Imani
- TV Series
- 2020
Eat Wheaties!
- Wendy
- 2020
Love from A Distance
- Guest
- TV Series
- 2020
Mama Got A Cough
- Kacy
- Video
- 2020
All the Little Things We Kill
- Claire Soto
- 2019
Great Performances
- Beatrice
- TV Series
- 2019
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
- Beatrice
- 2019
Orange Is the New Black
- Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson
- TV Series
- 2013–2019
The Day Shall Come
- Venus
- 2019
Clemency
- Evette Wilkinson
- 2019

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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
- performer: "My God is Real (Yes God is Real)", "Elijah Rock", "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child", "Hallelujah, Praise God", "Come On Children, Let's Sing", "Move On Up A Little Higher", "How I Got Over", "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", "Didn't It Rain", "I've Been Buked", "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", "I'm Going to Live the Life I Song About in My Song"
- TV Movie
- 2021
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
- performer: "Listen Up"
- TV Series
- 2017
The 70th Annual Tony Awards
- performer: "Mysterious Ways"
- TV Special
- 2016
Orange Is the New Black
- performer: "Joy to the World", "Amazing Grace", "I Saw the Light" (uncredited)
- TV Series
- 2013

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- 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- September 17, 1989
- Augusta, Georgia, USA
- Dennis GelinJanuary 13, 2022 - present (1 child)
- Freeya Carel Gelin
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Play: "Rent", by Jonathan Larson and Billy Aronson. Dir. Devanand Janki. The Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY.
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Graduated from The Juilliard School.

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