Danielle Brooks is best known for her role as “Tasha ‘Taystee’ Jefferson” in the Netflix Emmy-nominated series, “Orange is the New Black.” For her performance, Brooks received two NAACP Image Award nominations for “Best Actress in a Comedy Series” Danielle was also the recipient of the Young Hollywood Award for “Breakthrough Actress.

On stage, Brooks starred as “Beatrice” in The Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Kenny Leon. For her performance, she received the AUDELCO Award for “Lead Actress in a Musical”, the ANTONYO Award for “Best Actor in a Play, Off-Broadway” and received a Drama League Award “Distinguished Performance” Nomination. Brooks made her Broadway debut in the Tony winning revival of The Color Purple. For her performance, she was nominated for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and received a Grammy Award as well as a Theatre World Award for “Significant Broadway Debut.”

Recent feature work includes a leading role opposite Anna Kendrick in Chris Morris’ feature film, “The Day Shall Come” produced by See Saw and released by IFC, the feature film “Clemency” opposite Alfre Woodard, Wendell Pierce and Aldis Hodge which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and released by Neon, a recurring role on Aziz Ansari’s Emmy Award winning, Netflix comedy series, “Master of None” and Guest Lead Roles on HBO’s “High Maintenance” and “Girls”. Brooks’ voice work includes Sony’s animated feature “Angry Birds” and HBO Max’s “Close Enough.”

Danielle was the face of Christian Siriano’s debut Spring capsule collection for Lane Bryant and was the face of Lane Bryant’s Fall Campaign that same year. Brooks was one of the faces of Lane Bryant’s “I’m No Angel” Campaign alongside Ashley Graham and released a clothing line with Universal Standard. Most recently, Danielle teamed up with the newly relaunched plus size fashion retailer Fashion to Figure as their first ever Brand Ambassador as part of their #InclusionRevoultion campaign.

Danielle released her four track EP entitled FOUR. Brooks co-wrote the four songs, which includes “Seasons” that is featured in the series finale of Orange is the New Black.

Danielle grew up in South Carolina and is a graduate of The Juilliard School.

Brooks is represented by Door 24 Entertainment, CAA, and Paul Hastings.