Danielle Brooks Biography
Danielle Brooks is a well-known American actress who has been in shows such as Orange Is the New Black and Peacemaker. She made her Broadway debut in 2015 with the musical version of The Color Purple, for which she received Tony and Grammy nominations. In 2022, Brooks will return to Broadway with the August Wilson drama The Piano Lesson.
How old is Danielle Brooks? – Age
She is 33 years old as of 17 September 2022. She was born in 1989 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Her real name is Danielle Brittany Brooks.
Danielle Brooks Family – Education
Brooks grew up in a Christian family in South Carolina; her father was a deacon and her mother was a preacher. She began acting at the age of six in a church nativity play. She attended South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, an elite arts high school, for her final two years of high school. She graduated from the Juilliard School of Drama in 2011.
Who is Danielle Brooks Husband?
Brooks announced her pregnancy with her first kid on July 2, 2019. She gave birth to a girl in November. Dennis Gelin is her husband.
Danielle Brooks Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
Danielle Brooks Peacemaker
She portrays the role of Leota Adebayo in the HBO Max streaming series Peacemaker. The newest member of the team, Leota Adebayo, handles pretty much everything else. Although she’s skilled in weapons training and other assorted super-secret spy craft, she’s never really felt cut out for it. Newly married with little dogs she likes to dress up, Adebayo is the heart of the team and often its voice of reason. But she’s got her secrets as well.
Leota and her team target Peacemaker with brandished weapons, meeting with their task force team. They escape and discover Vigilante and Peacemaker being held captive. Leota reveals Economos framed his father and mentions Peacemaker’s file. In The Choad Less Traveled, the special taskforce discovers Vigilante’s idea of killing Auggie in Vigilante’s brain. They find Economos and Judomaster, who escape. Leota discovers a business card for Glan Tai and a similar card among Annie Sturphausen’s belongings. In Monkey Dory, Leota struggles with relationship issues and her job. In Murn After Reading, Emilia reveals Murn was a Butterfly and they need to talk. The gang discovers raw amber and a diary, revealing Waller’s mother. They evade the police and save their team.
Danielle Brooks New Black
She appeared as Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson in Orange is the New Black. Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson is the main protagonist of Orange is the New Black, serving as the main protagonist in Seasons 2, 5, and 7. Danielle Brooks portrays her. Taystee is based on Piper Kerman’s character “Delicious” from Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison.
Danielle Brooks Karma’s World
She appears as Lillie Carter-Grant, Karma’s mother, who educates her daughter and informs her about the hair patterns of their black women ancestors. She is a physician. The story follows Karma Grant, a young girl who attends middle school and discovers that via her music, she can be “true to herself” rather than allowing problems to bring her down.
Danielle Brooks Movies
♦ 2023 – The Color Purple *
♦ 2021 – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
♦ 2020 – Eat Wheaties!
♦ 2019 – Clemency
♦ 2019 – The Day Shall Come
♦ 2019 – The Public’s Much Ado About Nothing
♦ 2019 – All the Little Things We Kill
♦ 2018 – Sadie
♦ 2016 – The Angry Birds Movie
♦ 2015 – I Dream Too Much
♦ 2015 – Phenomenal Woman, a Short Film
♦ 2014 – Time Out of Mind
Danielle Brooks TV Shows
♦ 2022 – Peacemaker
♦ 2022 – Instant Dream Home
♦ 2021 – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
♦ 2021 – Karma’s World
♦ 2020–2022 – Close Enough
♦ 2020 – Social Distance
♦ 2020 – Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine
♦ 2018 – Project Runway All Stars
♦ 2018 – High Maintenance
♦ 2018 – Elena of Avalor
♦ 2017 – Tangled: The Series
♦ 2017 – Lip Sync Battle
♦ 2015–2017 – Master of None
♦ 2014 – Girls
♦ 2013–2019 – Orange Is the New Black