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Danielle Brooks

1989 - Today

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Danielle Brooks (born September 17, 1989) is an American actress. After studying drama at the Juilliard School she earned her breakthrough in television before expanding to theater and film. She has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Her breakthrough role was as prison inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Danielle Brooks is the 10,554th most popular actor (up from 11,788th in 2024), the 15,508th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,958th in 2019) and the 4,884th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Danielle Brooks ranks 10,554 out of 13,578. Before her are Synnøve Macody Lund, Yuki Matsuoka, Kimberly Foster, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Pierce, and Cameron Dallas. After her are Rossif Sutherland, Akiko Yajima, Jessie Cave, Deven Verma, Mark Linn-Baker, and Carla Gallo.

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Among people born in 1989, Danielle Brooks ranks 345. Before her are Vijay Deverakonda, Jowst, Masato Hashimoto, G-Eazy, Yong Jun-hyung, and François Letexier. After her are Sergei Polunin, Alberto Botía, Brendon Hartley, Pablo Alborán, Matthew Lowton, and Andreas Samaris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danielle Brooks ranks 15,514 out of 20,380. Before her are Mark Pellington (1962), G. David Low (1956), Kate DiCamillo (1964), B. B. Comer (1848), Bradley Pierce (1982), and Cameron Dallas (1994). After her are Donald Cerrone (1983), Mark Linn-Baker (1954), Vincent C. Gray (1942), Carla Gallo (1975), Glenn Beck (1964), and Jeff Baena (1977).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Danielle Brooks ranks 4,887. Before her are Mary McCormack (1969), Joan Davis (1912), Shannon Whirry (1964), Kimberly Foster (1961), Bradley Pierce (1982), and Cameron Dallas (1994). After her are Mark Linn-Baker (1954), Carla Gallo (1975), Lisa Sheridan (1974), Nell Carter (1948), Andrea Anders (1975), and John Ingle (1928).

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