Danielle Brooks

Live at the Lortel: An Off-Broadway Podcast

Grammy Award winning & Tony Award Nominated Actress Danielle Brooks most recently starred on Broadway in The Piano Lesson opposite Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington. The play is directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson. Brooks previously starred on Broadway as “Sofia” in the Tony Award winning revival of The Color Purple. Later this year, she will star in Warner Brothers’ feature film adaptation of the musical directed by Blitz Bazawule. Brooks stars opposite John Cena on the hit HBO Max series Peacemaker, the spinoff series to James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad movie. Brooks starred as the legendary Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in Mahalia. For her performance, Brooks earned the “Actress Award for Television” from the Critics Choice Association Celebration of Black Cinema & Television. Additionally, Brooks was nominated for a Critics Choice and a NAACP Image Award. Danielle Brooks starred as "Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson" in Netflix’s Emmy nominated series Orange is the New Black. Danielle is the co-founder of “Black Women on Broadway,” which honors the legacy of Black Women’s contributions to the theatre. Danielle grew up in South Carolina and is a graduate of The Juilliard School.

Philanthropic/Activist Causes: Black Women on Broadway