Danielle Brooks is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Leota Adebayo on the HBO Max series Peacemaker and as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Today with Jenna & Friends (2025)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 1x58: Olivia Munn, Danielle Brooks, Chef Eric Adjepong, Jenny Slate, Melanie Fiona (Apr 3, 2025)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2x53: The Cast of 'The Color Purple' (Dec 15, 2023)
Sherri (2022)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 3x124: Danielle Brooks, Charlotte Flair (Apr 4, 2025)
Peacemaker (2022)
Starring as Leota Adebayo
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Chapter 08: It's Cow or Never (Feb 17, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter 07: Stop Dragon My Heart Around (Feb 10, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Chapter 06: Murn After Reading (Feb 3, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Chapter 05: Monkey Dory (Jan 27, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Chapter 04: The Choad Less Traveled (Jan 20, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Chapter 03: Better Goff Dead (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Chapter 02: Best Friends For Never (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: A Whole New Whirled (Jan 13, 2022)
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2023-12-12: Oprah Winfrey, Danielle Brooks, Julia Roberts, Ava DuVernay, Henry Winkler (Dec 12, 2023)
Social Distance (2020)
Guest starring as Imani
- Episode 1x03: And we could all together/Go out on the ocean (Oct 15, 2020)
Get Organized with The Home Edit (2020)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2x05: Danielle Brooks & A Multi-Purpose Room (Apr 1, 2022)
Close Enough (2020)
Starring as Pearle
(16 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: Meet the Frackers (Feb 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x15: The Canine Guy (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x14: Snailin' It (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x13: First Date (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x12: Clap Like This (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x11: So Long Boys (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x10: Golden Gamer (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x09: Robot Tutor (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x08: Cool Moms (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Prank War (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: 100% No Stress Day (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: Skate Dad (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: Room Parents (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Logan's Run'd (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: The Perfect House (Jul 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Quilty Pleasures (Jul 9, 2020)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2x137: Danielle Brooks, Joaquina Kalukango, Lara Spencer, Yolanda Gampp (Apr 1, 2021)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 6x123: Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Jason Momoa (Apr 3, 2025)
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 6x63: Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Andrea Lavinthal, Chef Jeff Mauro, Ashunta Sheriff-Kendricks (Dec 14, 2023)
Talking with Chris Hardwick (2017)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 1x07: Orange Is the New Black Cast (May 21, 2017)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2021-04-07: Danielle Brooks (Apr 7, 2021)
- Episode 2019-06-10: Danielle Brooks (Jun 10, 2019)
- Episode 2016-04-25: Danielle Brooks (Apr 25, 2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2016-01-27: Chris Pine; Danielle Brooks; Jonah Reider; Baauer (Jan 27, 2016)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 3x20: Uzo Aduba vs. Danielle Brooks (Jun 28, 2017)
Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet (2015)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2024 Special: The Oscars Red Carpet Show 2024 (Mar 10, 2024)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2023-12-13: Gavin Newsom, Danielle Brooks, Alexander Stewart (Dec 13, 2023)
- Episode 2023-01-03: Michael Shannon, Danielle Brooks, Maya Stepansky (Jan 3, 2023)
- Episode 2019-07-24: Billy Eichner, Danielle Brooks, Hobo Johnson (Jul 24, 2019)
- Episode 2017-11-21: Jeff Daniels, Danielle Brooks, Daniel Caesar (Nov 21, 2017)
- Episode 2016-03-23: Ethan Hawke, Danielle Brooks, Louie Anderson (Mar 23, 2016)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2022-09-09: John Legend, Danielle Brooks (Sep 9, 2022)
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Starring as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson
(75 episodes)
- Episode 7x13: Here's Where We Get Off (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x12: The Big House (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x11: God Bless America (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x10: The Thirteenth (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x09: The Hidey Hole (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x08: Baker's Dozen (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x07: Me as Well (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x06: Trapped in an Elevator (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x05: Minority Deport (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x04: How to Do Life (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x03: And Brown is the New Orange (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 7x01: Beginning of the End (Jul 26, 2019)
- Episode 6x13: Be Free (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x12: Double Trouble (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x11: Well This Took a Dark Turn (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x09: Break the String (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x08: Gordons (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x07: Changing Winds (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x06: State of the Uterus (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x05: Mischief Mischief (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x04: I'm the Talking Ass (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x02: Shitstorm Coming (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 6x01: Who Knows Better Than I (Jul 27, 2018)
- Episode 5x13: Storm-y Weather (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x12: Tattoo You (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x11: Breaking the Fiberboard Ceiling (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x10: The Reverse Midas Touch (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x09: The Tightening (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x08: Tied to the Tracks (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x07: Full Bush, Half Snickers (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x06: Flaming Hot Cheetos, Literally (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x05: Sing It, White Effie (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x04: Litchfield's Got Talent (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x03: Pissters! (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x02: Fuck, Marry, Frieda (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 5x01: Riot FOMO (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 4x13: Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x12: The Animals (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x11: People Persons (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x10: Bunny, Skull, Bunny, Skull (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x09: Turn Table Turn (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x08: Friends in Low Places (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x07: It Sounded Nicer in My Head (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x06: Piece of Shit (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x05: We'll Always Have Baltimore (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x04: Doctor Psycho (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x03: (Don't) Say Anything (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x02: Power Suit (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x01: Work That Body for Me (Jun 17, 2016)
- Episode 3x13: Trust No Bitch (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x12: Don't Make Me Come Back There (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x11: We Can Be Heroes (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x10: A Tittin' and a Hairin' (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x09: Where My Dreidel At (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x08: Fear, and Other Smells (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x07: Tongue-Tied (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x06: Ching Chong Chang (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x05: Fake It Till You Fake It Some More (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x04: Finger in the Dyke (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x03: Empathy is a Boner Killer (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x02: Bed Bugs and Beyond (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x01: Mother's Day (Jun 12, 2015)
- Episode 2x13: We Have Manners. We're Polite. (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x12: It Was the Change (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x11: Take a Break from Your Values (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x10: Little Mustachioed Shit (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x09: 40 Oz. of Furlough (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x08: Appropriately Sized Pots (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Comic Sans (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x06: You Also Have a Pizza (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x05: Low Self Esteem City (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x04: A Whole Other Hole (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: Hugs Can Be Deceiving (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: Looks Blue, Tastes Red (Jun 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Thirsty Bird (Jun 6, 2014)
Guest starring as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson
(11 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Can't Fix Crazy (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x12: Fool Me Once (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Fucksgiving (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Moscow Mule (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Blood Donut (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: WAC Pack (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: The Chickening (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Imaginary Enemies (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Lesbian Request Denied (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: Tit Punch (Jul 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: I Wasn't Ready (Jul 11, 2013) [Co-Star]
The Chew (2011)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x195: Quick & Easy Summer Dessert (Jul 13, 2017)
- Episode 5x159: Dessert Blowout! (May 12, 2016)
Conan (2010)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2016-08-22: Senator Al Franken, Danielle Brooks, Noah Gardenswartz (Aug 22, 2016)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2024-01-17: Danielle Brooks, Chef Anne Burrell (Jan 17, 2024)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
(3 episodes)
- Episode 22x59: Cynthia Bailey, Danielle Brooks (Apr 6, 2025)
- Episode 19x27: Danielle Brooks & Ike Barinholtz (Feb 10, 2022)
- Episode 14x28: Phaedra Parks, Danielle Brooks (Feb 12, 2017)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 12x10: Adam Hills, Amanda Seyfried, Keith Lemon, Jason Biggs, Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Laura Prepon, Foxes (May 30, 2014)
Black Girls Rock! (2006)
Starring as Host
- Episode 2024-08-01: 14th Annual Black Girls Rock! (Aug 1, 2024)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 19x16: The Color Purple; American Fiction; The Boys in the Boat (Dec 23, 2023)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2025-03-19: Lauren Graham, Danielle Brooks, Damiano David (Mar 19, 2025)
- Episode 2024-01-16: John Oliver, Danielle Brooks, Pete Yorn (Jan 16, 2024)
- Episode 2016-06-30: Christoph Waltz, Danielle Brooks, Maxwell (Jun 30, 2016)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 27x70: Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Blitz Bazawule (Dec 13, 2023)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
- Episode 2024-02-24: The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (Feb 24, 2024)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Danielle Brooks
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2022-06-12: The 75th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 12, 2022)
- Episode 2016-06-12: The 70th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 12, 2016)