Danielle Brittany Brooks (born September 17, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as prison inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson on the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). In 2015, she made her Broadway debut in the musical revival of The Color Purple as Sofia, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award and won the Grammy Award. In 2023, Brooks reprised her role as Sofia in the film adaptation of The Color Purple and was nominated for an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, and Golden Globe Award for her performance.

After appearing in the HBO series Girls (2014), Netflix's Master of None (2015–2017), and the animated sitcom Close Enough (2020–2022), in 2021, she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Television Movie as an executive producer on Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia. In 2022, she hosted Netflix's reality series Instant Dream Home and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Program Host. The same year Brooks starred in the superhero series Peacemaker (2022–present), and returned to Broadway in the revival of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson.

丹妮爾·布魯克斯（出生於1989年9月17日）是一位美國女演員和歌手。她最著名的角色是在Netflix原創系列《越獄風雲》中飾演Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson，以及在HBO Max動畫系列《Close Enough》中為Pearle Watson警官配音。她因在2015年百老匯製作的《紫色》中飾演Sofia而獲得東尼獎提名。

丹妮爾·布魯克斯（出生於1989年9月17日）是一位美國女演員和歌手。她最著名的角色是在Netflix原創系列《越獄風雲》中飾演Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson，以及在HBO Max動畫系列《Close Enough》中為Pearle Watson警官配音。她因在2015年百老匯製作的《紫色》中飾演Sofia而獲得東尼獎提名。