For her performance, Brooks earned the Actress Award for Television from the Critics Choice Association Celebration of Black Cinema & Television. Brooks starred as the legendary Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in director Kenny Leon’s Mahalia which premiered on Lifetime in April. Danielle Brooks starred as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in Netflix’s Emmy nominated series Orange is the New Black, a role that garnered her two NAACP Image Award nominations for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She also received the Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Actress. Next up, Brooks will star opposite John Cena in the HBO Max series Peacemaker, the spinoff series to James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad movie.
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