Age: 36
female
Danielle Brooks is an American actress whose work spans television, film, and Broadway. She first gained widespread recognition as Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson on Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), a role that became one of the series’ emotional centers and established her as a major presence on television. She later reached a broader mainstream audience starring as Leota Adebayo in James Gunn’s HBO series Peacemaker, where her performance played a central role in the show’s balance of action, satire, and character-driven storytelling. The series marked a high-profile expansion of her work into genre television tied to DC Comics. Brooks made her Broadway debut in 2015 as Sofia in the revival of The Color Purple, earning a Tony Award nomination and winning a Grammy Award with the cast. She reprised the role in the 2023 film adaptation, a performance that brought her nominations from the Academy Awards, BAFTA, and Golden Globes, solidifying her transition into major film roles. Alongside acting, Brooks has taken on producing and hosting work. She portrayed Mahalia Jackson in the television biopic Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021), serving as an executive producer and earning a Primetime Emmy nomination. She later hosted Netflix’s Instant Dream Home, receiving a Daytime Emmy nomination for her work as a program host. Brooks has continued to balance screen and stage appearances, returning to Broadway in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and starring in the fantasy adventure comedy A Minecraft Movie, further expanding her range across genres.
Danielle Brooks
Edith Up
for Edith Up in DreamWorks's The Rayman Movie
Suggested by bandibooy
In the colorful and chaotic world of the Glade of Dreams, balance is everything and that balance is about to be shattered. When the ancient villain Mr. Dark escapes from his prison in the Shadow Realm and begins draining the very imagination that holds the world together, entire lands collapse into nightmares. Forests lose their color, music fades into silence, and the dreams of every creature slowly turn into fear. With the Council of the Polokus powerless and divided, an unlikely hero rises: Rayman, a fearless but reckless wanderer with no arms, no legs, and more heart than sense. Alongside the eternally anxious but loyal Globox, the wise and radiant fairy Betilla, and the endlessly sarcastic guide Murfy, Rayman is thrust into a journey across broken kingdoms, living paintings, underwater ruins, and impossible floating cities. As Mr. Dark’s shadow spreads, Rayman discovers that the true source of his power isn’t strength or magic, but the ability to inspire hope in a world that has forgotten how to dream. The fate of imagination itself now rests in the hands of a hero who wasn’t supposed to exist.
