Danielle Brooks
Danielle Brooks was born in Augusta in Georgia, USA. She attended the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, then the Juilliard School in New York. Her work in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black has been recognised with three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, and in 2014, Brooks won the Young Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Award. Her performance in The Color Purple on Broadway saw her nominated for a 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.