Danielle Brooks Talks Career, Motherhood and the Possibility of EGOT
Actress extraordinaire Danielle Brooks chats it up with Angie Martinez on Angie Martinez IRL, getting into where life and career have brought her now — and what she is still reaching for.
We first adored Brooks as Taystee on the OG Netflix hit Orange Is the New Black, then watched her take Sofia from Broadway to the big screen in The Color Purple. And yes, we adored her in Peacemaker, too. Her range has never exactly been subtle.
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Danielle Brooks on Angie Martinez IRL
Danielle Brooks sits down with Angie Martinez for a candid conversation about career, motherhood, ambition and what comes next.
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What Happens When the Next Goal Is EGOT?
Today, Brooks joins Angie in a very different mode: less red carpet, more life inventory. Among the topics is the possibility of eventually becoming an EGOT winner — not as some throwaway fantasy, but as part of a larger conversation about how much there still is to build even after a career packed with major performances and awards recognition.
Parenting Without Letting Ego Run the House
The conversation also turns personal as Brooks talks about parenting without an ego — one of those subjects that sounds simple until you actually sit with it. For someone whose work depends on being seen, judged and celebrated in public, the shift back into family life brings a very different kind of perspective.
And there is, of course, so much more. Angie has a way of getting past the résumé and into the person underneath it, which makes Brooks an especially good fit for the IRL chair.
Images: Angie Martinez IRL / YouTube.
Danielle Brooks on Angie Martinez IRL
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