Quinta Brunson
Acting
Born 1989-12-21
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
57 credits
Primetime Emmy Awards 1
Golden Globe Awards 1
Time 100 1
Crystal Award 1
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 2023 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won Abbott Elementary
Golden Globe Awards 1 won
- 2023 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won Abbott Elementary
Time 100 1 won
- 2022 Time 100 Won
Crystal Award 1 won
- 2022 Crystal Award Won
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Quinta Brunson (/ˈkwɪntə/; born December 21, 1989) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She is best known for creating, executive producing, co-writing and starring as second-grade teacher Janine Teagues in the ABC comedy series Abbott Elementary (2021–present). Brunson gained prominence for her self-produced Instagram series Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date. She went on to produce and act in videos for BuzzFeed Video. She developed two streaming series with BuzzFeed Motion Pictures.
At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, she became the first Black woman to be nominated three times in the comedy category, receiving nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (which she won), Outstanding Comedy Series (as an executive producer), and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. At the 75th ceremony, she became the first Black woman to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy in over 40 years. Brunson was honoured with a 2022 Peabody Award for her work on Abbott Elementary. She was also placed on the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2022 list.
Brunson has acted in the series iZombie, Single Parents, and Miracle Workers; provided voice work for Lazor Wulf and Magical Girl Friendship Squad; and starred in the first season of the HBO sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show.
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Filmography
Acting
55 credits
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Zootopia 2
Saturday Night Live
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Jennifer Hudson Show
New Girl
Sherri
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Abbott Elementary
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Hot Ones
Golden Globe Awards
Big Mouth
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Harley Quinn
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
iZombie
Tamron Hall
The Studio
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Miracle Workers
Party Down
Cars on the Road
History of the World: Part II
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Single Parents
A Black Lady Sketch Show
The Shop
Kevin
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
The Cat in the Hat
Worth It
That's My Jam
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
An American Pickle
The Emmy Awards
Broke
Lazor Wulf
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
FireAid Benefit Concert
Quinta vs. Everything
2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
As of Yet
Par for the Course
Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
Untitled Betty Boop Movie
Producing
5 credits
Writing
5 credits
Other credits
2 credits
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