Quinta Brunson

Known for ActingBorn 1989-12-21 (age 36)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Quinta Brunson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

FireAid Benefit Concert

Harley Quinn

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Studio

Worth It

iZombie

100 Years of Warner Bros.

The Simpsons

Zootopia 2

Big Mouth

Abbott Elementary

Cars on the Road

Party Down

RuPaul's Drag Race

New Girl

The Emmy Awards

Hot Ones

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Single Parents

Miracle Workers

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Sesame Street

Saturday Night Live

Golden Globe Awards

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Lazor Wulf

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

Kevin

That's My Jam

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

An American Pickle

History of the World: Part II

The Jennifer Hudson Show

As of Yet

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Shop

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

Tamron Hall

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter