Quinta Brunson
- Acting
- December 21, 1989 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Cat in the Hat · Sherri (Voice)
- Kevin · Franny (Voice)
- Zootopia 2 · Dr. Fuzzby (Voice)
- The Studio · Quinta Brunson
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Self
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney · Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- FireAid Benefit Concert · Self
- A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter · Self
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. · Self
- History of the World: Part II · Martha Magdalene
- 2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson · Self
- Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Sherri · Self
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story · Oprah Winfrey
- Cars on the Road · Ivy (Voice)
- Abbott Elementary · Janine Teagues, Executive producer
- That's My Jam · Self
- As of Yet · Lyssa
- An American Pickle · Female Interviewee
- Harley Quinn · Hawkgirl (Voice)
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- A Black Lady Sketch Show · Various Characters, Hair Fighter
- Lazor Wulf · Blazor Wulf / The Youth, Writer
- Miracle Workers · Trig, Administrator
- Single Parents · Bess
- The Shop · Self
- Quinta vs. Everything · Quinta, Executive producer
- Big Mouth · Girl (Voice), Quinta (Voice)
- Broke · Miloh, Creator
- Worth It · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- iZombie · Dr. Collier
- Hot Ones · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- New Girl · Annabelle
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked · Self
- Party Down · Jaff
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia · Janine Teagues
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- The Simpsons · Adrienne (Voice)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- Sesame Street
- The Emmy Awards · Self
- Golden Globe Awards · Self
- Par for the Course · Writer, Producer
- Golden
- Untitled Betty Boop Movie · Betty Boop (Voice), Producer