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Quinta Brunson
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 star…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Quinta Brunson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
The Cat in the Hat
Movie Sherri (voice)
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2026
Kevin
TV show Franny (voice)
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2025
Zootopia 2
Movie Dr. Fuzzby (voice)
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2025
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
Movie Self
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2025
The Studio
TV show Quinta Brunson
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2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV show Self - Actress, Executive Producer and Writer
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2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie Self
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2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie Self
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2024
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
Movie Self
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2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV show Self
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2023
History of the World: Part II
TV show Martha Magdalene
- 2022
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2022
Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
Movie Herself
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Movie Oprah Winfrey
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2022
Cars on the Road
TV show Ivy (voice)
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2021
Abbott Elementary
TV show Janine Teagues
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2021
That's My Jam
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
As of Yet
Movie Lyssa
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2020
An American Pickle
Movie Female Interviewee
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2019
Harley Quinn
TV show Hawkgirl (voice)
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV show Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV show Various Characters
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2019
Lazor Wulf
TV show Blazor Wulf / The Youth
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2019
Miracle Workers
TV show Trig
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2018
Single Parents
TV show Bess
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2018
The Shop
TV show Self
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2017
Quinta vs. Everything
TV show Quinta
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2017
Big Mouth
TV show Girl (voice)
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2016
Broke
TV show Miloh
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2016
Worth It
TV show Herself
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
iZombie
TV show Dr. Collier
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2015
Hot Ones
TV show Self - Guest
