Actress Danielle Brooks Looks Stunning At The 2024 NAACP Awards

Danielle Brooks served seems to be on the 2024 NAACP Picture Awards on Saturday, March 16! 

The Coloration Purple (2023) actress stepped out in a black long-sleeved robe that accentuated her curves and gold bracelets on her wrists due to superstar types Jennifer Austin. She paired the look with gold earrings, ear cuffs and an identical clutch.

Her hairstylist, Tish “Ms. Tish” Celestine, selected a modern ponytail with a gold accent wrapped across the tail half. She slicks down a piece of hair throughout her brow and types a Josephine Baker-esque pin curl.

Superstar Make-up artist Rebekah Aladdin opted for a extra impartial make-up look, giving her flawless eyebrows, voluminous eyelashes and shiny lips.

The 34-year-old actress danced round in her dressing room, munched on chocolate-covered strawberries, popped champagne and vogued in a reel posted on her Instagram on Sunday, March 17. Brooks even took the time to pose for the digicam together with her good-looking hubby, Dennis Gelin, who donned a lavish tuxedo.

“@naacpimageawards was a hit—a royal sweep. @thecolorpurple,” Brooks wrote within the caption.

Though the actress misplaced within the “Excellent Supporting Actress in a Movement Image” class to The Coloration Purple castmate Taraji P. Henson, who portrayed Suge Avery within the 2023 adaption, the movie had a clear sweep on the awards ceremony.

The Coloration Purple received 11 NAACP Picture Awards for a number of classes, together with excellent hairstyling (tv or movie), excellent make-up (tv or movie), excellent costume design (tv or movie), excellent soundtrack/compilation album, excellent ensemble solid in a movement image, and excellent movement image.

Brooks additionally attended the seventeenth Annual Essence Black Girls in Hollywood ceremony on March 15 as an honoree, donning a shimmery champagne robe with an identical halo in her hair.

Whereas strolling the carpet, Brooks paid homage to Countess Vaughn and the late Natalie Desselle-Reid as a result of they impressed her to pursue appearing.

“I noticed Countess Vaugn, this round-faced chocolate woman, who had a voice and was humorous,” she mentioned. “And Natalie Desselle-Reid, the identical factor, who was in Cinderella (1997), the Whitney Houston and Brandy model. She performed the step-sister. These girls, after I noticed them, I used to be like, ‘Man, I hope that I can get there someday.”

Throughout her Essence speech, Brooks mentioned her wrestle to keep up sanity within the trade and shared a verse that helped her keep centered.

“Many days, I’ve actually questioned how the hell can one maintain their sanity on this trade? And that’s after I lean on Jeremiah 29:11: ‘For I do know the plans I’ve for you. Plans to prosper you and to not hurt you. Plans to present you hope and a future.’ And I’ve actually needed to belief God on that.”

She continued, “And I inform you…once you’re successful, there’s lots of people round you, however once you’re down, there’s only some that can decide up the telephone at 3 a.m. and people people who I name my Valley companions. The people who’s been within the trenches with me down within the valley, who picked up the telephone and advised me, ‘No, Danielle, you can’t go on that podcast and say what actually occurred.’”