Quinta Brunson
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.
Personal Details
Movies (9)
The Cat in the Hat
as Sherri (voice)
2026
Zootopia 2
as Dr. Fuzzby (voice)
2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
2025
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
as Self
2024
2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
as Self
2022
Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
as Herself
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Oprah Winfrey
2022
As of Yet
as Lyssa
2021
An American Pickle
as Female Interviewee
2020
TV Shows (41)
The Studio
as Quinta Brunson
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Actress, Executive Producer and Writer
2025
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
History of the World: Part II
as Martha Magdalene
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
Cars on the Road
as Ivy (voice)
2022
Abbott Elementary
as Janine Teagues
2021
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest
2021
Harley Quinn
as Hawkgirl (voice)
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Various Characters
2019
Lazor Wulf
as Blazor Wulf / The Youth
2019
Miracle Workers
as Trig
2019
Single Parents
as Bess
2018
The Shop
as Self
2018
Quinta vs. Everything
as Quinta
2017
Big Mouth
as Girl (voice)
2017
Broke
as Miloh
2016
Worth It
as Herself
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
iZombie
as Dr. Collier
2015
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
New Girl
as Annabelle
2011
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest Judge
2010
Party Down
as Jaff
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Janine Teagues
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Sesame Street
1969
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949