danielle brooks played taystee on orange is the new black.
danielle brooks played taystee on orange is the new black.
who plays taystee on orange is the new black?
danielle brooks
section::::main cast.:tasha "taystee" jefferson.









































tasha "taystee" jefferson (played by danielle brooks) – taystee is the black representative on the wac. she works in the prison library. with coaching from poussey and a makeover from sophia, taystee is paroled from the prison. however, as she has been in institutions most of her life and finds it hard to adapt to the rough life she finds outside the prison walls, she re-offends in violation of her parole and is subsequently sent back to prison. following her return, she is assigned to the recently vacated bunk of miss claudette as piper's roommate.
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tamika ward (played by susan heyward) - a correctional officer at max, who was friends with taystee prior to her incarceration. flashbacks reveal that she and taystee worked at a fast food restaurant together. one night, when the two were smoking marijuana and getting high while on shift, the restaurant was robbed at gunpoint by michael spence, a man taystee went to school with. taystee was able to talk michael down while ward hid under the counter, and then taystee gives him her fake jordans when he couldn't get any money from the register. later that night the two joked around with each other about the robbery while walking home and she showed taystee gratitude because she feels that she may have saved her life. at litchfield, she tries to go easy on taystee for the sake of their old friendship, and she did do taystee a favor and delivered a message to caputo asking for help. however, they had a falling out after she overheard taystee blaming all of the cos for their troubles in the prison during an interview with the media. she catches mccullough burning her legs in the bathroom after mistaking her for another guard, before having a conversation with her about how mccullough's ptsd from being held hostage during the riot is affecting her and her feelings towards the inmates. also, like several of the other guards, she occasionally participated in the abuse the guards were administering to daya for shooting humphrey. despite the falling out between her and taystee, she asks for a day off and used the day off to attend her trial the day the verdict was read.
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