Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Quinta Brunson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 11Series: 44Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 1745988
IMDb ID: nm6708435
Known for: Acting
Born: December 21, 1989
Age: 36
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q59522684
Other jobs
Writer (2)Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Quinta Brunson.
Nov 4
The Cat in the Hat
as Sherri (voice)
2026 Movie
Zootopia 2
as Dr. Fuzzby (voice)
2025 Movie
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
as Self
2025 Movie
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025 Movie
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
2025 Movie
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
as Self
2024 Movie
2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
as Self
2022 Movie
Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
as Herself
2022 Movie
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Oprah Winfrey
2022 Movie
As of Yet
as Lyssa
2021 Movie
An American Pickle
as Female Interviewee
2020 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Quinta Brunson.
Kevin
as Franny (voice) • 6 eps
2026 Series
The Studio
as Quinta Brunson • 1 eps
2025 Series
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2025 Series
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Actress, Executive Producer and Writer • 1 eps
2025 Series
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self • 2 eps
2023 Series
History of the World: Part II
as Martha Magdalene • 2 eps
2023 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 eps
2022 Series
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
Cars on the Road
as Ivy (voice) • 3 eps
2022 Series
Abbott Elementary
as Janine Teagues • 95 eps
2021 Series
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2021 Series
Harley Quinn
as Hawkgirl (voice) • 1 eps
2019 Series
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2019 Series
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Various Characters • 6 eps
2019 Series
Lazor Wulf
as Blazor Wulf / The Youth • 20 eps
2019 Series
Miracle Workers
as Trig • 7 eps
2019 Series
Single Parents
as Bess • 3 eps
2018 Series
The Shop
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Quinta vs. Everything
as Quinta • 5 eps
2017 Series
Big Mouth
as Girl (voice) • 1 eps
2017 Series
Worth It
as Herself • 1 eps
2016 Series