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01of 80Smile BrightLloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty ImagesDanielle Brooks sports a brightly-colored dress during an interview onLate Night with Seth Meyerson Jan. 3.
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Smile Bright Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images
Danielle Brooks sports a brightly-colored dress during an interview onLate Night with Seth Meyerson Jan. 3.
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Danielle Brooksis fully embracing her pregnancy curves.
“I’m not Spanxing it up right now, so no thing is one thing,” Brooks, 30, jokes to PEOPLE. “I’m not wearing heels — I have not put on a pair of heels [since] the minute I got my pregnancy-test results.”
As she transitions into motherhood, theOrange Is the New Blackstar has found that it’s important for pieces to accommodate the woman “versus us trying to fit the clothes.
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Danielle Brooksis married! And her bridal looks are a true fashion fairytale.
On Thursday, Brooksshared photosonInstagramfrom her nuptials to fiancé Dennis Gelin, along with a look inside her special daywithVogue.
The Brooklyn-based couple chose Miami for their destination wedding which was held at the historic Alfred DuPont Building. The couple’stwo-year-old daughter Freeya Carelserved as the flower girl.
TheOrange Is the New Blackstar toldVogueshe always knew she wanted two dresses and it was important to her to work with two designers that hold a very special place in her heart.
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“I gained a lot of weight during my pregnancy, and I think I did go through postpartum depression,” says Brooks. “I was trying to stay positive when it felt like my whole world had flipped upside down. Creating a human takes a toll on women’s bodies. Sometimes we don’t give ourselves enough love or patience about that.”
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Mar. 16, 2025
Photo: Amanda Pratt for PARENTS
Danielle Brooksis sharing her approach to childcare as a working mom.TheOrange Is the New Blackalum, 31, is mom to 16-month-old daughterFreeya, whom she welcomed in November 2019 with fiancé Dennis Gelin, and in a new cover story forParents' May 2021 issue, Brooks opens up about finding a work-life balance between her career and parenting. She admits leaving Freeya with a childcare provider can be “tricky” for her sometimes.