Danielle Pinnock

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Danielle Pinnock
Pinnock smiles directly at the camera. She wears sheer black gloves and a feathered and sequined dress. Her hair is in box braids pulled back in an updo, and one hand pushes her hair behind her ear.
Pinnock in 2022
Born (1988-05-11) May 11, 1988 (age 38)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationTemple University (BA)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (MFA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • writer
Years active2016–present
Known forYoung Sheldon, Ghosts
Spouse
Jack Wallace
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(m. 2013)​

Danielle Pinnock (born May 11, 1988)[1] is an American actress, writer, and comedian. Pinnock won an Astra Television Award and an NAACP Image Award for her performance as a main cast member on the CBS comedy Ghosts (2021– ), where she plays the 1920s Prohibition era jazz singer Alberta.[2]

She played a supporting role as Ms. Ingram on the CBS comedy Young Sheldon (2017–2020) and has acted in This Is Us, Workaholics, A Black Lady Sketch Show, and others.

Early life

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Pinnock was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Jamaican immigrant parents, and from age 10 was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey.[3][4] At the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards Pinnock said her middle name was Ashley and that she was named for Ashley Abbott of The Young and the Restless.[5]

Beginning in fifth grade, she performed in local theater productions at school and at the Garage Theater Group.[6] In high school at Saddle River Day School, she was active in performing arts activities.[1] Her father died when she was 16.[4]

She received her bachelor's degree in theater and communications from Temple University, and there met fellow student Quinta Brunson.[7] She received her graduate degree in acting from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She interviewed approximately 300 people for her one-woman dissertation show Body/Courage, which centers body image and diet culture, and went on to perform the show over a five-year period.[1][4] Pinnock later received a fellowship to train in improv and sketch comedy at Second City in Chicago.[1]

Career

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Pinnock moved to Los Angeles in 2016 and was cast as an understudy for the Robert O'Hara play Barbecue, staged at Geffen Playhouse and directed by Colman Domingo.[1][4] Shortly after, she was cast in her first television role on NBC's This Is Us.[1] She has also appeared on the series Get Shorty, Workaholics, A Black Lady Sketch Show and done voice acting for the programs The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Where’s Waldo?, and ThunderCats Roar.[8][9][1] From 2017, for seasons 1–4, Pinnock was a supporting character on Young Sheldon.[4]

In 2018, she created the Instagram series Hashtag Booked to comment on the barriers encountered by Black women in the entertainment industry.[4][6] She and co-creator LaNisa Renée Frederick received a Webby Award for the series.[1] After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Pinnock gained wider prominence for her comedic videos posted to her Instagram and TikTok.[4] She was named to Backstage's list of 25 On-the-Rise Performers You Need to Know in 2022.[10]

Pinnock gained wider prominence as a main cast member on the 2021 CBS comedy Ghosts, on which she plays Alberta, a 1920s era jazz singer.[1] Although she has no formal vocal training, she started to take lessons after she was cast.[7] Salon hailed her acting as one of 10 breakout performances of 2021.[11] She won in 2024 Astra Award and a 2025 NAACP Image Award, as well a Black Reel Award nomination for her performance.[12][13][14]

Personal life

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Pinnock resides in Los Angeles. In 2013[15] she married British dialect coach Jack Wallace, whom she met while in her graduate program at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.[1]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 This Is Us Ruth 1 episode[8]
2017 Workaholics Hair Dresser 1 episode[9]
2017–2019 Get Shorty Pamela Recurring[9]
2017–2020 Young Sheldon Ms. Ingram Recurring[9]
2018 Scandal Krystal 1 episode[1]
2019 Teachers Yolanda 1 episode[16]
Dollface Nadine 1 episode[17]
2019–2020 Where's Waldo? Cake Vendor / Wizard Doubloon (voice) 2 episodes[1]
2020 ThunderCats Roar Barbastella (voice) 2 episodes[1]
The Boss Baby: Back in Business Pearl (voice) 1 episode[1]
2020–2022 Doug Unplugs Kath (voice) Recurring[18]
2021 A Black Lady Sketch Show Halle 1 episode
2021–present Ghosts Alberta Main role[6]
2025 Very Important People Ta'Tania Jackson 1 episode[19]

Film

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Year Title Role Note
2021 The Undertaker's Wife Angela [20]
2022 Tell It Like a Woman Debra [21]
2023 Candy Cane Lane Kit [22]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Webby Awards Social, Arts & Entertainment Hashtag Booked Won [23]
2022 HCA TV Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy Ghosts Nominated [24]
2024 Astra Television Awards[a] Best Supporting Actress in Broadcast Network or Cable Comedy Series Won [12]
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series Nominated [13]
2025 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won [14]

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly known as the HCA TV Awards.

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