[3][4][5] As a child, she acted in various national television commercial spots and was in a recurring skit on Late Night With David Letterman.

Boom!, Miranda's directorial debut starring Andrew Garfield and produced by Ron Howard, based on the stage show by Jonathan Larson.

[12] Brooks collaborates with Chu frequently; prior to In The Heights, the two worked together on The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers in 2011,[13] Jem and the Holograms in 2015[14] and Home Before Dark, Apple TV+'s 2020 crime-drama series.

[15][16][17] She will work again with Chu on the two-part film adaptation of Stephan Schwartz's Broadway musical Wicked for Universal Pictures.

[22] In 2024, she and gaffer Dave Smith became the first recipients of the SUMOLIGHT Creative Synergy Award at the 2024 Manaki Brothers Film Festival for their work on Wicked.