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Danielle Deadwyler

Danielle Deadwyler

Birthday: 1982-05-03 | Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Danielle Deadwyler (born May 3, 1982) is an American actress. She began her career appearing on Atlanta stage, notably the 2009 production of For Colored Girls, and made her screen debut in the 2012 drama film A Cross to Bear. She appeared in the primetime series The Haves and the Have Nots (2015–2017), the series P-Valley (2020), the miniseries Station Eleven (2021–2022), and the miniseries From Scratch (2022). Deadwyler garnered critical acclaim for starring in the western film The Harder They Fall (2021) and the biopic Till (2022). Her portrayal of Mamie Till in the latter earned her many accolades, garnering the Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance and earning BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danielle Deadwyler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
40 Acres

as    Hailey Freeman

2025
The Woman in the Yard

as    Ramona

2024
The Piano Lesson

as    Berniece Charles

2024
I Saw the TV Glow

as    Brenda

2024
Carry-On

as    Elena Cole

2024
Parallel

as    Vanessa

2022
Till

as    Mamie Till-Mobley

2022
From Scratch

as    Zora Wheeler

2021
The Harder They Fall

as    Cuffee

2020
It's Time

as    Karen Phillips

2020
The Devil to Pay

as    Lemon Cassidy

2020
Paradise Lost

as    Nicque Green

2018
Jane and Emma

as    Jane Manning

2013
Sweet, Sweet Country

as    Ndizeye

2012
A Cross to Bear

as    Erica

1
Average Height, Average Build

as    Franny Kollet

1
The Saviors

as    Kimberley Harrison

1
The Street

as    Lutie Johnson

1
Otis & Zelma

as    Zelma Redding