Danielle Deadwyler
Biography
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.
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Filmography
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The Saviors
2027
as Kimberley Harrison
40 Acres
2025
as Hailey Freeman
The Woman in the Yard
2025
as Ramona
Carry-On
2024
as Elena Cole
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
2024
as Self
The Piano Lesson
2024
as Berniece Charles
I Saw the TV Glow
2024
as Brenda
Parallel
2024
as Vanessa
Till
2022
as Mamie Till-Mobley
The Harder They Fall
2021
as Cuffee
The Devil to Pay
2020
as Lemon Cassidy
It's Time
2020
as Karen Phillips
Black Dispatch
2019
as Sable
Jane and Emma
2018
as Jane Manning
The Leisure Seeker
2018
as Hotel Waitress
Gifted
2017
as Animal Shelter Worker
The Youth
2015
as Hoda
Sweet, Sweet Country
2013
as Ndizeye
A Cross to Bear
2012
as Erica
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Otis & Zelma
Unreleased
as Zelma Redding
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The Street
Unreleased
as Lutie Johnson
The Chaperones
Unreleased