
Danielle Deadwyler
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1982-05-03
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danielle Deadwyler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Piano Lesson
2024Berniece Charles
Parallel
2024Vanessa
Carry-On
2024Elena Cole
I Saw the TV Glow
2024Brenda
The Woman in the Yard
2025Ramona
The Leisure Seeker
2018Hotel Waitress
40 Acres
2025Hailey Freeman
A Cross to Bear
2012Erica
Gifted
2017Animal Shelter Worker
Jane and Emma
2018Jane Manning
The Devil to Pay
2020Lemon Cassidy
The Harder They Fall
2021Cuffee
Till
2022Mamie Till-MobleyOtis & Zelma
Zelma Redding
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
2024Self
The Saviors
2026Kimberley Harrison
It's Time
2020Karen PhillipsThe Street
Lutie Johnson
The Chaperones
