Danielle Deadwyler
Born: 1982-05-03 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- 40 Acres as Hailey Freeman
- The Woman in the Yard as Ramona
2024
- Carry-On as Elena Cole
- Parallel as Vanessa
- I Saw the TV Glow as Brenda
- The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles
- The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision as Self
2022
- The Bear as Chantel
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- Till as Mamie Till-Mobley
- From Scratch as Zora Wheeler
2021
- Station Eleven as Miranda Carroll
- The Harder They Fall as Cuffee
2020
- P-Valley as Yoli
- The Devil to Pay as Lemon Cassidy
- It's Time as Karen Phillips
- CHOR(E)S ... (Director)
- Paradise Lost as Nicque Green
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Watchmen as June
2018
- The Leisure Seeker as Hotel Waitress
- Jane and Emma as Jane Manning
2017
- Gifted as Animal Shelter Worker
2014
2012
- A Cross to Bear as Erica
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1997
- The View as Self - Guest