Danielle Deadwyler

Acting

Danielle Deadwyler

Born May 3, 1982Atlanta, Georgia, USA37 credits

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

Filmography

The Saviors
2026The Saviors
as Kimberley HarrisonMovie
Rooster
2026Rooster
as Dylan ShepardTV
40 Acres
202540 Acres
as Hailey FreemanMovie
Carry-On
2024Carry-On
as Elena ColeMovie
The Piano Lesson
2024The Piano Lesson
as Berniece CharlesMovie
I Saw the TV Glow
2024I Saw the TV Glow
as BrendaMovie
Parallel
2024Parallel
as VanessaMovie
From Scratch
2022From Scratch
as Zora WheelerTV
Till
2022Till
as Mamie Till-MobleyMovie
Sherri
2022Sherri
as Self - GuestTV
The Bear
2022The Bear
as ChantelTV
Station Eleven
2021Station Eleven
as Miranda CarrollTV
The Devil to Pay
2020The Devil to Pay
as Lemon CassidyMovie
C
2020CHOR(E)S
DirectorMovie
P-Valley
2020P-Valley
as YoliTV
Paradise Lost
2020Paradise Lost
as Nicque GreenTV
It's Time
2020It's Time
as Karen PhillipsMovie
Black Dispatch
2019Black Dispatch
as SableMovie
Watchmen
2019Watchmen
as JuneTV
Tamron Hall
2019Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestTV
Jane and Emma
2018Jane and Emma
as Jane ManningMovie
The Leisure Seeker
2018The Leisure Seeker
as Hotel WaitressMovie
Gifted
2017Gifted
as Animal Shelter WorkerMovie
MacGyver
2016MacGyver
as Brunette AgentTV
Greenleaf
2016Greenleaf
as StacyTV
A Cross to Bear
2012A Cross to Bear
as EricaMovie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - GuestTV
The View
1997The View
as Self - GuestTV
O
Otis & Zelma
as Zelma ReddingMovie
T
The Street
as Lutie JohnsonMovie
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bustitOpen
WriterMovie