Danielle Deadwyler
Actor · Director · WriterDanielle 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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- The Saviors
The Saviors
2026
Kimberley Harrison
The Woman in the Yard
2025
Ramona
40 Acres
2025
Hailey Freeman
The Piano Lesson
2024
Berniece Charles
Parallel
2024
Vanessa
Carry-On
2024
Elena Cole
I Saw the TV Glow
2024
Brenda
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
2024
Self
Till
2022
Mamie Till-Mobley
The Harder They Fall
2021
Cuffee
The Devil to Pay
2020
Lemon Cassidy
It's Time
2020
Karen Phillips
Black Dispatch
2019
Sable
The Leisure Seeker
2018
Hotel Waitress
Jane and Emma
2018
Jane Manning
Gifted
2017
Animal Shelter Worker
The Youth
2015
Hoda
Sweet, Sweet Country
2013
Ndizeye
A Cross to Bear
2012
Erica
- Otis & Zelma
Otis & Zelma
Zelma Redding
- The Street
The Street
Lutie Johnson
The Chaperones
