Danielle Deadwyler
1.6Acting

Danielle Deadwyler

May 3, 1982 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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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Movie2024The Piano LessonBerniece Charles
Movie2024ParallelVanessa
Movie2024Carry-OnElena Cole
Movie2024I Saw the TV GlowBrenda
Movie2025The Woman in the YardRamona
Movie2018The Leisure SeekerHotel Waitress
Movie202540 AcresHailey Freeman
Movie2012A Cross to BearErica
Movie2017GiftedAnimal Shelter Worker
Movie2018Jane and EmmaJane Manning
Movie2020The Devil to PayLemon Cassidy
Movie2021The Harder They FallCuffee
Movie2022TillMamie Till-Mobley
MovieN/AOtis & ZelmaZelma Redding
Movie2024The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a VisionSelf
MovieN/AThe SaviorsKimberley Harrison
Movie2020It's TimeKaren Phillips
MovieN/AThe StreetLutie Johnson
TV Show2020P-ValleyYoli3
TV Show2021Station ElevenMiranda Carroll5
TV Show2016MacGyverBrunette Agent1
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self1
TV Show2016GreenleafStacy2
TV Show2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf - Guest1
TV Show2022From ScratchZora Wheeler8
TV Show2019WatchmenJune2
TV Show2020Paradise LostNicque Green10
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2022SherriSelf - Guest1
TV Show2025Untitled Steve Carell Comedy Series1
TV Show2022The BearChantel1

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MovieN/AbustitOpenDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AbustitOpenProducerProduction
MovieN/AbustitOpenWriterWriting
Movie2024ParallelExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2025The Woman in the YardExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2020The Devil to PayProducerProduction
Movie2020CHOR(E)SDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AThe SaviorsExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie202540 AcresExecutive ProducerProduction
MovieN/AThe StreetProducerProduction