Danielle Deadwyler

Danielle Deadwyler

Known for
Acting
Born
May 3, 1982 (age 44)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

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Otis & Zelma

Otis & Zelma

Movie · as Zelma Redding

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The Street

The Street

Movie · as Lutie Johnson

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The Chaperones poster

The Chaperones

Movie

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The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar

Movie · as Dr. Nolan

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Untitled The X-Files Project

Untitled The X-Files Project

TV · 1 ep

2027
The Saviors

The Saviors

Movie · as Kimberley Harrison

2026
Rooster poster

Rooster

TV · as Dylan Shepard · 10 eps

2025
The Woman in the Yard poster

The Woman in the Yard

Movie · as Ramona

2025
40 Acres poster

40 Acres

Movie · as Hailey Freeman

2024
The Piano Lesson poster

The Piano Lesson

Movie · as Berniece Charles

2024
Parallel poster

Parallel

Movie · as Vanessa

2024
Carry-On poster

Carry-On

Movie · as Elena Cole

2024
I Saw the TV Glow poster

I Saw the TV Glow

Movie · as Brenda

2024
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision poster

The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

Movie · as Self

2022
Till poster

Till

Movie · as Mamie Till-Mobley

2022
From Scratch poster

From Scratch

TV · as Zora Wheeler · 8 eps

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
The Bear poster

The Bear

TV · as Chantel · 1 ep

2021
The Harder They Fall poster

The Harder They Fall

Movie · as Cuffee

2021
Station Eleven poster

Station Eleven

TV · as Miranda Carroll · 5 eps

2020
The Devil to Pay poster

The Devil to Pay

Movie · as Lemon Cassidy

2020
It's Time poster

It's Time

Movie · as Karen Phillips

2020
P-Valley poster

P-Valley

TV · as Yoli · 3 eps

2020
Paradise Lost poster

Paradise Lost

TV · as Nicque Green · 10 eps

2020
FBI: Most Wanted poster

FBI: Most Wanted

TV · as Cleo Wilkens · 1 ep

2019
Black Dispatch poster

Black Dispatch

Movie · as Sable

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
Watchmen poster

Watchmen

TV · as June · 2 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The Leisure Seeker poster

The Leisure Seeker

Movie · as Hotel Waitress

2018
Jane and Emma poster

Jane and Emma

Movie · as Jane Manning

2017
Gifted poster

Gifted

Movie · as Animal Shelter Worker

2016
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Brunette Agent · 1 ep

2016
Greenleaf poster

Greenleaf

TV · as Stacy · 2 eps

2015
The Youth poster

The Youth

Movie · as Hoda

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Sweet, Sweet Country poster

Sweet, Sweet Country

Movie · as Ndizeye

2012
A Cross to Bear poster

A Cross to Bear

Movie · as Erica

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep