Danielle Deadwyler

Danielle Deadwyler

41 · Born: May 3, 1982

Personal Details

Born May 3, 1982 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.

Career

2024
I Saw the TV Glow
I Saw the TV Glow as Brenda
2022
Till
Till as Mamie Till-Mobley
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From Scratch
From Scratch as Zora Wheeler
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2021
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall as Cuffee
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Station Eleven
Station Eleven as Miranda Carroll
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2020
Reckoning
Reckoning as Lemon Cassidy
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost as Nicque Green
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2018
Jane and Emma
Jane and Emma as Jane Manning
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2016
MacGyver
MacGyver as Brunette Agent
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2012
A Cross to Bear
A Cross to Bear as Erica
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