Danielle Deadwyler
Acting • Born 1982-05-03
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.
Filmography
34 credits
The Piano Lesson
Movie • 2024
Berniece Charles
Parallel
Movie • 2024
Vanessa
Carry-On
Movie • 2024
Elena Cole
I Saw the TV Glow
Movie • 2024
Brenda
The Woman in the Yard
Movie • 2025
Ramona
The Leisure Seeker
Movie • 2018
Hotel Waitress
40 Acres
Movie • 2025
Hailey Freeman
A Cross to Bear
Movie • 2012
Erica
Gifted
Movie • 2017
Animal Shelter Worker
Jane and Emma
Movie • 2018
Jane Manning
The Devil to Pay
Movie • 2020
Lemon Cassidy
The Harder They Fall
Movie • 2021
Cuffee
Till
Movie • 2022
Mamie Till-Mobley
Otis & Zelma
Movie
Zelma Redding
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Movie • 2024
Self
The Saviors
Movie • 2026
Kimberley Harrison
It's Time
Movie • 2020
Karen Phillips
The Street
Movie
Lutie Johnson
The Chaperones
Movie
Sweet, Sweet Country
Movie • 2013
Ndizeye
P-Valley
TV • 2020
Yoli
Station Eleven
TV • 2021
Miranda Carroll
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Brunette Agent
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Greenleaf
TV • 2016
Stacy
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
From Scratch
TV • 2022
Zora Wheeler
Watchmen
TV • 2019
June
Paradise Lost
TV • 2020
Nicque Green
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Rooster
TV • 2026
Dylan Shepard
The Bear
TV • 2022
Chantel