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