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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 …
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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.
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The Saviors
as Kimberley Harrison
40 Acres
as Hailey Freeman
The Woman in the Yard
as Ramona
Carry-On
as Elena Cole
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
as Self
The Piano Lesson
as Berniece Charles
I Saw the TV Glow
as Brenda
Parallel
as Vanessa
Till
as Mamie Till-Mobley
The Harder They Fall
as Cuffee
The Devil to Pay
as Lemon Cassidy
It's Time
as Karen Phillips
Black Dispatch
as Sable
Jane and Emma
as Jane Manning
The Leisure Seeker
as Hotel Waitress
Gifted
as Animal Shelter Worker
The Youth
as Hoda
Sweet, Sweet Country
as Ndizeye
A Cross to Bear
as Erica
The Chaperones
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The Bell Jar
as Dr. Nolan
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The Street
as Lutie Johnson
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Otis & Zelma
as Zelma Redding