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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

6.1

Hailey Freeman

40 Acres

2025

5.7

Ramona

The Woman in the Yard

2025

6.9

Elena Cole

Carry-On

2024

0.0

Self

The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

2024

6.0

Berniece Charles

The Piano Lesson

2024

6.1

Brenda

I Saw the TV Glow

2024

6.4

Vanessa

Parallel

2024

7.6

Zora Wheeler

From Scratch

2022

7.3

Mamie Till-Mobley

Till

2022

3.0

Self - Guest

Sherri

2022

Credits

40 Acres

as Hailey Freeman

2025

6.1

The Woman in the Yard

as Ramona

2025

5.7

Carry-On

as Elena Cole

2024

6.9

The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

as Self

2024

0.0

The Piano Lesson

as Berniece Charles

2024

6.0

I Saw the TV Glow

as Brenda

2024

6.1

Parallel

as Vanessa

2024

6.4

From Scratch

as Zora Wheeler

2022

7.6

Till

as Mamie Till-Mobley

2022

7.3

Sherri

as Self - Guest

2022

3.0

The Bear

as Chantel

2022

8.2

Station Eleven

as Miranda Carroll

2021

7.0

The Harder They Fall

as Cuffee

2021

6.6

The Devil to Pay

as Lemon Cassidy

2020

6.4

P-Valley

as Yoli

2020

7.5

Paradise Lost

as Nicque Green

2020

6.3

It's Time

as Karen Phillips

2020

2.0

Watchmen

as June

2019

7.6

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

2019

4.9

Jane and Emma

as Jane Manning

2018

6.9

The Leisure Seeker

as Hotel Waitress

2018

7.1

Gifted

as Animal Shelter Worker

2017

8.0

MacGyver

as Brunette Agent

2016

7.3

Greenleaf

as Stacy

2016

7.0

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

2014

5.9

Sweet, Sweet Country

as Ndizeye

2013

0.0

A Cross to Bear

as Erica

2012

9.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2003

5.5

The View

as Self - Guest

1997

4.3

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The Street

as Lutie Johnson

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0.0

The Chaperones

N/A

0.0

🎬

Otis & Zelma

as Zelma Redding

N/A

0.0

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Rooster

N/A

0.0

🎬

The X-Files

N/A

0.0

🎬

The Saviors

as Kimberley Harrison

N/A

0.0