About
Danielle Deadwyler
Overview
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.
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| 2025 | The Woman in the Yard | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | Carry-On | Actor | Elena Cole | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | The Piano Lesson | Actor | Berniece Charles | 58 Average |
| 2024 | 40 Acres | Actor | Hailey Freeman | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | I Saw the TV Glow | Actor | Brenda | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Parallel | Actor | Vanessa | 58 Average |
| 2022 | From Scratch | Actor | Zora Wheeler | 74 Good |
| 2022 | Till | Actor | Mamie Till-Mobley | 64 Fair |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Actor | Cuffee | 64 Fair |
| 2020 | The Devil to Pay | Actor | Lemon Cassidy | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Paradise Lost | Actor | Nicque Green | 69 Fair |
| 2018 | Jane and Emma | Actor | Jane Manning | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Leisure Seeker | Actor | Hotel Waitress | 64 Fair |
| 2017 | Gifted | Actor | Animal Shelter Worker | 78 Good |
| 2012 | A Cross to Bear | Actor | Erica | 59 Average |
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| Otis & Zelma | Actor | Zelma Redding | N/A N/A |
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| 2025 | The Woman in the Yard | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Parallel | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2020 | The Devil to Pay | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
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