Danielle Deadwyler
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.
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Movies 23
Gifted
as Animal Shelter Worker
2017
The Harder They Fall
as Cuffee
2021
Carry-On
as Elena Cole
2024
I Saw the TV Glow
as Brenda
2024
The Woman in the Yard
as Ramona
2025
Till
as Mamie Till-Mobley
2022
The Piano Lesson
as Berniece Charles
2024
40 Acres
as Hailey Freeman
2025
The Leisure Seeker
as Hotel Waitress
2018
Parallel
as Vanessa
2024
The Saviors
as Kimberley Harrison
2027
The Chaperones
The Devil to Pay
as Lemon Cassidy
2020
Jane and Emma
as Jane Manning
2018
The Bell Jar
as Dr. Nolan
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
as Self
2024
The Youth
as Hoda
2015
A Cross to Bear
as Erica
2012
It's Time
as Karen Phillips
2020
Black Dispatch
as Sable
2019
Otis & Zelma
as Zelma Redding
Sweet, Sweet Country
as Ndizeye
2013
The Street
as Lutie Johnson
TV Shows 17
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2019
The Bear
as Chantel
2022
FBI: Most Wanted
as Cleo Wilkens
2020
MacGyver
as Brunette Agent
2016
Greenleaf
as Stacy
2016
P-Valley
as Yoli
2020
Watchmen
as June
2019
Rooster
as Dylan Shepard
2026
Station Eleven
as Miranda Carroll
2021
From Scratch
as Zora Wheeler
2022
Paradise Lost
as Nicque Green
2020