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









