Danielle Deadwyler
Biography
Danielle Deadwyler is an American actress born on May 3, 1982, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She began her career on the Atlanta stage, notably appearing in the 2009 production of For Colored Girls, and made her screen debut in the 2012 drama film A Cross to Bear. Her television work includes roles in the primetime series The Haves and the Have Nots from 2015 to 2017, the series P-Valley in 2020, and the miniseries Station Eleven from 2021 to 2022 and From Scratch in 2022. Deadwyler garnered critical acclaim for starring in the western film The Harder They Fall in 2021 and the biopic Till in 2022. Her portrayal of Mamie Till in Till earned her many accolades, including the Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance.
Career overview
Danielle Deadwyler is an American actress born on May 3, 1982, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She began her career appearing on the Atlanta stage, most notably in the 2009 production of For Colored Girls. She subsequently made her screen debut in the 2012 drama film A Cross to Bear.
Her television career includes roles in several notable series. She appeared in the primetime series The Haves and the Have Nots from 2015 to 2017, the series P-Valley in 2020, the miniseries Station Eleven from 2021 to 2022, and the miniseries From Scratch in 2022.
Deadwyler also garnered critical acclaim for her film work, specifically starring in the western film The Harder They Fall in 2021 and the biopic Till in 2022. Her portrayal of Mamie Till in the latter earned her many accolades, including the Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance.
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- Rooster (2026) as Dylan Shepard
- The Saviors (2026) as Kimberley Harrison
- The Saviors (2026) Executive Producer
- The Woman in the Yard (2025) as Ramona
- The Woman in the Yard (2025) Executive Producer
- 40 Acres (2025) as Hailey Freeman
- 40 Acres (2025) Executive Producer
- Carry-On (2024) as Elena Cole
- I Saw the TV Glow (2024) as Brenda
- The Piano Lesson (2024) as Berniece Charles
- Parallel (2024) as Vanessa
- Parallel (2024) Executive Producer
- The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision (2024) as Self
- The Bear (2022) as Chantel
- Sherri (2022) as Self - Guest
- Till (2022) as Mamie Till-Mobley
- From Scratch (2022) as Zora Wheeler
- Station Eleven (2021) as Miranda Carroll
- The Harder They Fall (2021) as Cuffee
- FBI: Most Wanted (2020) as Cleo Wilkens
- P-Valley (2020) as Yoli
- Paradise Lost (2020) as Nicque Green
- The Devil to Pay (2020) as Lemon Cassidy
- The Devil to Pay (2020) Producer
- It's Time (2020) as Karen Phillips
- CHOR(E)S (2020) Director
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- Watchmen (2019) as June
- Black Dispatch (2019) as Sable
- The Leisure Seeker (2018) as Hotel Waitress
- Jane and Emma (2018) as Jane Manning
- Gifted (2017) as Animal Shelter Worker
- MacGyver (2016) as Brunette Agent
- Greenleaf (2016) as Stacy
- The Youth (2015) as Hoda
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- Sweet, Sweet Country (2013) as Ndizeye
- A Cross to Bear (2012) as Erica
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- The View (1997) as Self - Guest
- The Chaperones
- bustitOpen Writer
- bustitOpen Producer
- bustitOpen Director
- The Street as Lutie Johnson
- The Street Producer
- Otis & Zelma as Zelma Redding