Danielle Deadwyler

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1982-05-03 (42 years old)

Place of Birth Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Also Known As ダニエル・デッドワイラー

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danielle Deadwyler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

Otis & Zelma

as Zelma Redding

2024
Carry-On

as Elena Cole

2024
The Piano Lesson

as Berniece Charles

2024
40 Acres

as Hailey Freeman

2024
2024
Parallel

as Vanessa

2022
Till

as Mamie Till-Mobley

2022
From Scratch

as Zora Wheeler

2021
2021
Station Eleven

as Miranda Carroll

2020
The Devil to Pay

as Lemon Cassidy

2020
P-Valley

as Yoli

2020
Paradise Lost

as Nicque Green

2019
Watchmen

as June

2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

2018
Jane and Emma

as Jane Manning

2018
The Leisure Seeker

as Hotel Waitress

2017
Gifted

as Animal Shelter Worker

2016
MacGyver

as Brunette Agent

2016
Greenleaf

as Stacy

2012
2003
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

Producer

The Saviors

as Executive Producer

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as Producer

2025
The Woman in the Yard

as Executive Producer

2024
Parallel

as Executive Producer

2020
The Devil to Pay

as Producer

Director

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as Director

2020
CHOR(E)S

as Director

Writer

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as Writer