Danielle Deadwyler

Born: 1982-05-03

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.


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Gifted

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The Harder They Fall

as Cuffee
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Till

as Mamie Till-Mobley
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The Piano Lesson

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The Leisure Seeker

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A Cross to Bear

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The Devil to Pay

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40 Acres

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Jane and Emma

as Jane Manning
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self
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P-Valley

as Yoli
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MacGyver

as Brunette Agent
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The View

as Self - Guest
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Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2019-09-09

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self
First aired: 2003-01-26

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Greenleaf

as Stacy
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Station Eleven

as Miranda Carroll
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A post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines telling the stories of survivors of a...

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Watchmen

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From Scratch

as Zora Wheeler
First aired: 2022-10-21

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as Nicque Green
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