Danielle Deadwyler
Acting
Born: May 3, 1982 (age 44) · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Highest Rated
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
Gifted
2017
Carry-On
2024
The Bear
2022
Watchmen
2019
The Harder They Fall
2021
MacGyver
2016
I Saw the TV Glow
2024
The Leisure Seeker
2018
The Woman in the Yard
2025
FBI: Most Wanted
2020
Station Eleven
2021
Till
2022
Photos (5)
Movies (17)
Gifted
Animal Shelter Worker
Carry-On
Elena Cole
I Saw the TV Glow
Brenda
The Harder They Fall
Cuffee
The Woman in the Yard
Ramona
Till
Mamie Till-Mobley
40 Acres
Hailey Freeman
The Leisure Seeker
Hotel Waitress
The Youth
Hoda
The Piano Lesson
Berniece Charles
Parallel
Vanessa
Black Dispatch
Sable
The Devil to Pay
Lemon Cassidy
Jane and Emma
Jane Manning
A Cross to Bear
Erica
It's Time
Karen Phillips
Sweet, Sweet Country
Ndizeye
TV Shows (10)
FBI: Most Wanted
Cleo Wilkens · 1 eps
The Bear
Chantel · 1 eps
MacGyver
Brunette Agent · 1 eps
P-Valley
Yoli · 3 eps
Greenleaf
Stacy · 2 eps
Watchmen
June · 2 eps
Station Eleven
Miranda Carroll · 5 eps
Rooster
Dylan Shepard · 10 eps
From Scratch
Zora Wheeler · 8 eps
Paradise Lost
Nicque Green · 10 eps
Self / Appearances (7)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Self
