Actor

Danielle Deadwyler

Contemporaryb. 1982DramaThrillerHorrorAction

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 2 films ↗Also wrote 1 screenplay ↗

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Known For

18 acting credits

as Animal Shelter Worker

Gifted

as Animal Shelter Worker

2017

Gifted

as Elena Cole

Carry-On

as Elena Cole

2024

Carry-On

Filmography

2026The SaviorsKimberley Harrison 2025The Woman in the YardRamona5.7 202540 AcresHailey Freeman6.7 2024The Piano LessonBerniece Charles5.9 2024ParallelVanessa6.4 2024Carry-OnElena Cole6.9

About

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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