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Home/People/Danielle Deadwyler
Danielle Deadwyler profile photo
Born
May 3, 1982
Age 43
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

20
Movies
14
TV Shows
2
Directed
Also Known As
ダニエル・デッドワイラー
دانیل ددویلر
IMDb ProfileOfficial Website

Danielle Deadwyler

Acting

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.
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