Danielle Deadwyler is an American actress who was born on May 3, 1982. She started acting in Atlanta, performing on stage, and her first movie was “A Cross to Bear” in 2012. You might have seen her in TV shows like “The Haves and the Have Nots” and “P-Valley,” as well as in the miniseries “Station Eleven” and “From Scratch.”
She got a lot of praise for her roles in the western film “The Harder They Fall” in 2021 and the biopic “Till” in 2022. In “Till,” where she played Mamie Till, she won awards like the Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance.
In her early life, Danielle was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up there. She went to Grady High School and later attended Spelman College. She has a Master’s degree in American Studies from Columbia University and another Master’s degree in creative writing from Ashland University.
From 2009 to 2020, she acted in stage productions, short films, and various TV shows, gaining positive reviews for her performances. In 2021, she played Cuffee in the Netflix movie “The Harder They Fall,” and in 2022, she starred as Mamie Till in the biographical film “Till,” earning more acclaim.
Danielle Deadwyler has a son, and currently, she’s working on projects like the sci-fi thriller “Parallel,” the horror-thriller “I Saw the TV Glow,” and the action thriller “Carry-On” for Netflix. She’s also set to appear in the comedy film “Average Height, Average Build” alongside Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams, Robert Downey Jr., and Forest Whitaker. Additionally, she will star in the adaptation of August Wilson’s play, “The Piano Lesson,” and the Canadian post-apocalyptic thriller film, “40 Acres.”