Danielle Deadwyler

Danielle Deadwyler
Deadwyler at the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Born	1981 or 1982 (age 41–42)) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education	Spelman College (BA) Columbia University (MA) Ashland University (MFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Children	1
Website	danielledeadwyler.com

Danielle Deadwyler (born 1981 or 1982)^[1] is an American actress. She began her career appearing on Atlanta stage, including in the 2009 production of For Colored Girls, and made her screen debut in the 2012 drama film A Cross to Bear. Deadwyler 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.