Danielle Deadwyler

Danielle Deadwyler (born May 3, 1982) is an American actress. Deadwyler received critical acclaim for her performances in the western film The Harder They Fall (2021), for starring as Mamie Till in the biographical drama Till (2022), and for starring as a conflicted mother in the drama The Piano Lesson (2024). For her performance in the former, she received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. For her performance in The Piano Lesson, she earned nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2025, Time magazine named Deadwyler one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She began her career as a theatre actress in Atlanta, Georgia. Deadwyler then transitioned to film and television roles and made her screen debut in the 2012 drama film A Cross to Bear. She appeared in the primetime soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots (2015–2017), the drama series P-Valley (2020), and the miniseries Station Eleven (2021–2022) and From Scratch (2022).