Danielle Deadwyler

Deadwyler in 2018, photo by kathclick

Birth Name: Danielle J. Deadwyler

Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 3, 1982

Ethnicity: African-American

Danielle Deadwyler is an American actress and writer. Her roles include the films A Cross to Bear, Jane and Emma, The Devil to Pay, The Harder They Fall, Till (2022), I Saw the TV Glow, Parallel, The Piano Lesson, and 40 Acres (2024); and the shows The Haves and the Have Nots, Watchmen, Paradise Lost, P-Valley, Station Eleven, and From Scratch.

She was raised in southwest Atlanta, the daughter of a legal secretary and a railroad supervisor. She has a son.