Danielle Deadwyler attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2.Â
Danielle Deadwyler attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2.Â
ATLANTA � Longtime Atlanta actor Danielle Deadwyler is a woman in demand in Hollywood. Her recent credits include award-winning dramatic turns in the historical biopic “Till� and the film adaptation of August Wilson's “The Piano Lesson,� as well as an FBI agent in the crowd-pleasing Netflix thriller “Carry-On.�
After “Carry-On,� she opted to go a bit more intimate in the horror thriller “The Woman in the Yard," now in theaters.
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