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Film / 2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Directed by
Lee Daniels
Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
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Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
Cast
Andra DayBillie Holiday
Trevante RhodesJimmy Fletcher
Garrett HedlundHarry Anslinger
Leslie JordanReginald Lord Devine
Miss LawrenceMiss Freddy
Adriane LenoxMrs. Fletcher
Natasha LyonneTallulah Bankhead
Rob MorganLouis McKay
Da'Vine Joy RandolphRoslyn
Evan RossAgent Williams
Tyler James WilliamsLester 'Prez' Young
Tone BellJohn Levy
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Blake DeLongAgent Carter
Dana GourrierSadie
Melvin GreggJoe Guy
Erik LaRay HarveyJames Monroe
Ray ShellCarl The Drummer
Dusan DukicJoe Glaser
Koumba BallLucille
Kate MacLellanWorking Class Woman
Kwasi SonguiWorking Class Man
Letitia BrookesVelva
Warren 'Slim' WilliamsBobby Tucker
Orville ThompsonAuditioning Sax Player
Jeff CorbettCongressman JP Thomas
Damian Joseph QuinnRoy Cohn
Robert Alan BeuthCongressman J. Rankin
Randy DavisonSenator J. McCarthy
Kevin HanchardLouis Armstrong
Jono TownsendGuitar Player
Morgan MooreBass Player
Arlen John BonnarPriest
Furly MacElevator Attendant
Andrew ZadelAgent McDermott
Tristan D. LallaMr. Jordon Green
Alex BispingBailiff #1
Don AndersonJudge Ganey
Amanda StrawnGloria
Charleine CharlesShirley
Sylvia StewartStink-Eye Inmate
Daphné ArcherJail Dishwasher
Anita LeeFighting Woman
Tony ChaoFighting Man
Linda SauvéReceptionist
Alain GoulemEd Fishman
Ramona ClykeMiss Mona
Laurent BeaudinEd Fishman's Assistant
Alika AutranMartha Anslinger
Kim FeeneyLady In Audience
Diana Carmen RatyczCarnegie Fan
Richard JutrasUptown Restaurant Maître d'
Jonathan HigginsDefense Lawyer Erlich
Marc EssertaizeBailiff #2
Nealla GordonCourthouse Reporter
Len BlavatnikClub Owner
Christopher Ricardo PriceDrug Dealer
Taryn BrownBillie (10 years old)
Zuri HawkinsLittle Girl in Brothel
Elizabeth EveillardProstitute 1923
Clauter AlexandreHusband
Penande EstimeHanging Woman
Elikya TupulaYoung Daughter
Nefertari Zanyah Brewster-GriffithOlder Daughter
Joe CobdenGeorge Jessel
Ronda Louis-JeuneJimmy's Girlfriend
Maxime ParadisProducer
Sarah LevesqueNurse
Donald FulliloveAdditional Voices (voice)
Anne-Krystel GoyerLa petite amie de McKay
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