Music Drama History
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."
Directed by
Lee Daniels
Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead
Dana Gourrier
Sadie
Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
Jonathan Higgins
Defense Lawyer Erlich
Kate MacLellan
Working Class Woman
Rob Morgan
Louis McKay
Rodney Alexandre
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Damian Joseph Quinn
Roy Cohn
Richard Jutras
Uptown Restaurant Maître d'
Blake DeLong
Agent Carter
Furly Mac
Elevator Attendant
Tone Bell
John Levy
Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy
Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
Sylvia Stewart
Stink-Eye Inmate
Tristan D. Lalla
Mr. Jordon Green
Kevin Hanchard
Louis Armstrong
Melvin Gregg
Joe Guy
Erik LaRay Harvey
James Monroe
Andra Day
Billie Holiday
Kwasi Songui
Working Class Man
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
Joe Cobden
George Jessel
Don Anderson
Judge Ganey
Alex Bisping
Bailiff #1
Jeff Corbett
Congressman JP Thomas
Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher
Alika Autran
Martha Anslinger
Alain Goulem
Ed Fishman
John-Sébastien Côté
Nealla Gordon
Courthouse Reporter
Letitia Brookes
Velva
Ronda Louis-Jeune
Jimmy's Girlfriend
Warren 'Slim' Williams
Bobby Tucker
Robert Alan Beuth
Congressman J. Rankin
Donald Fullilove
Additional Voices (voice)
Randy Davison
Senator J. McCarthy
Dusan Dukic
Joe Glaser
Kim Feeney
Lady In Audience
Jason Conyers
Penande Estime
Hanging Woman
Sarah Levesque
Nurse
Koumba Ball
Lucille
Clauter Alexandre
Husband
Maxime Paradis
Producer
Ray Shell
Carl The Drummer
Elizabeth Eveillard
Prostitute 1923
Stéphanie-Alexandra Joseph
Christopher Ricardo Price
Drug Dealer
Orville Thompson
Auditioning Sax Player
Jono Townsend
Guitar Player
Morgan Moore
Bass Player
Arlen John Bonnar
Priest
Andrew Zadel
Agent McDermott
Amanda Strawn
Gloria
Charleine Charles
Shirley
Daphné Archer
Jail Dishwasher
Anita Lee
Fighting Woman
Tony Chao
Fighting Man
Linda Sauvé
Receptionist
Ramona Clyke
Miss Mona
Laurent Beaudin
Ed Fishman's Assistant
Diana Carmen Ratycz
Carnegie Fan
Marc Essertaize
Bailiff #2
Taryn Brown
Billie (10 years old)
Zuri Hawkins
Little Girl in Brothel
Elikya Tupula
Young Daughter
Nefertari Zanyah Brewster-Griffith
Older Daughter
Sébastien Grenier
Jean-Marc Martel
Amanda Ghost
Peter Purich

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