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
Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead
Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
Rob Morgan
Louis McKay
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
Melvin Gregg
Joe Guy
Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher
Erik LaRay Harvey
James Monroe
Jeff Corbett
Congressman JP Thomas
Jonathan Higgins
Defense Lawyer Erlich
Kevin Hanchard
Louis Armstrong
Alain Goulem
Ed Fishman
Andra Day
Billie Holiday
Dana Gourrier
Sadie
Robert Alan Beuth
Congressman J. Rankin
Kwasi Songui
Working Class Man
Johann Hari
Rodney Alexandre
Donald Fullilove
Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Bisping
Bailiff #1
Joe Cobden
George Jessel
Tone Bell
John Levy
Elizabeth Eveillard
Prostitute 1923
Nealla Gordon
Courthouse Reporter
Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy
Tristan D. Lalla
Mr. Jordon Green
Blake DeLong
Agent Carter
Dusan Dukic
Joe Glaser
Randy Davison
Senator J. McCarthy
Damian Joseph Quinn
Roy Cohn
Richard Jutras
Uptown Restaurant Maître d'
Penande Estime
Hanging Woman
Jason Conyers
Alika Autran
Martha Anslinger
Sarah Levesque
Nurse
Warren 'Slim' Williams
Bobby Tucker
Letitia Brookes
Velva
Kate MacLellan
Working Class Woman
Ray Shell
Carl The Drummer
Koumba Ball
Lucille
Kim Feeney
Lady In Audience
Clauter Alexandre
Husband
Furly Mac
Elevator Attendant
Ronda Louis-Jeune
Jimmy's Girlfriend
Sylvia Stewart
Stink-Eye Inmate
Don Anderson
Judge Ganey
Maxime Paradis
Producer
John-Sébastien Côté
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
Amanda Ghost
Sébastien Grenier
Jean-Marc Martel
Peter Purich

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