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

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