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

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