Tag: Danielle Deadwyler

Atlanta’s own Danielle Deadwyler is known for her commanding dramatic roles, but now she’s getting more than her fair share in the Steve Carell-led HBO series Rooster, which was just renewed for a second season. Here, Deadwyler chats about the new comedy, her character's Georgia roots, and getting ready for Ryan Coogler's X-Files reboot.

When Atlanta actress Danielle Deadwyler is reading a script for the first time, she has to feel a spark of “curiosity, inventiveness, or spontaneity” before agreeing to star. This approach has worked well for her in recent years; every performance she gives aches in humanity, as she goes from intense to vulnerable to funny to strong in an instant. Deadwyler is just as mesmerizing in 40 Acres, the post-apocalyptic thriller in which she plays Hailey Freeman, the matriarch of a family trying to survive on a farm after a series of plagues and wars.

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With all the film and TV projects that have been shot here, Atlanta has no shortage of talented local stage actors successfully crossing over to do film and television work. Here are some notable Atlantans you may have first seen onstage who now lend their talents to both the big and small screens.

Danielle Deadwyler’s work is inventive, thought-provoking, and captivating; Hollywood was always eventually going to take notice. Station Eleven, The Harder They Fall, and Till made clear that she had the screen presence to command viewers’ attention and the emotional depth to sway their hearts. Jumping into the Hollywood machine only sharpened and heightened Deadwyler’s already considerable talents. Clearly, she was just getting started.

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Till—a heartbreaking biopic about Emmett Till's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, played by Atlanta-native Danielle Deadwyler—opens in select cities (including Atlanta) on October 14 and nationwide on October 28. Here, director Chinonye Chukwu discusses Deadwyler’s powerful performance and why the story of Emmett Till remains sadly relevant today.

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