

The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2 hours 11 minutes2021-03-31
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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."
Cast

Andra Day
Billie Holiday

Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher

Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger

Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine

Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy

Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher

Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead

Rob Morgan
Louis McKay

Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn

Evan Ross
Agent Williams

Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young

Tone Bell
John Levy

Blake DeLong
Agent Carter

Dana Gourrier
Sadie

Melvin Gregg
Joe Guy

Erik LaRay Harvey
James Monroe

Ray Shell
Carl The Drummer

Dusan Dukic
Joe Glaser

Koumba Ball
Lucille

Kate MacLellan
Working Class Woman

Kwasi Songui
Working Class Man

Letitia Brookes
Velva

Warren 'Slim' Williams
Bobby Tucker

Orville Thompson
Auditioning Sax Player

Jeff Corbett
Congressman JP Thomas

Damian Joseph Quinn
Roy Cohn

Robert Alan Beuth
Congressman J. Rankin

Randy Davison
Senator J. McCarthy

Kevin Hanchard
Louis Armstrong

Jono Townsend
Guitar Player

Morgan Moore
Bass Player

Arlen John Bonnar
Priest

Furly Mac
Elevator Attendant

Andrew Zadel
Agent McDermott

Tristan D. Lalla
Mr. Jordon Green

Alex Bisping
Bailiff #1

Don Anderson
Judge Ganey

Amanda Strawn
Gloria

Charleine Charles
Shirley

Sylvia Stewart
Stink-Eye Inmate

Daphné Archer
Jail Dishwasher

Anita Lee
Fighting Woman

Tony Chao
Fighting Man

Linda Sauvé
Receptionist

Alain Goulem
Ed Fishman

Ramona Clyke
Miss Mona

Laurent Beaudin
Ed Fishman's Assistant

Alika Autran
Martha Anslinger

Kim Feeney
Lady In Audience

Diana Carmen Ratycz
Carnegie Fan

Richard Jutras
Uptown Restaurant Maître d'

Jonathan Higgins
Defense Lawyer Erlich

Marc Essertaize
Bailiff #2

Nealla Gordon
Courthouse Reporter

Len Blavatnik
Club Owner

Christopher Ricardo Price
Drug Dealer

Taryn Brown
Billie (10 years old)

Zuri Hawkins
Little Girl in Brothel

Elizabeth Eveillard
Prostitute 1923

Clauter Alexandre
Husband

Penande Estime
Hanging Woman

Elikya Tupula
Young Daughter

Nefertari Zanyah Brewster-Griffith
Older Daughter

Joe Cobden
George Jessel

Ronda Louis-Jeune
Jimmy's Girlfriend

Maxime Paradis
Producer

Sarah Levesque
Nurse
