The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Her voice would not be silenced.
6.5(317) 2021-03-31 131 minMusicDramaHistory
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."
ProducerLee Daniels
ProducerJoe Roth
ProducerJeff Kirschenbaum
ScreenplaySuzan-Lori Parks
DirectorLee Daniels
ProducerTucker Tooley
ProducerJordan Fudge
ProducerPamela Oas Williams
Cast & characters
Andra Day
as Billie Holiday
Trevante Rhodes
as Jimmy Fletcher
Garrett Hedlund
as Harry Anslinger
Leslie Jordan
as Reginald Lord Devine
Miss Lawrence
as Miss Freddy
Adriane Lenox
as Mrs. Fletcher
Natasha Lyonne
as Tallulah Bankhead
Rob Morgan
as Louis McKay
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
as Roslyn
Evan Ross
as Agent Williams
Tyler James Williams
as Lester 'Prez' Young
Tone Bell
as John Levy
Blake DeLong
as Agent Carter
Dana Gourrier
as Sadie
Melvin Gregg
as Joe Guy
Erik LaRay Harvey
as James Monroe
Ray Shell
as Carl The Drummer
Dusan Dukic
as Joe Glaser
Koumba Ball
as Lucille
Kate MacLellan
as Working Class Woman
Kwasi Songui
as Working Class Man
Letitia Brookes
as Velva
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Warren 'Slim' Williams
as Bobby Tucker
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Orville Thompson
as Auditioning Sax Player
