The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

Her voice would not be silenced.

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."

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  • Release Date: 2021-03-31
  • Runtime: 2h 11min
  • Director: Lee Daniels

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Donald Fullilove

      Additional Voices (voice)

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