"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.""
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
Warren 'Slim' Williams
as Bobby Tucker
Orville Thompson
as Auditioning Sax Player
Jeff Corbett
as Congressman JP Thomas
Damian Joseph Quinn
as Roy Cohn
Robert Alan Beuth
as Congressman J. Rankin
Randy Davison
as Senator J. McCarthy
Kevin Hanchard
as Louis Armstrong
Jono Townsend
as Guitar Player
Morgan Moore
as Bass Player
Arlen John Bonnar
as Priest
Furly Mac
as Elevator Attendant
Andrew Zadel
as Agent McDermott
Tristan D. Lalla
as Mr. Jordon Green
Alex Bisping
as Bailiff #1
Don Anderson
as Judge Ganey
Amanda Strawn
as Gloria
Charleine Charles
as Shirley
Sylvia Stewart
as Stink-Eye Inmate
Daphné Archer
as Jail Dishwasher
Anita Lee
as Fighting Woman
Tony Chao
as Fighting Man
Linda Sauvé
as Receptionist
Alain Goulem
as Ed Fishman
Ramona Clyke
as Miss Mona
Laurent Beaudin
as Ed Fishman's Assistant
Alika Autran
as Martha Anslinger
Kim Feeney
as Lady In Audience
Diana Carmen Ratycz
as Carnegie Fan
Richard Jutras
as Uptown Restaurant Maître d'
Jonathan Higgins
as Defense Lawyer Erlich
Marc Essertaize
as Bailiff #2
Nealla Gordon
as Courthouse Reporter
Len Blavatnik
as Club Owner
Christopher Ricardo Price
as Drug Dealer
Taryn Brown
as Billie (10 years old)
Zuri Hawkins
as Little Girl in Brothel
Elizabeth Eveillard
as Prostitute 1923
Clauter Alexandre
as Husband
Penande Estime
as Hanging Woman
Elikya Tupula
as Young Daughter
Nefertari Zanyah Brewster-Griffith
as Older Daughter
Joe Cobden
as George Jessel
Ronda Louis-Jeune
as Jimmy's Girlfriend
Maxime Paradis
as Producer
Sarah Levesque
as Nurse
Donald Fullilove
as Additional Voices (voice)
Anne-Krystel Goyer
as La petite amie de McKay
Johann Hari
Book
Lee Daniels
Producer
Executive Producer
Dennis Stratton
Patty Long
Paolo Nieddu
Costume Designer
Jahil Fisher
Co-Producer
H.H. Cooper
Simone Sheffield
Co-Executive Producer
Salaam Remi
Executive Music Producer
Amanda Ghost
Lynn Fainchtein
Music Supervisor
Kevin Scott
Casting
Hélène Ross
Unit Production Manager
George Parra
Fanny Hudon
Second Assistant Director
Jeremy Green
Associate Producer
Jake Meyers
Thomas Westfall
Rodney Alexandre
Stunt Coordinator
Tyler Hall
Michael Scherer
Chelsea Jackson
Stunts
Jason Conyers
Otis Hopson
Mario Allard
Musician
Giovany Arteaga
Hubert Brizard
Drey Demo
Nicola Di Lauro
Claude Gelineau
Ken Joseph
Jean Laplante
Jean-Marc Martel
Daniel Plamondon
François D'Anjou Pomerleau
Peter Purich
Olivier Allard
Carl Beaudoin
Nicolas Cousineau
Maxime Despax
Schadrac Émilica
Sébastien Grenier
Laszlo Koos
Patrice Luneau
Nathan Mignien
Kieran Poile
Jacques Proulx
Jeremy Sandfelder
Charles-Antoine Solis
Félix Larivière-Charron
Supervising Art Director
Vincent Aird
Art Direction
Luc-Eric Duhamel
Assistant Art Director
Guy Pigeon
Set Designer
Simon Théberge
Isabelle Côté
Graphic Designer
Anne-Marie Giroux
Cecile Braemer
Art Department Coordinator
Nutan Khanna
Clearances Coordinator
Andrew Dunn
"A" Camera Operator
Dany Racine
First Assistant "A" Camera
Soupharak Keoborakoth
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Yoann Malnati
"B" Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Nicolas Marion
First Assistant "B" Camera
Eric Aubin
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Isabelle Lauzon
Camera Loader
Christian Caperaa
Sylvaine Dufaux
"C" Camera Operator
Michel Bernier
First Assistant "C" Camera
Jean-Francois Tousignant
Second Assistant "C" Camera
Salome Dufaux-Mathieu
Camera Trainee
Charles Castonguay
Video Assist Operator
Jean-Francois Landry
Libra Head Technician
Elizabeth Tremblay
Script Supervisor
Claude La Haye
Sound Recordist
Francis Péloquin
Boom Operator
Thomas Sedillot
Sound Assistant
Eames Gagnon
Chief Lighting Technician
Daniel Goyens
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Constant Lavallée
Lighting Technician
Frederic Nivoix
Monica Caballero Moreno
Sébastien Lauzon
Marc Hénaut
Christopher Cadorette
Frederic Moreau
Ryan Faulconbridge
Alain Apollon
Éric Morin
Generator Operator
Jeremy Martin
Lighting Coordinator
Christine Chu
Daniel Dinel
Key Grip
Rémi Giroux
Dolly Grip
Joost Clerinx
Martin Landry
Grip
Jonathan Barbeau
Johanzen Aldana Espinosa
Jean-Phillipe Gauthier
Simon Hébert
Steve Montplaisir
Christophe Desjardins
Christian Chabot
Melanie St-Pierre
Eric Belanger
Thierry Lacombe
Claude Gervais
Alexandra Elkin
Martin Boiteau
Daniel Robidoux
Key Rigging Grip
Dominic Prevost
Rigging Grip
Michael Robidoux
Emile Gonin Robidoux
Stephane St-Pierre
Carmelo Staguitta
Alexandre Dumas
Cedric Arcand
Gabriel Boudrau
Frederic Calve
Guillaume Vidal
Frederic Bilodeau
Jean-François Dubé
Adam Robidoux
Philippe Lacrois
Kathy Ann Thomas
Production Coordinator
Eva Quintero
Assistant Production Coordinator
Odette Lavigne
Travel Coordinator
Patricia Ferris
Production Secretary
Stéphanie-Alexandra Joseph
Receptionist
Myriam Santos
Actor's Assistant
Andre Thomas
Adrienne Williams
Ben Poppleton
Thom Jones
Dialect Coach
Harris Ellison
Third Assistant Director
Shanna Roberts Salée
Ami Diakité
Assistant Director Trainee
Brigitte St-Onge
Unit Manager
Benoit Thériault
Assistant Unit Manager
Stephane Desharnais
Jonathan Meunier
Set Production Assistant
Valérie Caron
Back-up Set Production Assistant
Martin Roy
Truck Production Assistant
Christian Rollin
Back-up Truck Production Assistant
Ben Clune
Producer's Assistant
Danny Williams
Adam Davis
Ian Malcolm
Tom Di Blasio
Production Accountant
Flora Eleftheriou
First Assistant Accountant
François Choinière
Payroll Accountant
Benoît Mathieu
Location Manager
Lynne Dauphinee
Location Scout
Andrea Kenyon
Local Casting
Randi Wells
Julie Breton
Extras Casting
Melissa Nepton
Extras Casting Assistant
Simone Leclerc
Property Master
Olivier Proulx
Assistant Property Master
Andrew Law
Props
Eulalie Gagne
Vidar Neuhof
On Set Key Props
Vincent Brabant
On Set Props
Sarah-Rose Buchanan
Pascale Deschênes
Decorator
Geneviève Boivin
Jacques Rajotte
Josée Arsenault
Yves Allard
Assistant Decorator
Marzia Pellissier
Léonie Lavoie
Ariane Leroux-Ringuette
Michèle Laroche
Leadman
Colin Lavigne
Set Dresser
Vincent Morin
Eduardo Santibanez
Julie Baumann
Alexis St-Denis
Martin Leblanc
Joakim Rivest-Girard
Alain Clouâtre
Frédérick Marcil
Jason Sheppard
Elissa Arsenault Soupras
Julyan Chamorro
Julien Bocciarelli
Jimmy Brassard
Stephan McKenzie
On Set Dresser
Guillaume Murray
Special Effects Supervisor
Andre Fortin
Special Effects Technician
Etienne Trepanier
Marc Godding
Stacey Godding
Nedra Gribaa
Assistant Costume Designer
Pat Welch
Costume Supervisor
Katrina Marie Lukaitis
Costume Coordinator
Gigi Duval
Key Dresser
Susana Vera
Tailor
Cristina Carvalho
Wardrobe Specialized Technician
Deborah Adams
Seamstress
Priscillia Collin
Lynda Goode
Sylvie Théberge
Viriya Say
Laurie-Anne St-Pierre Savard
Sigesmund Moser
Laini Thompson
Makeup Department Head
Catherine Lavoie
Makeup Artist
Camiel McLean
Assistant Makeup Artist
Lizane La Salle
Sophie Lebeau
Sandra Ruel
Genevieve Bonneau
Chanelle Ouellette
Sherry Hu
Kathy Tse
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
Caroline Aquin
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Vague Vartanian
Charles Gregory Ross
Hair Department Head
T.A. Henderson
Hairdresser
Liliane Saad
Gladys Simard
Assistant Hairdresser
Sarah Tremblay
Nathalie Garon
Mario Saint-Louis
Martin Lapointe
Marie-Eve Menard
Pascale Royer
Janie Otis
Nathalie Dion
Jerry Asiedu Pipim
Manon Joly
Francoise Lortie
André Duval
Rocco Stallone
Wig Designer
Bob Kretschmer
Wigmaker
Puelo Deir
Unit Publicist
Takashi Seida
Still Photographer
Mirsad Osmanbasic
Set Medic
Thamara Antoine
Josée Juteau
Animal Wrangler
Rejean Brochu
Construction Coordinator
Ann Brochu
Construction Manager
Rémi Beaudoin
Head Carpenter
Richard Cardin
Pablo Figueroa
Marc-André Proulx
Jean-Philippe Silvestro
Reno Hebert
Greensman
Myriam Tallard
Olya Zarapina
Marc-Antoine Paquet
Sculptor
Éric Brais
Picture Car Coordinator
Maude Beaunoyer
Assistant Picture Car Coordinator
Jocelyne Hamel
Yan Philie
Claude Saingelain
Péo Chénard
Transportation Coordinator
Philippe Gilbert
Transportation Captain
Michel Robert
Base Camp Operator
John-Sébastien Côté
Armorer
Joseph Petrucelli
Music Consultant
Steve Jordan
Rhiannon Colley
Craft Service
Luc Champagne
Catering Head Chef
Sébastien Paré
Chef
Juan Pablo
Assistant Chef
Natalie Turgeon
Alexis Wiscomb
Post Production Supervisor
Michelle Fowler
Additional Post-Production Supervisor
Mallory Trice
Post Production Coordinator
Hughes Winborne
Additional Editing
Joe Leonard
Kyle Falcon
First Assistant Editor
Ejon Williamson
Post Production Assistant
Samantha Hernandez
Daniel Tantalean
Dan Schrecker
Visual Effects Supervisor
Daniel Triller
Visual Effects Editor
Kelsey Schuyler
Post Production Accountant
Robert Hein
Supervising Sound Editor
Josh Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Glenfield Payne
Sound Effects Editor
Ian Cymore
Dialogue Editor
Dave Paterson
Sylvia Menno
Kenton Jakub
ADR Editor
Ruth Hernandez
Dennis Dembeck
Assistant Sound Editor
Heikki Kossi
Foley Artist
Kari Vähäkuopus
Foley Mixer
Lars Halvorsen
Foley Editor
Bobby Johanson
ADR Mixer
Michael Rivera
ADR Recordist
Joel Scheuneman
Sound Engineer
Georgia Simon
ADR Voice Casting
Jen Monnar
Supervising Music Editor
Kris Bowers
Max Wrightson
Music Coordinator
Stephen Kaye
Scoring Mixer
Scott Michael Smith
Score Engineer
Edward Trybek
Orchestrator
Jonathan Beard
Henri Wilkinson
Fabrizio Mancinelli
Conductor
Moises Cruz
Digital Intermediate Producer
Rebecca Erbe
Tim Stipan
Colorist
Nick Nassif
Color Assistant
Alain Lachance
Loic Laurelut
Compositing Supervisor
Eric Clement
CG Supervisor
Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Visual Effects Producer
Mélissa Massé
Visual Effects Coordinator
Philippe Langlois
Matte Painter
Simon Beaupré
VFX Artist
Sébastien Chartier
Valérie Dugas
Bryan Hsu
Andris Pakalns
Raphael Valle
Didier Bertrand
Camille Dao
Jessica Francoeur-Ducharme
Maxime Lapointe
Charles Richer
Pierre-David Myles
Jonathan Lancelot
Marc A. Rousseau
Executive Visual Effects Producer
Olivier Péloquin
Pipeline Technical Director
Kristyn Hume
Title Designer
In Memory Of
Simon Paquin
Eboni Nichols
Choreographer
Pietu Korhonen
Trevor Jones
Director
Suzan-Lori Parks
Screenplay
Joe Roth
Jeff Kirschenbaum
First Assistant Director
Jeremy Allen
Mark Bomback
Marie Cisco
Cassian Elwes
Jordan Fudge
Wellington Love
Hilary Shor
Tucker Tooley
Pamela Oas Williams
Jay Rabinowitz
Editor
Leah Daniels-Butler
Billy Hopkins
Ashley Ingram
Daniel T. Dorrance
Production Design
Carolyne de Bellefeuille
Léa-Valérie Létourneau
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Bob E. Krattiger
Gaffer
Songs
Raphael Saadiq