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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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)
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