The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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Hulu Synopsis 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."
The United States vs. Billie Holiday cast
Andra Day Character:
Billie Holiday
Trevante Rhodes Character:
Jimmy Fletcher
Garrett Hedlund Character:
Harry Anslinger
Leslie Jordan Character:
Reginald Lord Devine
Miss Lawrence Character:
Miss Freddy
Adriane Lenox Character:
Mrs. Fletcher
Natasha Lyonne Character:
Tallulah Bankhead
Rob Morgan Character:
Louis McKay
Da'Vine Joy Randolph Character:
Roslyn
Evan Ross Character:
Agent Williams
Tyler James Williams Character:
Lester 'Prez' Young
Tone Bell Character:
John Levy
Blake DeLong Character:
Agent Carter
Dana Gourrier Character:
Sadie
Melvin Gregg Character:
Joe Guy
Erik LaRay Harvey Character:
James Monroe
Ray Shell Character:
Carl The Drummer
Dusan Dukic Character:
Joe Glaser
Koumba Ball Character:
Lucille
Kate MacLellan Character:
Working Class Woman
Kwasi Songui Character:
Working Class Man
Letitia Brookes Character:
Velva
Warren 'Slim' Williams Character:
Bobby Tucker
Orville Thompson Character:
Auditioning Sax Player
Jeff Corbett Character:
Congressman JP Thomas
Damian Joseph Quinn Character:
Roy Cohn
Robert Alan Beuth Character:
Congressman J. Rankin
Randy Davison Character:
Senator J. McCarthy
Kevin Hanchard Character:
Louis Armstrong
Jono Townsend Character:
Guitar Player
Morgan Moore Character:
Bass Player
Arlen John Bonnar Character:
Priest
Furly Mac Character:
Elevator Attendant
Andrew Zadel Character:
Agent McDermott
Tristan D. Lalla Character:
Mr. Jordon Green
Alex Bisping Character:
Bailiff #1
Don Anderson Character:
Judge Ganey
Amanda Strawn Character:
Gloria
Charleine Charles Character:
Shirley
Sylvia Stewart Character:
Stink-Eye Inmate
Daphné Archer Character:
Jail Dishwasher
Anita Lee Character:
Fighting Woman
Tony Chao Character:
Fighting Man
Linda Sauvé Character:
Receptionist
Alain Goulem Character:
Ed Fishman
Ramona Clyke Character:
Miss Mona
Laurent Beaudin Character:
Ed Fishman's Assistant
Alika Autran Character:
Martha Anslinger
Kim Feeney Character:
Lady In Audience
Diana Carmen Ratycz Character:
Carnegie Fan
Richard Jutras Character:
Uptown Restaurant Maître d'
Jonathan Higgins Character:
Defense Lawyer Erlich
Marc Essertaize Character:
Bailiff #2
Nealla Gordon Character:
Courthouse Reporter
Len Blavatnik Character:
Club Owner
Christopher Ricardo Price Character:
Drug Dealer
Taryn Brown Character:
Billie (10 years old)
Zuri Hawkins Character:
Little Girl in Brothel
Elizabeth Eveillard Character:
Prostitute 1923
Clauter Alexandre Character:
Husband
Penande Estime Character:
Hanging Woman
Elikya Tupula Character:
Young Daughter
Nefertari Zanyah Brewster-Griffith Character:
Older Daughter
Joe Cobden Character:
George Jessel
Ronda Louis-Jeune Character:
Jimmy's Girlfriend
Maxime Paradis Character:
Producer
Sarah Levesque Character:
Nurse
Donald Fullilove Character:
Additional Voices (voice)
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