Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Andra Day | ... | Billie Holiday | |
Leslie Jordan | ... | Reginald Lord Devine | |
Miss Lawrence | ... | Miss Freddy | |
Natasha Lyonne | ... | Tallulah Bankhead | |
Trevante Rhodes | ... | Jimmy Fletcher | |
Dusan Dukic | ... | Joe Glaser | |
Erik LaRay Harvey | ... | James Monroe | |
Da'Vine Joy Randolph | ... | Roslyn | |
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Koumba Ball | ... | Lucille |
Kate MacLellan | ... | Working Class Woman | |
Kwasi Songui | ... | Working Class Man | |
Adriane Lenox | ... | Mrs. Fletcher | |
Letitia Brookes | ... | Velva | |
Tyler James Williams | ... | Lester Young | |
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Warren 'Slim' Williams | ... | Bobby Tucker (as Slim Williams) |
Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
This is a beautiful biography about an iconic singer and a great powerful human. In addition to the beautiful but sad true story, the movie tackles many important topics. Andra Day gives a great superb performance. Cinematography is nice with many beautiful frames. The United States vs. Billie Holiday is nice and heavy but sometimes it feels missing and sometimes feels a bit chaotic with respect to some characters and events. It's flawed but it's still so beautiful.