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Overview
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."
Top Cast


Andra Day
Andra Day
Billie Holiday
Andra Day
Billie Holiday


Trevante Rhodes
Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher


Garrett Hedlund
Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger


Leslie Jordan
Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine


Miss Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy
Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy


Adriane Lenox
Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher
Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher


Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead
Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead


Rob Morgan
Rob Morgan
Louis McKay
Rob Morgan
Louis McKay


Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn


Evan Ross
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
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