The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Her voice would not be silenced.

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."

Music Drama History

Andra Day

(Billie Holiday)

Trevante Rhodes

(Jimmy Fletcher)

Garrett Hedlund

(Harry Anslinger)

Leslie Jordan

(Reginald Lord Devine)

Miss Lawrence

(Miss Freddy)

Adriane Lenox

(Mrs. Fletcher)

Natasha Lyonne

(Tallulah Bankhead)

Rob Morgan

(Louis McKay)

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

(Roslyn)

Evan Ross

(Agent Williams)

Tyler James Williams

(Lester 'Prez' Young)

Tone Bell

(John Levy)

Blake DeLong

(Agent Carter)

Dana Gourrier

(Sadie)

Melvin Gregg

(Joe Guy)

Erik LaRay Harvey

(James Monroe)

Ray Shell

(Carl The Drummer)

Dusan Dukic

(Joe Glaser)

Koumba Ball

(Lucille)

Kate MacLellan

(Working Class Woman)

Kwasi Songui

(Working Class Man)

Letitia Brookes

(Velva)

Warren 'Slim' Williams

(Bobby Tucker)

Orville Thompson

(Auditioning Sax Player)

Jeff Corbett

(Congressman JP Thomas)

Damian Joseph Quinn

(Roy Cohn)

Robert Alan Beuth

(Congressman J. Rankin)

Randy Davison

(Senator J. McCarthy)

Kevin Hanchard

(Louis Armstrong)

Jono Townsend

(Guitar Player)

Morgan Moore

(Bass Player)

Arlen John Bonnar

(Priest)

Furly Mac

(Elevator Attendant)

Andrew Zadel

(Agent McDermott)

Tristan D. Lalla

(Mr. Jordon Green)

Alex Bisping

(Bailiff #1)

Don Anderson

(Judge Ganey)

Amanda Strawn

(Gloria)

Charleine Charles

(Shirley)

Sylvia Stewart

(Stink-Eye Inmate)

Daphné Archer

(Jail Dishwasher)

Anita Lee

(Fighting Woman)

Tony Chao

(Fighting Man)

Linda Sauvé

(Receptionist)

Alain Goulem

(Ed Fishman)

Ramona Clyke

(Miss Mona)

Laurent Beaudin

(Ed Fishman's Assistant)

Alika Autran

(Martha Anslinger)

Kim Feeney

(Lady In Audience)

Diana Carmen Ratycz

(Carnegie Fan)

Richard Jutras

(Uptown Restaurant Maître d')

Jonathan Higgins

(Defense Lawyer Erlich)

Marc Essertaize

(Bailiff #2)

Nealla Gordon

(Courthouse Reporter)

Len Blavatnik

(Club Owner)

Christopher Ricardo Price

(Drug Dealer)

Taryn Brown

(Billie (10 years old))

Zuri Hawkins

(Little Girl in Brothel)

Elizabeth Eveillard

(Prostitute 1923)

Clauter Alexandre

(Husband)

Penande Estime

(Hanging Woman)

Elikya Tupula

(Young Daughter)

Nefertari Zanyah Brewster-Griffith

(Older Daughter)

Joe Cobden

(George Jessel)

Ronda Louis-Jeune

(Jimmy's Girlfriend)

Maxime Paradis

(Producer)

Sarah Levesque

(Nurse)

Donald Fullilove

(Additional Voices (voice))