

The United States vs. Billie Holiday
“Her voice would not be silenced.”
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."
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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