Danielle Deadwyler: I Want To Honor Where I Come From

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By Brande Victorian ·Updated February 23, 2023

With Danielle Deadwyler’s name currently one of the most buzzed-about in Hollywood, the actress adamantly gives credit to the southern roots that nurtured her talent. “My journey as an artist began in Atlanta, Georgia,” she says. “I have been reared and loved, and my creativity has been fostered, by Black women—and by Black southerners, and by Black artists of that region. Everything about

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