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There are only a handful of actors who have ever received Oscar nominations for their debut film role. Andra Day is one. The 36-year-old musician turned actor nabbed the coveted nom for her emotionally raw portrayal of Billie Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Last month, she took home the Golden Globe for…
Andra Day endured “a pretty wild journey” to portray Billie Holiday, which included intense weight loss as well as new smoking and drinking habits.
On a list of Civil Rights movement leaders, few people would think to name Billie Holiday. But in his new movie, The United States vs Billie Holiday, starring Andra Day, Lee Daniels shines a light on that facet of the jazz singer’s story, in which Holiday’s 1939 song about lynching, “Strange Fruit,” made her a target…