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  1. Apr 21, 2021 · "Rise Up" singer Andra Day plays Billie Holiday in Hulu's The United States vs. Billie Holiday. She performs several Billie Holiday songs in the movie, including "Strange...

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    • 2 min
  2. Feb 8, 2021 · When Andra Day was initially approached about auditioning for the title role in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, director Lee Daniels’s new film about the revolutionary jazz singer, she...

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  4. Andra Day performs Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" in United States vs. Billie Holiday. Premieres Febr... The most important song of the civil rights movement.

    • Feb 4, 2021
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    • Hulu
  5. Mar 1, 2021 · Andra Day, as Billie Holiday, performs “Strange Fruit” in the film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” directed by Lee Daniels. Video by Hulu. Day’s performance in the film earned the...

  6. The United States vs. Billie Holiday received mixed reviews from critics; while Day's performance was praised, the direction and screenplay were criticized as unfocused.

    • February 26, 2021 (United States)
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  7. Feb 26, 2021 · With Andra Day, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Natasha Lyonne. Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.

  8. Feb 26, 2021 · It's the breakthrough star performance of the year, an indelible salute from Day -- a contemporary jazz icon in her first major acting role on film -- to the legendary Holiday, known for her inspirational phrasing and tempo as Lady Day, who died in 1959 in a New York hospital under police arrest for drug possession. She was 44.