Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Da’vine Joy Randolph (born May 21, 1986, in Philadelphia) grew up in Pennsylvania and attended Temple U., then Yale School of Drama. She played psychic Oda Mae Brown in the musical “Ghost: The Musical” in 2012. Her standout performance in the Eddie Murphy comedy Dolemite is My Name (2019) brought her new fans and many job offers.

She stars in the comedy-drama film The Holdovers (2023) alongside Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa. Alongside Colman Domingo and Chris Rock, she acted in Rustin (2023), The Idol (2023), starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, Only Murders In The Building (2021) with Steven Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Meryl Streep. She has acted in On The Come Up (2022) and The Lost City (2022) alongside Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, and Daniel Radcliffe. She acted with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ethan Hawke in The Guilty (2021), The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021), Kajillionaire (2020), The Last Shift (2020), On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019), People of Earth (2016), Empire (2017), Office Christmas Party (2016), Selfie (2014), This Is Us (2016), Life in Pieces (2015), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014), Mother of George (2013), The Good Wife (2013), and Ultra City Smiths (2021).