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Andra Day tells Alec that she almost turned down the opportunity to play Billie Holiday in Lee Daniel\\u2019s The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. Day considered herself a singer, not an actress. She went on to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the part and brought her incredible voice to all the Billie Holiday\\u2019s songs in the movie. The iconic song Strange Fruit is at the heart of the film\\u2019s conflict between the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the jazz singer, and Andra Day is no stranger to activism. Her song, Rise Up, has become an anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement, and she performed it at the Biden/Harris inauguration.\\xa0

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