Deneen Tyler

Deneen Tyler

Born: September 21, 1964
in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Deneen Tyler is a native of New Orleans with over twenty years of film, television and voice over experience. Like many critically acclaimed actresses, Deneen began her acting career in theatre. Armed with an opportunity given by a friend, her first public performance was at the Black Theater Festival. From there she was cast as Rose in a local production of August Wilson's Fences, at LePetit Theatre in New Orleans, La. Thanks to the Louisiana Tax Incentive, Hollywood literally came to the South. Not long thereafter, Deneen was cast in The Skeleton Key, Big Momma's House 2 and Hurricane Season, as well as television series Friday Night Lights and Treme, just to name a few. Her most prominent roles to date include two Oscar nominated films, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Dallas Buyer's Club; and the Oscar winning film, 12 Years a Slave, in which she played the role of Phebe. Deneen is married with one daughter, Devyn, who played the adult Margaret Northup in 12 Years a Slave. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Deneen Tyler

Movies for Deneen Tyler...

Big George Foreman
Title: Big George Foreman
Character: Mrs. Burke
Released: April 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
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Title: True Lies
Character: Myers
Released: March 1, 2023
Type: TV
Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she's recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage.
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Title: Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches
Character: Delphine
Released: January 8, 2023
Type: TV
An intuitive young neurosurgeon discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
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Title: Your Honor
Character: Janice Long
Released: December 6, 2020
Type: TV
New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.
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Title: Soul City
Released: February 25, 2020
Type: TV
The multicultural world of a select American city and its black population through the lens of psychological horror stories. New Orleans will be the debut city.
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The Rougarou
Title: The Rougarou
Character: Ms. Martha
Released: December 31, 2019
Type: Movie
A father tells his daughter a cautionary tale to keep her out of trouble.
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Black and Blue
Title: Black and Blue
Character: Captain Regina Hackett
Released: October 25, 2019
Type: Movie
A rookie cop inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
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Title: Looking for Alaska
Character: Dolores Martin
Released: October 19, 2019
Type: TV
Miles enrolls in a new boarding school seeking adventure. There, he befriends a group of quirky students led by the captivating and troubled Alaska. As they pull pranks and explore dark secrets, a night of celebration takes a tragic turn, forcing the group to grapple with loss and the complexities of growing up.
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Eli
Title: Eli
Character: Nurse Barbara
Released: October 18, 2019
Type: Movie
A boy named Eli with a rare autoimmune disorder is confined to a special experimental clinic for his treatment. He soon begins experiencing supernatural forces, turning the supposedly safe facility into a haunted prison for him and his fellow patients.
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Lost Bayou
Title: Lost Bayou
Character: Lisé
Released: April 25, 2019
Type: Movie
A struggling addict ventures into the Louisiana swamps to reconnect with her estranged faith healer father, only to discover he is hiding a troubling secret aboard his houseboat.
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Out of Blue
Title: Out of Blue
Character: Officer Caroline Herschell
Released: March 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found shot to death in her observatory. As Mike tumbles down the rabbit hole of the disturbing, labyrinthine case, she finds herself grappling with increasingly existential questions of quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and exploding stars. The hunt for a killer draws a detective into an even larger mystery: the nature of the universe itself.
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Alienated
Title: Alienated
Character: Therapist
Released: October 21, 2018
Type: Movie
A teenaged girl seeks the assistance of her therapist as she copes with her feelings of isolation in a changed world, and the vague memory of a disturbing incident that continues to haunt her.
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Title: The Purge
Character: Lorraine Barbour
Released: September 4, 2018
Type: TV
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
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Billionaire Boys Club
Title: Billionaire Boys Club
Character: Mrs. Sullivan
Released: July 19, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establishes a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.
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Dirt Road To Lafayette
Title: Dirt Road To Lafayette
Character: Aunt Edna
Released: June 24, 2018
Type: Movie
A musical journey from the Scottish Highlands to the southern US.
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Thank You for Your Service
Title: Thank You for Your Service
Character: Patty Walker
Released: October 26, 2017
Type: Movie
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
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Logan Lucky
Title: Logan Lucky
Character: Prison Nurse
Released: August 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Deepwater Horizon
Title: Deepwater Horizon
Character: Paula Walker
Released: September 28, 2016
Type: Movie
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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99 Homes
Title: 99 Homes
Character: Baliff
Released: September 25, 2015
Type: Movie
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
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Title: Scream Queens
Character: Shondell Washington
Released: September 22, 2015
Type: TV
The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast. 
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Fantastic Four
Title: Fantastic Four
Character: DC Military Official (Area 57)
Released: August 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
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Title: Zoo
Character: Sasha
Released: June 30, 2015
Type: TV
Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.
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When the Game Stands Tall
Title: When the Game Stands Tall
Character: Cam's Mom
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: Movie
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Title: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Character: Woman
Released: July 8, 2014
Type: Movie
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
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13 Sins
Title: 13 Sins
Character: Joyce
Released: April 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
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Title: Star-Crossed
Character: Mrs. Parnell
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
When Emery was 6 years old, an alien spacecraft crash-landed in her small town. Whether they came in peace or with more sinister intentions didn't matter: a fierce battle erupted as humans fought for control over their new rivals, an alien species called the Atrians. In the midst of the conflict, Roman, a 6-year-old Atrian boy, found his way to a shed behind Emery's house, where she temporarily protected him from harm, bringing him food, comfort - and friendship. Ten years later, the Atrians have been acclimated to life on Earth, but they are interned in a heavily-guarded camp known as the Sector to keep them separate from humans. Now, for the first time, a group of Atrian teens will enroll in a suburban human high school, with the goal of testing the feasibility of human/alien integration. Emery and Roman find each other again in a school and a society that distrusts everything about the Atrians. While the world around them rages with anger and prejudice, their bond becomes increasingly strong and increasingly dangerous.
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Dallas Buyers Club
Title: Dallas Buyers Club
Character: Denise
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
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Title: Adam Devine's House Party
Character: Madame Lacroix
Released: October 24, 2013
Type: TV
Workaholics' star Adam Devine takes over a swank LA mansion and fills it up with the freshest stand-up, the loudest bands and his own bro-busting comedy -- in this rowdy, genre-smashing series. You're invited to the ultimate Hollywood house party!
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12 Years a Slave
Title: 12 Years a Slave
Character: Phebe
Released: October 18, 2013
Type: Movie
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
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Texas Killing Fields
Title: Texas Killing Fields
Character: Lady Worm
Released: October 14, 2011
Type: Movie
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Title: Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Character: Woman Calling the Police
Released: September 13, 2011
Type: Movie
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
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Welcome to the Rileys
Title: Welcome to the Rileys
Character: Parking Officer
Released: October 29, 2010
Type: Movie
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.
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Legendary
Title: Legendary
Character: Judge Elaine Gardener
Released: September 9, 2010
Type: Movie
A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
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Hurricane Season
Title: Hurricane Season
Character: Stephanie Davis
Released: December 8, 2009
Type: Movie
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Title: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Character: Pharmacist
Released: September 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Character: Queenie's Daughter Age 40
Released: December 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
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American Violet
Title: American Violet
Character: Suzzannha
Released: August 28, 2008
Type: Movie
A young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the wishes of her mother, Alma, and rejects the plea-bargain that would free her from jail, but brand her as a felon for life. As word begins to spread that similar incidents are occurring in poor communities all across the country, Dee realizes that there are more mothers out there like her, and decides to take a stand against powerful district attorney Calvin Beckett. Now, despite being well aware of District Attorney Beckett's fierce reputation, Dee enlists the aid of ACLU attorney David Cohen and former narcotics officer Sam Conroy in overcoming the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that, if not navigated with the greatest of caution, now threaten to destroy her life. With the custody of her children on the line, one brave mother wages a valiant battle to strike at the very heart of the corrupt Texas justice system.
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Factory Girl
Title: Factory Girl
Character: Wanda
Released: December 29, 2006
Type: Movie
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.
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Title: Friday Night Lights
Character: Jordana Silverio
Released: October 3, 2006
Type: TV
The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.
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Big Momma's House 2
Title: Big Momma's House 2
Character: Tassie
Released: January 26, 2006
Type: Movie
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper class kids in order to spy on their computer hacked dad.
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The Skeleton Key
Title: The Skeleton Key
Character: Desk Nurse
Released: July 29, 2005
Type: Movie
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
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Now You See It...
Title: Now You See It...
Character: Ms. McCallister
Released: January 14, 2005
Type: Movie
While producing a reality TV show, a teenager meets a magician whose powers are real but put him in danger.
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Frankenstein
Title: Frankenstein
Character: Kathleen Burke
Released: October 9, 2004
Type: Movie
An investigation into a serial killer leads two detectives to discover that Dr. Frankenstein and his creature are still alive after two centuries of genetic experiments.
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Stuck in the Suburbs
Title: Stuck in the Suburbs
Character: Mrs. McDonald
Released: July 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Brittany Aarons is one of the many girls who has a crush on popular singer and boy-toy Jordan Cahill. However, she is bored of living a suburban existence and seeks a little something more.
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Runaway Jury
Title: Runaway Jury
Character: Receptionist
Released: January 16, 2003
Type: Movie
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
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Rag and Bone
Title: Rag and Bone
Character: Sharon Gallier
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. However, it comes to light that the precinct is haunted by the spirit of a deceased policeman, who helps the beleaguered cleric to solve the case and clear his name.
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Rule of Thirds
Title: Rule of Thirds
Character: Doctor Olivera
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A successful high-end fashion photographer scouts a new model, who watches as their instant connection leads to dangerous consequences.