FrameThrower · Actors · Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
4 films · 181 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2020–2023
Born 21 May 1986 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Da'Vine Joy Randolph is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her portrayal of psychic Oda Mae Brown in the Broadway production of Ghost (2012), for which she received a nomination at the Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Randolph went on to appear in the films The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) and Office Christmas Party (2016) prior to receiving praise for her roles in Dolemite Is My Name (2019) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2020). She received critical acclaim for her performance as a grieving mother in the film The Holdovers (2023), which earned her several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 181 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2020–2023
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2024
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture2024
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role2024
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role2024
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast2024
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress2024
- Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress2024
- London Film Critics Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year2024
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress2024
- Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress2024
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress2024
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress2023
How their films are shot
Measured across 181 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Da'Vine takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 43% low key — the look of the work Da'Vine takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 181 frames from Da'Vine Joy Randolph's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.