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2017 | DIRECTED BY GEORGE C. WOLFE

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Directed by

 
George C. Wolfe

Written by

Writer
Role
 
Alexander Woo
Screenplay
 
George C. Wolfe
Screenplay
 
Peter Landesman
Screenplay
 
Rebecca Skloot
Based On The Book Written

Music by

Artist
Role
 
Branford Marsalis
Music

Starring

Actors
Character
 
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks
 
Sylvia Grace Crim
Mary Kubick
 
Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey
 
Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Mrs. Margaret Gey
 
John C. Vennema
Board Administrator
 
Chasiti Ferrell
Baby Deborah
 
Chelsea Ferrell
Baby Deborah
Rebecca Skloot
 
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Dr. Roland Pattillo
 
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
 
Jaedon Godley
Davon
 
Rocky Carroll
Sonny Lacks
 
John Douglas Thompson
Lawrence Lacks
 
Roger Robinson
Day Lacks
 
Adriane Lenox
Barbara Lacks
 
Kyanna Simone
Teenage Deborah
 
Jane Rumbaua
Dr. Susan Hsu
 
Byron Jennings
Dr. Victor McKusick
 
Jaylon Gordon
Alfred
 
Reg E. Cathey
Zakariyya
 
Leslie Uggams
Sadie
 
Leon Lamar
Cootie
 
John Beasley
Cliff
 
Andrea Frye
Gladys
 
Jazzy Ellis
Young Gladys
 
Tinashe Kajese
Young Sadie
 
Patrick R. Walker
Cousin Fred
 
L. Warren Young
Young Day Lacks
 
John Benjamin Hickey
Bill Watson
Sasha Walz
 
Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield
 
Michael Gaston
Richard Wilson
 
Kate Bond
Young Woman
 
Peter Gerety
Paul Lurz
 
Tyvonna Jones
Teenage Elsie
 
Bill Martin Williams
Crownsville Administrator
 
Mary Shaw
Woman Pumping Gas
 
Alfred Carter Jr.
Turner Station Man
 
Dhemi Mathis
Toddler Deborah
 
Damohr Mathis
Toddler Deborah
 
Tian Richards
Young Lawrence
 
Kermit Burns III
Young Cootie
 
Lisa Arrindell
Ethel
 
Linden Harris
Galen
 
Jordan Eli Arellano
Young Sonny
 
DeMarco Arrington
Young Zakariyya
 
Aniyla Johnson
Young Deborah
 
Gabriel Ebert
Christoph Lengauer
 
John Jacob Anderson
Scientist
 
Matthew Bernard
John Hopkins Student
 
Kathi Binkley
Archive Receptionist
 
Raphael Dante Carr Jr.
Young Sonny
 
John Chancellor
Newscaster
 
Ninja N. Devoe
Country Girl Mae
 
Clint Edwards
Scientist
 
Kayla Ellenwood
John Hopkins Student
 
Sean Freeland
Charlie
 
Elizabeth Hackler
Rebecca's Co-Worker
 
Christine Hameed
Friend of Family
 
Debbie Hartner
Nurse
 
Monica Haynes
Doctor
 
Adrienne Johnson
Church Member
 
Todd Lee
Doctor
 
Miguel Angel Marrero
Scientist
 
Sage Mayer
Young Boy
 
Jock McKissic
Carl the Mechanic
 
Neal McNeil
Lacks Neighbor
 
John Merical
Senior Scientist
 
Tatom Pender
John Hopkins Nurse
 
Earl Poitier
Cousin Josh
 
Candy Rachor
Scientist
 
Patti Schellhaas
Pedestrian
 
David Shae
Reporter
 
Tashaun Stanfill-Perry
Henrietta Lacks Neighbor
 
Laura Alain Steele
Female Boss
 
Corey Jason Thomas
Church Parishoner
 
Alpha Trivette
First Administrator
 
Christopher Van Escobar
Chris the Intern
 
Kent Wagner
Scientist
 
Terrence V. Walker
Church Patron
 
William Walker
Hospital Utility Worker
 
Dolan Wilson
Counter Man