Drama /

Score: 75.3%( 445 votes )

Overview: The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.

Cast:

Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie

Sally Hawkins
Marylin

Craig Parkinson
Neil

Meera Syal
Pushpa Patel

Anthony Mackie
Harold Jackson

Juliet Stevenson
Lucinda

Timothy Spall
Terry Donaldson

Lucrezia Phantazia
Girl in Boardinghouse

Soraya Omar-Scego
Young Waris

Anna Hilgedieck
Girl in Shower

Matthew Alexander Kaufman
Fastfood Manager

Prashant Prabhakar
Kami

Tim Seyfi
Simon

Teresa Churcher
Nurse Anne

William de Coverly
Doctor

Nick Raio
Truck Driver New York

Anastasia Hille
Journalist

Safa Idriss Nour
Little Waris

Nigel Betts
Home Office Detective

Eckart Friz
Spike

Michele Thevenet
Make Up Artist

Emma Kay
Immigration Officer