Drama / TV Movie /

Score: 65%( 99 votes )

Overview: An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

Cast:

Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks

Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks

Ninja N. Devoe
Country Girl Mae

Lisa Arrindell
Aunt Ethel

Earl Poitier
Cousin Josh

L. Warren Young
Day Lacks

Patrick Walker
Cousin Fred

Jane Rumbaua
Mrs. Hsu

Sylvia Grace Crim
Mary Kubicek

Tian Richards
Lawrence (16 yrs.)

Kate Bond
Young Woman

Jazzy Ellis
Young Gladys

Jock McKissic
Carl the Mechanic

Kyanna Simone Simpson
Deborah (15-24YRS)

Tinashe Kajese
Sadie

Kayla Anderson
Johns Hopkins Student

Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Mrs. Gey

Todd Lee
Doctor

Jordan Eli Arellano
Young Sonny Lacks

Mary Shaw
Woman at Pump

Tatom Pender
Johns Hopkins Nurse

Christopher Robert Escobar
Chris the Intern

Clint Edwards
Scientist

De'Marco Arrington
Young Joe

Jaylon Gordon
Alfred

Tashaun Stanfill-Perry
Henrietta Lacks Neighbor

Matthew Bernard
Johns Hopkins Student

Sage Mayer
Young Boy

Elizabeth Hackler
Rebecca's Co-worker

David Shae
Reporter

Jaedon Godley
Davon Lacks

Tyvonna Jones
Elsie Lacks

Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.
Young Sonny

Miguel Angel Marrero
Scientist

Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey

Alpha Trivette
First Administrator

Terrence V. Walker
Church Patron

Sean Freeland
Charlie

Reg E. Cathey
Zakariyyah

Gabriel Ebert
Christoph Lengauer