"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."
Oprah Winfrey
as Deborah Lacks
Rose Byrne
as Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry
as Henrietta Lacks
Reg E. Cathey
as Zakariyyah
Courtney B. Vance
as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Rocky Carroll
as Sonny Lacks
Leslie Uggams
as Sadie
Reed Birney
as Dr. George Gey
John Douglas Thompson
as Lawrence Lacks
Adriane Lenox
as Barbara Lacks
Roger Robinson
as Day Lacks
John Beasley
as Cliff
Peter Gerety
as Paul Lurz
Gabriel Ebert
as Christoph Lengauer
John Benjamin Hickey
as Bill Watson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
as Dr. Roland Pattillo
Byron Jennings
as Dr. Victor McKusick
Sylvia Grace Crim
as Mary Kubicek
Karen Wheeling Reynolds
as Mrs. Gey
John C. Vennema
as Board Administrator
Jaedon Godley
as Davon Lacks
Kyanna Simone Simpson
as Deborah (15-24YRS)
Jane Rumbaua
as Dr. Susan Hsu
Jaylon Gordon
as Alfred
Leon Lamar
as Cootie
Andrea Frye
as Gladys
Jazzy Ellis
as Young Gladys
Tinashe Kajese
Patrick Walker
as Cousin Fred
L. Warren Young
Ellen Barkin
as Sasha Walz
Michael Gaston
as Richard Wilson
Kate Bond
as Young Woman
Tyvonna Jones
as Elsie Lacks
Bill Martin Williams
as Crownsville Administrator
Mary Shaw
as Woman at Pump
Tian Richards
as Lawrence (16 yrs.)
Kermit Burns III
as Young Cootie
Lisa Arrindell
as Aunt Ethel
Jordan Eli Arellano
as Young Sonny Lacks
Kayla Anderson
as Johns Hopkins Student
De'Marco Arrington
as Young Joe
Matthew Bernard
Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.
as Young Sonny
Ninja N. Devoe
as Country Girl Mae
Clint Edwards
as Scientist
Christopher Robert Escobar
as Chris the Intern
Sean Freeland
as Charlie
Elizabeth Hackler
as Rebecca's Co-worker
Linden Harris
as Galen (as Linden Ronel Harris)
Todd Lee
as Doctor
Miguel Angel Marrero
Sage Mayer
as Young Boy
Jock McKissic
as Carl the Mechanic
Tatom Pender
as Johns Hopkins Nurse
Earl Poitier
as Cousin Josh
David Shae
as Reporter
Tashaun Stanfill-Perry
as Henrietta Lacks Neighbor
Alpha Trivette
as First Administrator
Terrence V. Walker
as Church Patron
Caroline Hanania
Production Design
Cindy Tolan
Casting
George C. Wolfe
Director
Aaron Yanes
Editor
Paul Tazewell
Costume Design
Rebecca Skloot
Book
Screenplay
Mateo Márquez
Digital Intermediate Assistant
Sofian El Fani
Director of Photography
Carla Martinez
Assistant Art Director
Sarah Carter
Set Decoration Buyer
Brittany Upchurch
Peter Landesman
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Jerome Allen
Hairstylist
Gina W. Bateman
Makeup Artist
Lydia Bensimmon
Lane Friedman
Mia Neal
Wigmaker
Derrick Rutledge
Hagen Linss
Richard Blankenship
Art Direction
Peter Borck
Alan Ball
Executive Producer
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Kathryn Dean
Producer
Carla Gardini
Peter Macdissi
Mark DeSimone
ADR Mixer
Allan Zaleski
Sound
Meagan Lewis
Elizabeth Davidovich
Other
Alexander Woo