"The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom."
Jennifer Hudson
as Aretha Franklin
Forest Whitaker
as C. L. Franklin
Marlon Wayans
as Ted White
Audra McDonald
as Barbara Franklin
Mary J. Blige
as Dinah Washington
Marc Maron
as Jerry Wexler
Tituss Burgess
as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
Saycon Sengbloh
as Erma Franklin
Hailey Kilgore
as Carolyn Franklin
Tate Donovan
as John Hammond
Skye Dakota Turner
as Aretha Franklin (young)
Heather Headley
as Clara Ward
Leroy McClain
as Cecil Franklin
Lodric D. Collins
as Smokey Robinson
Brenda Nicole Moorer
as Brenda Franklin
Brandon Gilpin
as Teenager
Tangela Large
as Grieving Mother
Albert Jones
as Ken Cunningham
Myk Watford
as Rick Hall
Gilbert Glenn Brown
as Martin Luther King Jr.
Kimberly Scott
as Mama Franklin
Nevaeh Moore
as Young Carolyn
Victoria Paige Watkins
as Teen #2
Christopher Daniel
as Edward
Zach Strum
as David Hood
Abri
as Ted White's Prostitute (uncredited)
Suzanna Boykin
Hairstylist
Margina Dennis
Makeup Artist
Jerry Yuen
Boom Operator
Ed White
Sound Mixer
Jonathan Glickman
Producer
Mark Dillon
Supervising Art Director
Libra Cordero
Key Makeup Artist
Lawrence Davis
Hair Department Head
Stevie Martin
Makeup Department Head
Matt Hovland
ADR Mixer
Executive Producer
Charmaine Balcerzak
Greg Crawford
Julia Stockton
Dialogue Editor
Sue Baden-Powell
Victor Jones-Moore
Kate Bilinski
Sound Effects Editor
Hunter Moore
Harvey Mason Jr.
Executive Music Producer
Kris Bowers
Original Music Composer
Andrea Bowman
Key Hair Stylist
Delonda Harvey
Additional Hairstylist
Paul Hsu
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas Varga
David Vaccari
Casting
Marybeth Dillon
Art Direction
Moe Coles
Mandrill Hardge
Stacey Sher
Bernard Telsey
A. Renea Dyson
Tracy P. Lawrence
Parra Thomas
Ann Gray
Post Production Supervisor
Paul A. Levin
Leah Winkler
Production Supervisor
Avril Beukes
Editor
Tiffany Little Canfield
Irenia Vail
Kramer Morgenthau
Director of Photography
Sarah Carter
Decorator
Joyce Gilliard
Jackie Lynch
Genyii Scott
Aaron Worman
Ina Mayhew
Production Design
Cathy T. Marshall
Set Decoration
Kenton Jakub
ADR Editor
Tracey Scott Wilson
Story
Cassandra Powell
Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor
Callie Khouri
Natasha Arellano
Christy Caudle
Robert Wilson
Simi Wein
Mark Wilkening
Frank Kern
Foley Editor
Thomas Kerns
Special Effects Technician
Joseph Sacco
Ed Bruce
Visual Effects Supervisor
Praveen Allu
Digital Compositor
Anthony Bradley
Special Effects Coordinator
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Ben Sumner
VFX Artist
Caoimhe Maguire
Visual Effects Producer
John P. Nugent
Rob Nagy
Set Designer
Chris McGlamery
Set Dresser
Munee Hayes
Costume Supervisor
Diana Salzburg
Set Decoration Buyer
Wendy Gipp
Crystal D. Brown
Kenyatta Williams
Set Costumer
Alex Hillkurtz
Andrew Prescott
Duncan Key
Andrew Byrne
Visual Effects
Brad Kalinoski
Brandon Kachel
Matte Painter
Daniel Dupre
Matt Akey
Executive Visual Effects Producer
Heather Taylor
Visual Effects Editor
Christopher Cheng
Aldo Ruggiero
Chris LeDoux
Kade Stauduhar
Daniel L. Smith
Nicholas Daniels
Adam Keane
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Liesl Tommy
Director
Screenplay
Scott Bernstein
Jason Cloth
Aaron L. Gilbert
Clint Ramos
Costume Design
Michael Heathcote
"A" Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Caitlin Nobari
Assistant Art Director
Julius LeFlore
Stunt Coordinator
Matt LaBorde
Stunts
Samuel Hall
Compositor
Songs
Jamie Hartman
Carole King