The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

6.3

93 minutes

4/22/2017

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 List

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
as Sadie
Patrick Walker
as Cousin Fred
L. Warren Young
as Day Lacks
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
as Johns Hopkins Student
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
as Scientist
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