The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Drama
History
TV Movie
Discover what you are made of
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.
2017-04-22
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Cast
Director
George C. Wolfe
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
Kyanna Simone Simpson as Deborah (15-24YRS)
Jane Rumbaua as Dr. Susan Hsu
Jaylon Gordon as Alfred
Leon Lamar as Cootie
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
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
Ninja N. Devoe as Country Girl Mae
Sean Freeland as Charlie
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
Alpha Trivette as First Administrator