How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan.

Cast

• Angela Bassett as Stella Payne
• Taye Diggs as Winston Shakespeare
• Whoopi Goldberg as Delilah Abraham
• Regina King as Vanessa
• Suzzanne Douglas as Angela
• Michael J. Pagan as Quincy Payne
• Sicily Johnson as Chantel
• Richard Lawson as Jack
• Barry Shabaka Henley as Buddy
• Lee Weaver as Nate
• Glynn Turman as Dr. Shakespeare
• Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as Mrs. Shakespeare
• Denise Hunt as Ms. Thang
• Lisa Hanna as Abby
• James Pickens Jr. as Walter Payne
• Philip Casnoff as Kennedy
• Lou Myers as Uncle Ollie
• D'Army Bailey as Minister
• Art Metrano as Dr. Steinberg
• Carl Lumbly as Judge Spencer Boyle
• Phina Oruche as Leslie James
• Tenny Miller as Kitchen Worker
• Andrew Palmer as Buffet Server
• Harold Dawkins as Upbeaters Band
• Kenneth Buckford as Upbeaters Band
• Simon Street as Upbeaters Band
• Craig Blake as Winston's Friend
• Elisabeth Granli as Girl in Jamaica Commercial
• Steve Danton as Man in Commercial
• Elly McGuire as Stella's Friend
• Selma McPherson as Friend at Party #1
• Fern Ward as Friend at Party #2
• Lucinda Chrisman as Moviegoer (uncredited)
• Leroy Edwards III as Dreadlocked Man in Commercial (uncredited)
• Victor Garber as Isaac (uncredited)
• David C. Waite as Guy by pool / Pajama Party Guest (uncredited)
• Zaina Juliette as Stella Body Double

Crew

• Kevin Rodney Sullivan — Director
• Terry McMillan — Writer
• Ronald Bass — Writer
• Deborah Schindler — Producer
• Jeffrey Jur — Director of Photography
• Michel Colombier — Original Music Composer

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