The Color Purple (2023) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Blitz Bazawule.

Cast

• Fantasia Barrino as Celie
• Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery
• Danielle Brooks as Sofia
• Colman Domingo as Mister
• Corey Hawkins as Harpo
• Phylicia Pearl Mpasi as Young Celie
• Halle Bailey as Young Nettie
• Ciara as Nettie
• H.E.R. as Squeak
• David Alan Grier as Reverend Avery
• Deon Cole as Alfonso
• Jon Batiste as Grady
• Louis Gossett Jr. as Ol' Mister
• Tamela Mann as First Lady
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Mama
• Elizabeth Marvel as Miss Millie
• Stephen Hill as Henry (Buster) Broadnax
• Adetinpo Thomas as Mary Ellen
• Tiffany Elle Burgess as Olivia
• Terrence J. Smith as Adam
• Aba Arthur as Abena
• Jeffrey Marcus as Immigration Officer
• Jamaal Avery Jr. as Young Harpo
• Ailani Flowers as Lil Cat
• Emana Rachelle as Corrine
• Charles Green as Mayor
• Brad Raymond as Big Slim
• P. Kofi McDonald as Domino Player
• L. Warren Young as Domino Player
• Zakiya Boyd as Deaconess
• David Vaughn as Postman (Mr. Edmonds)
• Chase Steven Anderson as Ticket Booth Operator
• John L. Adams as Sharecropper
• Ashton Maxwell as Harpo's Buddy
• Marvin Laviolette as Harpo's Buddy
• Raphael Thomas as Harpo's Buddy
• MaCai Arrington Griffin as Bub
• James Carey as Debuty
• Whoopi Goldberg as Midwife (uncredited)
• Matthew James Gulbranson as Domino Player (uncredited)

Crew

• Dan Laustsen — Director of Photography
• Kris Bowers — Original Music Composer
• Steven Spielberg — Producer
• Oprah Winfrey — Producer
• Quincy Jones — Producer
• Alice Walker — Novel
• Scott Sanders — Producer
• Blitz Bazawule — Director
• Marcus Gardley — Screenplay

Movies like The Color Purple

If you enjoyed The Color Purple, these movies have a similar feel:

• Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (2024)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• The Glass Castle (2017)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• The Help (2011)
• Boyhood (2014)
• Losing Isaiah (1995)
• Othello (1951)
• What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
• Back to Black (2024)
• The Piano Lesson (2024)
• Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)

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