The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) Cast & Crew

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Directed by George C. Wolfe.

Cast

• 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

Crew

• George C. Wolfe — Director
• George C. Wolfe — Screenplay
• Sofian El Fani — Director of Photography
• Peter Landesman — Screenplay
• Branford Marsalis — Original Music Composer
• Kathryn Dean — Producer
• Alexander Woo — Screenplay

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