The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks(2017)
movie - first aired/released 2017-04-22 - 93 min - audience 6.3
Drama, History, TV Movie
Directed by George C. Wolfe
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.
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Cast
Oprah WinfreyDeborah Lacks
Rose ByrneRebecca Skloot
Renée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks
Reg E. CatheyZakariyyah
Courtney B. VanceSir Lord Keenan Coefield
Rocky CarrollSonny Lacks
Leslie UggamsSadie
Reed BirneyDr. George Gey
John Douglas ThompsonLawrence Lacks
Adriane LenoxBarbara Lacks
Roger RobinsonDay Lacks
John BeasleyCliff
Peter GeretyPaul Lurz
Gabriel EbertChristoph Lengauer
John Benjamin HickeyBill Watson
Ruben Santiago-HudsonDr. Roland Pattillo
Byron JenningsDr. Victor McKusick
Sylvia Grace CrimMary Kubicek
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Karen Wheeling ReynoldsMrs. Gey
John C. VennemaBoard Administrator- Jaedon GodleyDavon Lacks
Kyanna Simone SimpsonDeborah (15-24YRS)
Jane RumbauaDr. Susan Hsu
Jaylon GordonAlfred
Leon LamarCootie- Andrea FryeGladys
- Jazzy EllisYoung Gladys
Tinashe KajeseSadie
Patrick WalkerCousin Fred
L. Warren YoungDay Lacks
Ellen BarkinSasha Walz
Michael GastonRichard Wilson
Kate BondYoung Woman- Tyvonna JonesElsie Lacks
Bill Martin WilliamsCrownsville Administrator
Mary ShawWoman at Pump
Tian RichardsLawrence (16 yrs.)
Kermit Burns IIIYoung Cootie
Lisa ArrindellAunt Ethel
Jordan Eli ArellanoYoung Sonny Lacks
Kayla AndersonJohns Hopkins Student- De'Marco ArringtonYoung Joe
- Matthew BernardJohns Hopkins Student
- Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.Young Sonny
Ninja N. DevoeCountry Girl Mae- Clint EdwardsScientist
- Christopher Robert EscobarChris the Intern
Sean FreelandCharlie- Elizabeth HacklerRebecca's Co-worker
- Linden HarrisGalen (as Linden Ronel Harris)
- Todd LeeDoctor
- Miguel Angel MarreroScientist
Sage MayerYoung Boy
Jock McKissicCarl the Mechanic
Tatom PenderJohns Hopkins Nurse
Earl PoitierCousin Josh
David ShaeReporter- Tashaun Stanfill-PerryHenrietta Lacks Neighbor
Alpha TrivetteFirst Administrator- Terrence V. WalkerChurch Patron
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