The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

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Drama History TV Movie

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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  • Release Date: 2017-04-22
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Director: George C. Wolfe

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Oprah Winfrey

      Deborah Lacks

    • Rose Byrne

      Rebecca Skloot

    • Renée Elise Goldsberry

      Henrietta Lacks

    • Reg E. Cathey

      Zakariyyah

    • Courtney B. Vance

      Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

    • Rocky Carroll

      Sonny Lacks

    • Leslie Uggams

      Sadie

    • Reed Birney

      Dr. George Gey

    • John Douglas Thompson

      Lawrence Lacks

    • Adriane Lenox

      Barbara Lacks

    • Roger Robinson

      Day Lacks

    • John Beasley

      Cliff

    • Peter Gerety

      Paul Lurz

    • Gabriel Ebert

      Christoph Lengauer

    • John Benjamin Hickey

      Bill Watson

    • Ruben Santiago-Hudson

      Dr. Roland Pattillo

    • Byron Jennings

      Dr. Victor McKusick

    • Sylvia Grace Crim

      Mary Kubicek

    • Karen Wheeling Reynolds

      Mrs. Gey

    • John C. Vennema

      Board Administrator

    • Jaedon Godley

      Davon Lacks

    • Kyanna Simone Simpson

      Deborah (15-24YRS)

    • Jane Rumbaua

      Dr. Susan Hsu

    • Jaylon Gordon

      Alfred

    • Leon Lamar

      Cootie

    • Andrea Frye

      Gladys

    • Jazzy Ellis

      Young Gladys

    • Tinashe Kajese

      Sadie

    • Patrick Walker

      Cousin Fred

    • L. Warren Young

      Day Lacks

    • Ellen Barkin

      Sasha Walz

    • Michael Gaston

      Richard Wilson

    • Kate Bond

      Young Woman

    • Tyvonna Jones

      Elsie Lacks

    • Bill Martin Williams

      Crownsville Administrator

    • Mary Shaw

      Woman at Pump

    • Tian Richards

      Lawrence (16 yrs.)

    • Kermit Burns III

      Young Cootie

    • Lisa Arrindell

      Aunt Ethel

    • Jordan Eli Arellano

      Young Sonny Lacks

    • Kayla Anderson

      Johns Hopkins Student

    • De'Marco Arrington

      Young Joe

    • Matthew Bernard

      Johns Hopkins Student

    • Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.

      Young Sonny

    • Ninja N. Devoe

      Country Girl Mae

    • Clint Edwards

      Scientist

    • Christopher Robert Escobar

      Chris the Intern

    • Sean Freeland

      Charlie

    • Elizabeth Hackler

      Rebecca's Co-worker

    • Linden Harris

      Galen (as Linden Ronel Harris)

    • Todd Lee

      Doctor

    • Miguel Angel Marrero

      Scientist

    • Sage Mayer

      Young Boy

    • Jock McKissic

      Carl the Mechanic

    • Tatom Pender

      Johns Hopkins Nurse

    • Earl Poitier

      Cousin Josh

    • David Shae

      Reporter

    • Tashaun Stanfill-Perry

      Henrietta Lacks Neighbor

    • Alpha Trivette

      First Administrator

    • Terrence V. Walker

      Church Patron

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