The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Release: 2017-04-22
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 6.4
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Harpo Films
Cine Mosaic
HBO Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Sylvia Grace Crim
as Mary Kubicek
Tian Richards
as Lawrence (16 yrs.)
Jordan Eli Arellano
as Young Sonny Lacks
Reed Birney
as Dr. George Gey
Reg E. Cathey
as Zakariyyah
Renée Elise Goldsberry
as Henrietta Lacks
Jane Rumbaua
as Mrs. Hsu
Mary Shaw
as Woman at Pump
Rose Byrne
as Rebecca Skloot
Lisa Arrindell
as Aunt Ethel
Patrick Walker
as Cousin Fred
Jock McKissic
as Carl the Mechanic
Jaylon Gordon
as Alfred
Oprah Winfrey
as Deborah Lacks
Tinashe Kajese
as Sadie
Tatom Pender
as Johns Hopkins Nurse
Alpha Trivette
as First Administrator
Gabriel Ebert
as Christoph Lengauer
David Shae
as Reporter
Kyanna Simone Simpson
as Deborah (15-24YRS)
Karen Wheeling Reynolds
as Mrs. Gey
Ninja N. Devoe
as Country Girl Mae
Kate Bond
as Young Woman
Courtney B. Vance
as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Sage Mayer
as Young Boy
Sean Freeland
as Charlie
L. Warren Young
as Day Lacks
