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
Cast
Rose Byrne
as Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry
as Henrietta Lacks
Oprah Winfrey
as Deborah Lacks
Ninja N. Devoe
as Country Girl Mae
Lisa Arrindell
as Aunt Ethel
L. Warren Young
as Day Lacks
Patrick Walker
as Cousin Fred
Jane Rumbaua
as Mrs. Hsu
Sylvia Grace Crim
as Mary Kubicek
Tian Richards
as Lawrence (16 yrs.)
Kate Bond
as Young Woman
Jock McKissic
as Carl the Mechanic
Kyanna Simone Simpson
as Deborah (15-24YRS)
Tinashe Kajese
as Sadie
Karen Wheeling Reynolds
as Mrs. Gey
Jordan Eli Arellano
as Young Sonny Lacks
Mary Shaw
as Woman at Pump
Tatom Pender
as Johns Hopkins Nurse
Jaylon Gordon
as Alfred
Sage Mayer
as Young Boy
David Shae
as Reporter
Courtney B. Vance
as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Reed Birney
as Dr. George Gey
Alpha Trivette
as First Administrator
Sean Freeland
as Charlie
Reg E. Cathey
as Zakariyyah
Gabriel Ebert
as Christoph Lengauer
