Filmmakers
Above the lineGW
Director
George C. Wolfe
GW
Screenplay
George C. Wolfe
PL
Screenplay
Peter Landesman
AW
Screenplay
Alexander Woo
SF
Cinematography
Sofian El Fani
Director of Photography
AY
Editing
Aaron Yanes
Editor
BM
Music
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
CH
Production Design
Caroline Hanania
PT
Costume Design
Paul Tazewell
Cast
60OW
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
RB
Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
RG
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks
RC
Reg E. Cathey
Zakariyyah
CV
Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
RC
Rocky Carroll
Sonny Lacks
LU
Leslie Uggams
Sadie
RB
Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey
JT
John Douglas Thompson
Lawrence Lacks
AL
Adriane Lenox
Barbara Lacks
RR
Roger Robinson
Day Lacks
JB
John Beasley
Cliff
PG
Peter Gerety
Paul Lurz
GE
Gabriel Ebert
Christoph Lengauer
JH
John Benjamin Hickey
Bill Watson
RS
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Dr. Roland Pattillo
BJ
Byron Jennings
Dr. Victor McKusick
SC
Sylvia Grace Crim
Mary Kubicek
KR
Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Mrs. Gey
JV
John C. Vennema
Board Administrator
JG
Jaedon Godley
Davon Lacks
KS
Kyanna Simone Simpson
Deborah (15-24YRS)
JR
Jane Rumbaua
Dr. Susan Hsu
JG
Jaylon Gordon
Alfred
LL
Leon Lamar
Cootie
AF
Andrea Frye
Gladys
JE
Jazzy Ellis
Young Gladys
TK
Tinashe Kajese
Sadie
PW
Patrick Walker
Cousin Fred
LY
L. Warren Young
Day Lacks
EB
Ellen Barkin
Sasha Walz
MG
Michael Gaston
Richard Wilson
KB
Kate Bond
Young Woman
TJ
Tyvonna Jones
Elsie Lacks
BW
Bill Martin Williams
Crownsville Administrator
MS
Mary Shaw
Woman at Pump
TR
Tian Richards
Lawrence (16 yrs.)
KI
Kermit Burns III
Young Cootie
LA
Lisa Arrindell
Aunt Ethel
JA
Jordan Eli Arellano
Young Sonny Lacks
KA
Kayla Anderson
Johns Hopkins Student
DA
De'Marco Arrington
Young Joe
MB
Matthew Bernard
Johns Hopkins Student
RJ
Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.
Young Sonny
ND
Ninja N. Devoe
Country Girl Mae
CE
Clint Edwards
Scientist
CE
Christopher Robert Escobar
Chris the Intern
SF
Sean Freeland
Charlie
EH
Elizabeth Hackler
Rebecca's Co-worker
LH
Linden Harris
Galen (as Linden Ronel Harris)
TL
Todd Lee
Doctor
MM
Miguel Angel Marrero
Scientist
SM
Sage Mayer
Young Boy
JM
Jock McKissic
Carl the Mechanic
TP
Tatom Pender
Johns Hopkins Nurse
EP
Earl Poitier
Cousin Josh
DS
David Shae
Reporter
TS
Tashaun Stanfill-Perry
Henrietta Lacks Neighbor
AT
Alpha Trivette
First Administrator
TW
Terrence V. Walker
Church Patron
Departments
26Production
- Meagan LewisCasting
- Cindy TolanCasting
- Rebecca SklootCo-Executive Producer
- Carla GardiniExecutive Producer
- Peter MacdissiExecutive Producer
- Alan BallExecutive Producer
- Lydia Dean PilcherExecutive Producer
- Oprah WinfreyExecutive Producer
- Kathryn DeanProducer
Sound
- Mark DeSimoneADR Mixer
- Allan ZaleskiSound
Art
- Richard BlankenshipArt Direction
- Peter BorckArt Direction
- Carla MartinezAssistant Art Director
- Sarah CarterSet Decoration Buyer
- Brittany UpchurchSet Decoration Buyer
Costume & Make-Up
- Lane FriedmanHairstylist
- Jerome AllenHairstylist
- Lydia BensimmonHairstylist
- Gina W. BatemanMakeup Artist
- Derrick RutledgeMakeup Artist
- Hagen LinssMakeup Artist
- Mia NealWigmaker
Editing
- Mateo MárquezDigital Intermediate Assistant
Crew
- Elizabeth DavidovichOther
Writing
- Rebecca SklootBook