Movie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Released: April 22, 2017 (2017)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Genres: 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Leslie Uggams as Sadie
Age at release: 73
- Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks
Age at release: 63
- Reed Birney as Dr. George Gey
Age at release: 62
- Adriane Lenox as Barbara Lacks
Age at release: 60
- Reg E. Cathey as Zakariyyah
Age at release: 58
- Courtney B. Vance as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Age at release: 57
- Rocky Carroll as Sonny Lacks
Age at release: 53
- Renée Elise Goldsberry as Henrietta Lacks
Age at release: 46
- Rose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot
Age at release: 37
- John Douglas Thompson as Lawrence Lacks
Age at release: Unknown
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- Leon Lamar as Cootie
Age at release: 82
- Roger Robinson as Day Lacks
Age at release: 76
- Peter Gerety as Paul Lurz
Age at release: 76
- John Beasley as Cliff
Age at release: 73
- John C. Vennema as Board Administrator
Age at release: 68
- Byron Jennings as Dr. Victor McKusick
Age at release: 66
- L. Warren Young as Day Lacks
Age at release: 61
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Dr. Roland Pattillo
Age at release: 60
- John Benjamin Hickey as Bill Watson
Age at release: 53
- Gabriel Ebert as Christoph Lengauer
Age at release: 28
- Patrick Walker as Cousin Fred
Age at release: 24
- Sylvia Grace Crim as Mary Kubicek
Age at release: Unknown
- Karen Wheeling Reynolds as Mrs. Gey
Age at release: Unknown
- Jaedon Godley as Davon Lacks
Age at release: Unknown
- Kyanna Simone Simpson as Deborah (15-24YRS)
Age at release: Unknown
- Jane Rumbaua as Dr. Susan Hsu
Age at release: Unknown
- Jaylon Gordon as Alfred
Age at release: Unknown
- Andrea Frye as Gladys
Age at release: Unknown
- Jazzy Ellis as Young Gladys
Age at release: Unknown
- Tinashe Kajese as Sadie
Age at release: Unknown