The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Name: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reg E. Cathey, Courtney B. Vance

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: George C. WolfeWriters: Alexander Woo, Peter LandesmanProducers: Alan Ball, Carla Gardini, Kathryn Dean, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Oprah Winfrey, Peter Macdissi, Rebecca Skloot

Oprah Winfrey

as Deborah Lacks

Rose Byrne

as Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

as Henrietta Lacks

Reg E. Cathey

as Zakariyyah

Courtney B. Vance

as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Rocky Carroll

as Sonny Lacks

Leslie Uggams

as Sadie

Reed Birney

as Dr. George Gey

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