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.
as Deborah Lacks
as Rebecca Skloot
as Henrietta Lacks
as Zakariyyah
as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
as Sonny Lacks
as Sadie
as Dr. George Gey
as Lawrence Lacks
as Barbara Lacks
as Day Lacks
as Cliff
as Paul Lurz
as Christoph Lengauer
as Bill Watson
as Dr. Roland Pattillo
as Dr. Victor McKusick
as Mary Kubicek
as Mrs. Gey
as Board Administrator
as Davon Lacks
as Deborah (15-24YRS)
as Dr. Susan Hsu
as Alfred
as Cootie
as Gladys
as Young Gladys
as Cousin Fred
as Sasha Walz
as Richard Wilson
as Young Woman
as Elsie Lacks
as Crownsville Administrator
as Woman at Pump
as Lawrence (16 yrs.)
as Young Cootie
as Aunt Ethel
as Young Sonny Lacks
as Johns Hopkins Student
as Young Joe
as Young Sonny
as Country Girl Mae
as Scientist
as Chris the Intern
as Charlie
as Rebecca's Co-worker
as Galen (as Linden Ronel Harris)
as Doctor
as Young Boy
as Carl the Mechanic
as Johns Hopkins Nurse
as Cousin Josh
as Reporter
as Henrietta Lacks Neighbor
as First Administrator
as Church Patron