The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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2017•1h 33m•6.3/10

DramaHistoryTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(106)

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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Production

Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic, HBO Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Deborah Lacks

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Henrietta Lacks

Reg E. Cathey

Reg E. Cathey

Zakariyyah

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Rocky Carroll

Rocky Carroll

Sonny Lacks

Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

Sadie

Reed Birney

Reed Birney

Dr. George Gey

John Douglas Thompson

John Douglas Thompson

Lawrence Lacks

Adriane Lenox

Adriane Lenox

Barbara Lacks

Roger Robinson

Roger Robinson

Day Lacks

John Beasley

John Beasley

Cliff

Peter Gerety

Peter Gerety

Paul Lurz

Gabriel Ebert

Gabriel Ebert

Christoph Lengauer

John Benjamin Hickey

John Benjamin Hickey

Bill Watson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Dr. Roland Pattillo

Byron Jennings

Byron Jennings

Dr. Victor McKusick

Sylvia Grace Crim

Sylvia Grace Crim

Mary Kubicek

Karen Wheeling Reynolds

Karen Wheeling Reynolds

Mrs. Gey

John C. Vennema

John C. Vennema

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