
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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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.
Production
Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic, HBO Films
Language
EN
Status
Released
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Cast

Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks

Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks

Reg E. Cathey
Zakariyyah

Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Rocky Carroll
Sonny Lacks

Leslie Uggams
Sadie

Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey

John Douglas Thompson
Lawrence Lacks

Adriane Lenox
Barbara Lacks

Roger Robinson
Day Lacks

John Beasley
Cliff

Peter Gerety
Paul Lurz

Gabriel Ebert
Christoph Lengauer

John Benjamin Hickey
Bill Watson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Dr. Roland Pattillo

Byron Jennings
Dr. Victor McKusick

Sylvia Grace Crim
Mary Kubicek

Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Mrs. Gey

John C. Vennema
Board Administrator
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