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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017·Movie·1h 33m

Drama, History, TV Movie

6.3 / 10 (114 votes)

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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.

Directed by
George C. Wolfe
Original language
English
Released
22 April 2017

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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