The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

6.3 2017 George C. Wolfe 1h 33m
Drama History TV Movie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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.

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

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