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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

6.320171h 33mMovieDramaHistoryTV Movie

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.

DirectorGeorge C. Wolfe
WritersGeorge C. Wolfe·Peter Landesman
ProducersAlan Ball·Lydia Dean Pilcher

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Cast · Directed by George C. Wolfe

OWOprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
RBRose Byrne
Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
RGRenée Elise Goldsberry
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks
RCReg E. Cathey
Reg E. Cathey
Zakariyyah
CVCourtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
RCRocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll
Sonny Lacks
LULeslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams
Sadie
RBReed Birney
Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey
JTJohn Douglas Thompson
John Douglas Thompson
Lawrence Lacks
ALAdriane Lenox
Adriane Lenox
Barbara Lacks
RRRoger Robinson
Roger Robinson
Day Lacks
JBJohn Beasley
John Beasley
Cliff

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