Oprah WinfreySethe

Danny GloverPaul D. Garner

Thandiwe NewtonBeloved

Kimberly EliseDenver

LisaGay HamiltonYounger Sethe

Albert HallStamp Paid

Irma P. HallElla

Beah RichardsBaby Suggs, aka Grandma Baby

Vertamae GrosvenorGrace

Carol Jean LewisJaney Wagon

Dorothy Love CoatesM. Lucille Williams

Kessia EmbryAmy Denver

Thelma Houston

Charles NapierAngry Carny

Jason RobardsMr. Bodwin

Joey PerilloThe Carnival Barker

Jane WhiteLady Jones

Hill HarperHalle

Yada BeenerDenver aged 9

Brian HooksYoung Paul D

Emil PinnockHoward aged 14

Dashiell EavesSchoolteacher's Nephew

Calen JohnsonBuglar aged 13

Jude CiccolellaSchoolteacher

George E. RayReverend Pike

Wes BentleySchoolteacher's Nephew

Frederick StrotherAfrican Savage

Harry NorthupSheriff

Tyler HinsonBaby Beloved

Anthony ChisholmLanghorne

Joe ToutebonFrenchie

Angie UttMrs. Garner

Tracey WalterSlave Catcher

Paul LazarGeneral Store Proprietor

Jim RocheString Show Barker

Robert W. CastleMr. Sawyer

Ramona CastleCarnival Kid

Pauletta WashingtonThe Thirty Women

Brooklyn JamesCarnival Kid

Karen VicksOne of 'The Thirty Women'

Nora MarloweCarnival Kid

Lillian SmithLemonade Server

Aliya RobinsonDenver's Carnival Friend

Brittany HawkinsYoung Girl Sethe

Alerte BelanceNan

Ayoka DorseySethe's Mother

Ashleigh WatsonBaby Denver

Dajon MatthewsHoward aged 5

Norris Wiggins Jr.Buglar aged 4

Terel GibsonBuglar aged 21

Damani BakerHoward aged 22

Leigh SmileyGeneral Store Helper

Lewis 'Jiggs' WalkerGood Samaritan

Dan OlmsteadPoliceman

Charles GlennHelpful Gentleman

Anthony S. CalypsoDenver's Boyfriend

Willa WardThe Thirty Women

Louise JohnsonThe Thirty Women

Jacqueline Celestin Fils-AiméThe Thirty Women

Jonathan DemmeDirector

Richard LaGraveneseScreenplay

Adam BrooksScreenplay

Akosua BusiaScreenplay

Toni MorrisonNovel

Oprah WinfreyProducer

Edward SaxonProducer

Gary GoetzmanProducer

Kate ForteProducer

Ron BozmanExecutive Producer