The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017· 93 min· United States
BiographyDramaHistory
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.
- Director
- George C. Wolfe
- Writer
- Rebecca Skloot, Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo
- Released
- 22 Apr 2017
- Country
- United States
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 19 nominations total
Cast

Renée Elise Goldsberry
SG
Sylvia Grace Crim

Reed Birney
RR
Roger Robinson

John Benjamin Hickey
OW
Oprah Winfrey
LA
Lisa Arrindell Anderson

Rose Byrne

Ellen Barkin

Peter Gerety

Michael Gaston

Leslie Uggams
RS
Ruben Santiago-Hudson

John Douglas Thompson
RC
Rocky Carroll

Courtney B. Vance
AL
Adriane Lenox
RE
Reg E. Cathey