Alfre Woodard

as Judy Daniels

as Jacqueline Bradford

as Narration

as Self

as Dr. Cody

as Mary

as Virginia Dell

as Mother Mary

as Mum

as Dr. Olsen

as Mimi (voice)

as Self - Guest

as Margaret Cahill

as Alma Thomas (voice)

as Marian

as Mary Parrish (voice)

as Self

as Lilly Sloane (voice)

as Herself

as Warden Bernadine Williams

as Paris

as Sarabi (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Juanita

as Judge Benton

as Professor Hughes

as Aunt Josephine

as Self

as Mariah Dillard

as Bernadette

as Miriam

as Sam

as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

as Sheila

as Self

as Renee

as Self

as President Constance Payton

as Evelyn

as Self

as Amy Granderson

as Mistress Shaw

as E

as Ouiser

as Narrator (voice)

as Lieutenant Tanya Rice

as Self

as Dondi Reece

as Dondi Reece (voice)

as Dr. Sophia Jordan

as Self - Guest

as Narrator

as Mavis Heller

as Evelyn

as Alice Pratt

as Ruby Jean Reynolds

as Alma Roberts

as Edna Reilly

as Dee Bennett

as Self - Narrator

as Self - Guest

as Self - Guest

as Ilanga (voice)

as Augustine James

as Mrs. Brown

as Joyce McQueen

as Ms. Josephine

as Justine Campbell

as Betty Applewhite

as Det. Anne Pope

as Principal Daniels

as Chief of Staff

as Mrs. Whatsit

as Stickley

as Narrator

as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

as Self

as Claudia Villars

as Medicine Woman (voice)

as Wanda Dean

as Narrator

as Dr. Allen

as Jean Hawkins (voice)

as Mary Parrish (voice)

as Polly / Narrator (voice)

as Plio (voice)

as Camille Wright

as Audrey Williams

as Narrator (voice)

as Lily

as Joyce May

as Clara

as Loretta Sinclair

as Medicine Woman (voice)

as Narrator

as Maisie (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Denise Freeman

as Evey

as Eunice Evers, R.N.

as Berenice Sadie Brown

as Lily Sloane

as Dr. Sadlin

as Self

as Shoat

as Tamara O'Neil

as Queen of Brobdingnag

as Marianna

as Winsome (voice)

as Berniece Charles

as Carolyn Carmichael

as Mrs. Marks

as Lavada McRae

as Narrator

as Rosie Mangena

as Edna (voice)

as Penny Washington

as Dr. Roxanne Turner

as Chantelle

as Rhody Poole

as Ann

as Self

as Jane

as Jessica Filley

as Mary Thomas

as Popeye Jackson

as Grace Cooley

as Narrator (voice)

as Andrea Crawford

as Winnie Mandela

as Maude DeVictor

as Adrianne Moore

as Adrianne Moore

as Patricia

as Princess Lovinia

as Rozalyn Dupree

as Claudie Sills

as Self

as Vicki Teague

as Claudie Sills

as Esther

as Mattie

as Geechee

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Roxanne Turner

as Marcia Fulbright

as Self - Guest

as Princess Lovinia

as Narrator

as Woman who lost her stuff

as Karisha Ellsworth

as Evelyn Evers

as Sally Benbow

as Katie

as Sandra Wilcox

as Lucy Smith

as Rita

as Self

as Mrs. Brown

as Self