Alfre Woodard

as Miriam

as Mistress Shaw

as Justine Campbell

as Sarabi (voice)

as Evelyn

as Margaret Cahill

as Shoat

as Paris

as Claudia Villars

as Plio (voice)

as Stickley

as Ruby Jean Reynolds

as Betty Applewhite

as Mariah Dillard

as Lily Sloane

as Grace Cooley

as Marian

as Det. Anne Pope

as Amy Granderson

as Aunt Josephine

as Edna (voice)

as Principal Daniels

as Renee

as Augustine James

as Dr. Cody

as Self

as Sam

as Ms. Josephine

as Lilly Sloane (voice)

as Camille Wright

as Penny Washington

as Dee Bennett

as Medicine Woman (voice)

as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

as Judy Daniels

as Joyce McQueen

as Jean Hawkins (voice)

as Jacqueline Bradford

as Jane

as Lavada McRae

as Dr. Allen

as Marianna

as Carolyn Carmichael

as Chief of Staff

as Dr. Roxanne Turner

as Mother Mary

as Queen of Brobdingnag

as Professor Hughes

as Warden Bernadine Williams

as Lily

as Denise Freeman

as Maisie (voice)

as Patricia

as Self - Guest

as Alice Pratt

as Polly / Narrator (voice)

as Roxanne Turner

as Juanita

as Self

as Adrianne Moore

as Judge Benton

as President Constance Payton

as Virginia Dell

as Ouiser

as Dr. Olsen

as Chantelle

as Mrs. Whatsit

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Self - Guest

as Mary

as Narrator (voice)

as Mimi (voice)

as Mum

as Alma Roberts

as Dondi Reece

as Rita

as Ann

as Mavis Heller

as Self - Guest

as Audrey Williams

as Loretta Sinclair

as Geechee

as Popeye Jackson

as Self

as Wanda Dean

as Eunice Evers, R.N.

as Dondi Reece (voice)

as Self - Guest

as Edna Reilly

as Dr. Sophia Jordan

as Lieutenant Tanya Rice

as Sally Benbow

as Bernadette

as Self

as Sandra Wilcox

as Self

as Rhody Poole

as Rosie Mangena

as Narrator

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Medicine Woman (voice)

as Winsome (voice)

as Esther

as Joyce May

as Katie

as Berniece Charles

as Mrs. Brown

as Woman who lost her stuff

as Winnie Mandela

as Mrs. Brown

as Vicki Teague

as Clara

as Ilanga (voice)

as Self - Guest

as Maude DeVictor

as Self - Narrator

as Marcia Fulbright

Role: Executive Producer

as Evelyn

as Dr. Sadlin

as Mattie

as Tamara O'Neil

as Evey

as Berenice Sadie Brown

as Lucy Smith

as Mrs. Marks

as Mary Parrish (voice)

as Rozalyn Dupree

as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

as Karisha Ellsworth

as Sheila

as Narrator

as Woman who lost her stuff

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator

as Narrator

as Andrea Crawford

as Narrator

as Narrator (voice)

as Evelyn Evers

as Dr. Lydia Crawford

as Claudie Sills

as Mary Thomas

as Self

as Princess Lovinia

as Mary Parrish (voice)

as Jessica Filley

as Alma Thomas (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Self

as Adrianne Moore

as Self

as Narration

as Narrator

as Self

as Claudie Sills

as Narrator (voice)