 | Halle Berry als Janie Starks |
 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson als Joe Starks |
 | Michael Ealy als Tea Cake |
 | Ruby Dee als Nanny |
 | Terrence Howard als Amos Hicks |
 | Nicki Micheaux als Phoebe Watson |
 | Lorraine Toussaint als Pearl Stone |
 | Gabriel Casseus als Sam Watson |
 | Lynette DuPree als Alva |
| Darnell Martin | Director |
| Matthew Carlisle | Producer |
| Quincy Jones | Executive Producer |
| Kate Forte | Executive Producer |
| Oprah Winfrey | Executive Producer |
| Terence Blanchard | Music |
| Peter C. Frank | Editor |
| Robi Reed | Casting |
| Ruth Ammon | Production Design |
| Paul Sonski | Art Direction |
| Kieran Brown | Set Decoration |
| Casey Hallenbeck | Set Decoration |
| Suzan-Lori Parks | Teleplay |
| Misan Sagay | Teleplay |
| Bobby Smith Jr. | Teleplay |
| Eduardo Castro | Costume Design |
| Checco Varese | Director of Photography |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Novel |
