Emma Stone

Skeeter Phelan

Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt

Allison Janney

Charlotte Phelan

Anna Camp

Jolene French

Chris Lowell

Stuart Whitworth

Cicely Tyson

Constantine Jefferson

Mike Vogel

Johnny Foote

Sissy Spacek

Missus Walters

Brian Kerwin

Robert Phelan

Wes Chatham

Carlton Phelan

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Yule Mae Davis

Ted Welch

William Holbrook

Shane McRae

Raleigh Leefolt

Roslyn Ruff

Pascagoula

Tarra Riggs

Gretchen

Leslie Jordan

Mr. Blackly

Mary Steenburgen

Elaine Stein

Tiffany Brouwer

Rebecca

Carol Sutton

Cora

Ashley Johnson

Mary Beth Caldwell

Ritchie Montgomery

Bus Driver

Nelsan Ellis

Henry The Waiter

David Oyelowo

Preacher Green

LaChanze

Rachel

Dana Ivey

Gracie Higginbotham

Lamar Lott

Bus Rider (uncredited)