Oprah Winfrey

Sethe

Danny Glover

Paul D

Kimberly Elise

Denver

Thandiwe Newton

Beloved

LisaGay Hamilton

Younger Sethe

Beah Richards

Baby Suggs

Albert Hall

Stamp Paid

Irma P. Hall

Ella

Jude Ciccolella

Schoolteacher

Anthony Chisholm

Langhorne

Dorothy Love Coates

M. Lucille Williams

Wes Bentley

Schoolteacher's Nephew

Dashiell Eaves

Schoolteacher's Nephew

Brian Hooks

Young Paul D

Hill Harper

Halle

Vertamae Grosvenor

Grace

Frederick Strother

African Savage

Harry Northup

Sheriff

Tracey Walter

Slave Catcher

Terel Gibson

Buglar aged 21

Damani Baker

Howard aged 22

Robert W. Castle

Mr. Sawyer

Paul Lazar

General Store Proprietor

Dan Olmstead

Policeman

Jason Robards

Mr. Bodwin

Karen Vicks

The Thirty Women

Thelma Houston

The Thirty Women

Pauletta Washington

The Thirty Women

Harold Gould

Barber Shop Man #4 (uncredited)

Charles Napier

Angry Carny (uncredited)

Joey Perillo

Carnival Barker (uncredited)