The Help
09/08/2011
2h 26m
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
Cast
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
Eleanor Henry
Mae Mobley
Emma Henry
Mae Mobley
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 Lee
Pearly
Carol Sutton
Cora
Millicent Bolton
Callie
Ashley Johnson
Mary Beth Caldwell
Ritchie Montgomery
Bus Driver
Don Brock
White Bus Passenger
Florence "Flo" Roach
Maid #1
Nelsan Ellis
Henry The Waiter
David Oyelowo
Preacher Green
LaChanze
Rachel
Dana Ivey
Gracie Higginbotham
Becky Fly
Woman in Grocery Store
Sheerene Whitfield
Maid #2
Cleta Elaine Ellington
Donna The Receptionist
Henry Carpenter
Jameso
John Taylor
Missus Walters' Date
Charles Cooper
Tire Winner @ Ballroom #1
Diana Cooper
Tire Winner @ Ballroom #2
Coyt Bailey
Party Guest #3
Wade Cottonfield
Lead Singer of Band
Kelsey Scot
Sugar Jackson
Amy Beckwith
Bridge Club
Sloane Fair
Bridge Club
Anna Jennings
Bridge Club
Lauren Miller
Bridge Club
Elizabeth Smith
Bridge Club
Mary Taylor Killebrew
Bridge Club
Kathryn Ursy
Bridge Club
Stephanie Ward
Bridge Club
Lamar Lott
Bus Rider (uncredited)
Charles Orr
Bellhop (uncredited)
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