بازیگران

• Jennifer Hudson — Effie White
• Beyoncé — Deena Jones
• Danny Glover — Marty Madison
• Anika Noni Rose — Lorrell Robinson
• Keith Robinson — C.C. White
• Sharon Leal — Michelle Morris
• John Lithgow — Jerry Harris
• Laura Bell Bundy — Sweetheart
• Eddie Murphy — James "Thunder" Early
• Jamie Foxx — Curtis Taylor Jr.
• Hinton Battle — Wayne
• Mariah I. Wilson — Magic
• Yvette Cason — May
• Ralph Louis Harris — M.C.
• Michael-Leon Wooley — Tiny Joe Dixon
• Loretta Devine — Jazz Singer
• Jocko Sims — Elvis Kelly
• Ken Page — Max Washington
• John Krasinski — Sam Walsh
• Alexander Folk — Ronald White
• Esther Scott — Aunt Ethel
• Yvette Nicole Brown — Curtis' Secretary
• Gregg Berger — Chicago Deejay