The Help
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.
Drama
DreamWorks SKG, 1492 Pictures, Participant Productions, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Reliance Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures
Emma Stone as Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan, Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark, Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson, Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly Holbrook, Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote, Mike Vogel as Johnny Foote, Allison Janney as Charlotte Phelan, Sissy Spacek as Missus Walters, Chris Lowell as Stuart Whitworth, Ahna O'Reilly as Elizabeth Leefolt, Anna Camp as Jolene French, Cicely Tyson as Constantine Jefferson, Aunjanue Ellis as Yule Mae Davis, David Oyelowo as Preacher Green, Dana Ivey as Gracie Higginbotham, LaChanze as Rachel, Brian Kerwin as Robert Phelan, Wes Chatham as Carlton Phelan, Ted Welch as William Holbrook, Shane McRae as Raleigh Leefolt, Roslyn Ruff as Pascagoula, Tarra Riggs as Gretchen, Leslie Jordan as Mr. Blackly, Mary Steenburgen as Elain Stein, Tiffany Brouwer as Rebecca, Carol Sutton as Cora, Ashley Johnson as Mary Beth Caldwell, Ritchie Montgomery as Bus Driver, Nelsan Ellis as Henry The Waiter, Cleta Elaine Ellington as Donna The Receptionist, Amy Beckwith as Bridge Club, Julie Ann Doan as Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Lamar Lott as Bus Rider (uncredited), Charles Orr as Bellhop (uncredited)