dakota fanning played lily in the secret life of bees.
dakota fanning played lily in the secret life of bees.
who plays lily in the secret life of bees?
dakota fanning
bullet::::- dakota fanning as lily owens









































bullet::::- emily alyn lind as young lily (4 years old)









































bullet::::- emma sage bowman as young lily (4 years old)









































bullet::::- addy miller as young lily (4 years old)









































bullet::::- jennifer hudson as rosaleen "july" daise









































bullet::::- queen latifah as august boatwright









































bullet::::- alicia keys as june boatwright









































bullet::::- sophie okonedo as may boatwright









































bullet::::- paul bettany as t-ray owens, lily's father









































bullet::::- hilarie burton as deborah owens, lily's mother









































bullet::::- tristan wilds as zach taylor, friend of may & lily's









































bullet::::- nate parker as neil, june's boyfriend
the secret life of bees (film)
set in the fictitious town of sylvan, south carolina, in 1964, "the secret life of bees" tells the story of a 14-year-old white girl, lily melissa owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. she lives in a house with her abusive father, whom she refers to as t. ray. they have a no-nonsense maid, rosaleen, who acts as a surrogate mother for lily. the book opens with lily's discovery of bees in her bedroom. then, after rosaleen is arrested for pouring her bottle of "snuff juice" on three white men, lily breaks her out of the hospital and they decide to leave town. they begin hitch-hiking toward tiburon, sc, a place written on the back of an image of the virgin mary as a black woman, which deborah, her mother, had owned. they spend a night in the woods with little food and little hope before reaching tiburon. there, they buy lunch at a general store, and lily recognizes a picture of the same "black mary" but on the side of a jar of honey. they receive directions to the origin of that honey, the boatwright residence. they are introduced to the boatwright sisters, the makers of the honey: august, may, and june, who are all black. lily makes up a story about being an orphan. lily and rosaleen are invited to stay with the sisters.
the secret life of bees (novel)