
Octavia Spencer
Madam C. J. Walker
An African American washerwoman rises from poverty to build a beauty empire and become the first female self-made millionaire.



Octavia Spencer
Madam C. J. Walker

Tiffany Haddish
Lelia

Carmen Ejogo
Addie

Garrett Morris
Cleophus Walker

Kevin Carroll
Ransom

J. Alphonse Nicholson
John Robinson

Blair Underwood
Charles James Walker

Michael Brown
Winston Moreland

Roger Guenveur Smith
Booker T. Washington

Cornelius Smith, Jr.
W.E.B. DuBois

Rothaford Gray
Reverend Smith

Karen Glave
Peggie Prosser
Sophia Deerr
Hairstylist at Sarah's Salon

Tymika Tafari
Woman #1

Gina James
Woman #2

Joel Rinzler
White Man #1

Edwige Jean-Pierre
Washerwoman

Robert Ifedi
Davis