Oprah Winfrey
Sethe
Danny Glover
Paul D. Garner
Thandiwe Newton
Beloved
Kimberly Elise
Denver
LisaGay Hamilton
Younger Sethe
Albert Hall
Stamp Paid
Irma P. Hall
Ella
Beah Richards
Baby Suggs, aka Grandma Baby
Vertamae Grosvenor
Grace
Dorothy Love Coates
M. Lucille Williams
Charles Napier
Angry Carny
Jason Robards
Mr. Bodwin
Joey Perillo
The Carnival Barker
Hill Harper
Halle
Brian Hooks
Young Paul D
Dashiell Eaves
Schoolteacher's Nephew
Jude Ciccolella
Schoolteacher
Wes Bentley
Schoolteacher's Nephew
Frederick Strother
African Savage
Harry Northup
Sheriff
Anthony Chisholm
Langhorne
Joe Toutebon
Frenchie
Tracey Walter
Slave Catcher
Paul Lazar
General Store Proprietor
Robert W. Castle
Mr. Sawyer
Jane White
Lady Jones
Pauletta Washington
The Thirty Women
Karen Vicks
One of 'The Thirty Women'
Harold Gould
Barber Shop Man #4 (uncredited)