Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Eve Batiste

Meagan Good

Cisely Batiste

Samuel L. Jackson

Louis Batiste

Lynn Whitfield

Roz Batiste

Debbi Morgan

Mozelle Batiste Delacroix

Jake Smollett

Poe Batiste

Ethel Ayler

Gran Mère

Diahann Carroll

Elzora

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Julian Grayraven

Roger Guenveur Smith

Lenny Mereaux

Lisa Nicole Carson

Matty Mereaux

Branford Marsalis

Harry

Afonda Colbert

Henrietta

Lola Dalferes

Lynette

Marcus Lyle Brown

Hosea

Alverta Perkins Dunigan

Paige

Ron Flagge

Vendor

Sharon K. London

Hilary

Carol Sutton

Madame Renard

Victoria Rowell

Stevie Hobbs

Oneal A. Isaac

Bus Driver

Julian Dalcour

Bartender

Leonard L. Thomas

Maynard

Allen Toussaint

Proprietor

Billie Neal

Ghost of Original Eve

Tamara Tunie

Narrator (voice)