• 
  Kevin Rodney Sullivan

  regizor

• 
  Terry McMillan

  scenarist

• 
  Angela Bassett

  Stella Payne
• 
  Whoopi Goldberg

  Delilah
• 
  Regina King

  Vanessa
• 
  Victor Garber

  Isaac
• 
  Taye Diggs

  Winston Shakespeare
• 
  Lou Myers

  Uncle Ollie

• 
  Barry Shabaka Henley

  Buddy
• 
  James Pickens Jr.

  Walter Payne
• 
  Carl Lumbly

  Judge Spencer Boyle
• 
  Philip Casnoff

  Kennedy
• 
  Art Metrano

  Dr. Steinberg
• 
  Michael J. Pagan

  Quincy Payne
• 
  Suzzanne Douglas

  Angela

• 
  Lisa Hanna

  Abby
• 
  Denise Hunt

  Ms. Thang
• 
  Richard Lawson

  Jack
• 
  Sicily Johnson

  Chantel (as Sicily)
• 
  Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

  Mrs. Shakespeare
• 
  Glynn Turman

  Dr. Shakespeare
• 
  Lee Weaver

  Nate