Queen LatifahBessie Smith / Executive Producer Michael Kenneth WilliamsJack Gee Charles S. DuttonWilliam 'Pa' Rainey Bryan GreenbergJohn Hammond Oliver PlattCarl Van Vechten Kamryn JohnsonYoung Bessie Clay Chappell'81' Theatre Owner Sharan C. MansfieldMiss Taylor Neko ParhamRehearsal Director Melissa YoungbloodTheatergoer Jennifer SearsMa's Main Girl Todd Allen DurkinNightclub Manager Crystal Lee BrownBessie's Dancer Tia HendricksDoreen Dupree Terence RosemoreDetroit Theater Manager Kaden Washington LewisSwarm Boy L. Warren YoungSharkish Man Saundra Dunson-FranksHostess Bralyn StokesHarry Herbert Pace Cj SykesBlack Swan Executive Adebukola BodunrinBlack Swan Receptionist Joe KnezevichFrank Walker Jessejames LocorriereVanity Fair Editor Whitney GoinFania Van Vechten Jeremie HarrisLangston Hughes Chantelle Rose MussendenGertrude Sylvester Ambrose James IIJack Gee Jr. Gerard 'Gus' WilliamsGangster Kenny Banks Jr.Bessie's Band Member Michael BurtonBessie's Band Member Roderick HarrisBessie's Band Member John A. HarveyBessie's Band Member Reggie HinesBessie's Band Member Kevin KendrickBessie's Band Member Marcus LewisBessie's Band Member Kenneth Murray Jr.Bessie's Band Member Kwame PaigeBessie's Band Member Jason PassmoreBessie's Band Member Daniel SaintilBessie's Band Member Craig ShawBessie's Band Member Don C. SherowBessie's Band Member Dashiel SmithBessie's Band Member Eric SolomonBessie's Band Member Joseph Claude Sommerville Jr.Bessie's Band Member Teddy WhiteBessie's Band Member Wilbert WilliamsBessie's Band Member Brandon BooneMa's Band Member Robert BooneMa's Band Member Daniel Terence HarperMa's Band Member Anton HarrisMa's Band Member Jody MayfieldMa's Band Member Derrick B. WhiteMa's Band Member Edward WrightMa's Band Member Christopher L. PlunkettDancer Primas Leon StanleyDancer Alicia 'Nikki' ThompsonDancer Selah AveryBackground Extra (uncredited) Perry BallRailroad Passenger (uncredited) Qualen BradleyStage Crew (uncredited) Alkoya BrunsonSwarm Boy #2 (uncredited) Jeffery James BucchinoDoorman (uncredited) Judy McGee BurleyExtra (uncredited) Jess Marie CarrOphelia Franklin (uncredited) Jameson Jamey CopelandUpscale Party Goer (uncredited) Taurus DavisExtra (uncredited) Dino DemitriKKK Driver (uncredited) Derrick DeeBodyguard (uncredited) Shannon EdwardsPhiladelphia Audience Member (uncredited) Tyrone EmanuelParty Guest (uncredited) Samuel Lee FudgeHoover Town Citizen (uncredited) Adella GautierNeighbor #2 (uncredited) Curtis GordonTrain Passenger #2 (uncredited) Montice HarmonParty Goer (uncredited) Rob HaysServer (uncredited) Sarah Turner HollandTrain Passenger #1 (uncredited) Damita Jane HowardJack's Lover (uncredited) Geoffrey HowardPoker Player (uncredited) Charlie JohnsonParty Goer (uncredited) Noah Hudson KillingbeckNeighborhood Kid (uncredited) Andre LamarCheering Fan (uncredited) Trey McGriffPedestrian (uncredited) Lanier McKinneyDancer (uncredited) John MericalVIP Guest (uncredited) Dan MichaelTheater Goer (uncredited) Letecia ReederPatron (uncredited) Swift RiceStage Hand (uncredited) Darrell L. ShulerClub Goer (uncredited) Dee ReesDirector / Screenplay Christopher ClevelandScreenplay Richard D. ZanuckExecutive Producer Shakim CompereExecutive Producer Randi MichelExecutive Producer Queen LatifahBessie Smith / Executive Producer Lili Fini ZanuckExecutive Producer Shelby StoneExecutive Producer Drew MonahanArt Direction Traci KirshbaumSet Decoration Clark HunterProduction Design Jeffrey JurDirector Of Photography Michael T. BoydCostume Design Debi YoungMakeup Department Head Michael J. MooreFirst Assistant Director Basti Van Der WoudeSecond Assistant Director Brooke SatrazemisScript Supervisor Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer Hallie FooteCo-Executive Producer 
