"The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom."
Jennifer Hudson
as Aretha Franklin
Forest Whitaker
as C. L. Franklin
Marlon Wayans
as Ted White
Audra McDonald
as Barbara Franklin
Mary J. Blige
as Dinah Washington
Marc Maron
as Jerry Wexler
Tituss Burgess
as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
Saycon Sengbloh
as Erma Franklin
Hailey Kilgore
as Carolyn Franklin
Tate Donovan
as John Hammond
Skye Dakota Turner
as Aretha Franklin (young)
Heather Headley
as Clara Ward
Leroy McClain
as Cecil Franklin
Lodric D. Collins
as Smokey Robinson
Brenda Nicole Moorer
as Brenda Franklin
Brandon Gilpin
as Teenager
Tangela Large
as Grieving Mother
Albert Jones
as Ken Cunningham
Myk Watford
as Rick Hall
Gilbert Glenn Brown
as Martin Luther King Jr.
Kimberly Scott
as Mama Franklin
Nevaeh Moore
as Young Carolyn
Victoria Paige Watkins
as Teen #2
Christopher Daniel
as Edward
Zach Strum
as David Hood
Tracey Scott Wilson
Story
Callie Khouri
Stacey Sher
Executive Producer
Harvey Mason Jr.
Executive Music Producer
Jonathan Glickman
Producer
Sue Baden-Powell
Kris Bowers
Original Music Composer
Kramer Morgenthau
Director of Photography
Avril Beukes
Editor
Tiffany Little Canfield
Casting
Bernard Telsey
David Vaccari
Ina Mayhew
Production Design
Mark Dillon
Supervising Art Director
Marybeth Dillon
Art Direction
Sarah Carter
Decorator
Cathy T. Marshall
Set Decoration
Natasha Arellano
Makeup Artist
Charmaine Balcerzak
Hairstylist
Andrea Bowman
Key Hair Stylist
Suzanna Boykin
Christy Caudle
Additional Hairstylist
Moe Coles
Libra Cordero
Key Makeup Artist
Lawrence Davis
Hair Department Head
Margina Dennis
A. Renea Dyson
Joyce Gilliard
Mandrill Hardge
Delonda Harvey
Victor Jones-Moore
Tracy P. Lawrence
Jackie Lynch
Stevie Martin
Makeup Department Head
Cassandra Powell
Genyii Scott
Parra Thomas
Irenia Vail
Robert Wilson
Aaron Worman
Ann Gray
Post Production Supervisor
Paul A. Levin
Simi Wein
Production Supervisor
Leah Winkler
Kate Bilinski
Sound Effects Editor
Greg Crawford
ADR Mixer
Matt Hovland
Paul Hsu
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kenton Jakub
ADR Editor
Frank Kern
Foley Editor
Hunter Moore
Boom Operator
Julia Stockton
Dialogue Editor
Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor
Thomas Varga
Sound Mixer
Ed White
Mark Wilkening
Jerry Yuen
Anthony Bradley
Special Effects Coordinator
Thomas Kerns
Special Effects Technician
Joseph Sacco
Praveen Allu
Digital Compositor
Ed Bruce
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Alex Hillkurtz
Set Dresser
Chris McGlamery
Rob Nagy
Set Designer
Diana Salzburg
Set Decoration Buyer
Wendy Gipp
Visual Effects Producer
Caoimhe Maguire
John P. Nugent
Ben Sumner
VFX Artist
Kenyatta Williams
Set Costumer
Munee Hayes
Costume Supervisor
Crystal D. Brown
Daniel L. Smith
Kade Stauduhar
Visual Effects Editor
Heather Taylor
Christopher Cheng
Aldo Ruggiero
Andrew Prescott
Chris LeDoux
Executive Visual Effects Producer
Brad Kalinoski
Duncan Key
Daniel Dupre
Matte Painter
Nicholas Daniels
Andrew Byrne
Visual Effects
Matt Akey
Brandon Kachel
Adam Keane
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Liesl Tommy
Director
Screenplay
Scott Bernstein
Jason Cloth
Aaron L. Gilbert
Clint Ramos
Costume Design
Michael Heathcote
"A" Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Caitlin Nobari
Assistant Art Director
Julius LeFlore
Stunt Coordinator
Matt LaBorde
Stunts