Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
as Skeeter Phelan
as Aibileen Clark
as Hilly Holbrook
as Minny Jackson
as Celia Foote
as Elizabeth Leefolt
as Charlotte Phelan
as Jolene French
as Mae Mobley
as Mae Mobley
as Stuart Whitworth
as Constantine Jefferson
as Johnny Foote
as Missus Walters
as Robert Phelan
as Carlton Phelan
as Yule Mae Davis
as William Holbrook
as Raleigh Leefolt
as Pascagoula
as Gretchen
as Mr. Blackly
as Elaine Stein
as Rebecca
as Pearly
as Cora
as Callie
as Mary Beth Caldwell
as Bus Driver
as White Bus Passenger
as Maid #1
as Henry The Waiter
as Preacher Green
as Rachel
as Gracie Higginbotham
as Woman in Grocery Store
as Maid #2
as Donna The Receptionist
as Jameso
as Missus Walters' Date
as Tire Winner @ Ballroom #1
as Tire Winner @ Ballroom #2
as Party Guest #3
as Lead Singer of Band
as Sugar Jackson
as Bridge Club
as Bridge Club
as Bridge Club
as Bridge Club
as Bridge Club
as Bridge Club
as Bridge Club
as Bridge Club
as Bus Rider (uncredited)
as Bellhop (uncredited)
