Natalie Portman

as Novalee Nation

Ashley Judd

as Lexie Coop

Stockard Channing

as Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Joan Cusack

as Ruth Meyers

Sally Field

as Mama Lil

James Frain

as Forney Hull

Dylan Bruno

as Willy Jack Pickens

Keith David

as Moses Whitecotten