Kathy Bates

as Dolores Claiborne

Jennifer Jason Leigh

as Selena St. George

Judy Parfitt

as Vera Donovan

Christopher Plummer

as John Mackey

David Strathairn

as Joe St. George

Eric Bogosian

as Peter

John C. Reilly

as Const. Frank Stamshaw

Ellen Muth

as Young Selena