Meryl Streep

as Violet Weston

Julia Roberts

as Barbara Weston

Julianne Nicholson

as Ivy Weston

Juliette Lewis

as Karen Weston

Ewan McGregor

as Bill Fordham

Margo Martindale

as Mattie Fae Aiken

Abigail Breslin

as Jean Fordham

Chris Cooper

as Charlie Aiken