Oprah Winfrey to star in HBOs Henrietta Lacks movie
Published 9:08 am Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Oprah Winfrey is expanding her participation in HBO’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to an on-screen role.
Winfrey will star in the movie that she’s been shepherding as an executive producer.
The film, based on a nonfiction book of the same name, details the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cancerous cells became the source of medical breakthroughs. It will be told from the perspective of Lacks’ daughter, to be played by Winfrey. An air date has yet to be announced.
Associated Press
