

"Change begins with a whisper."
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.
Skeeter Phelan

Aibileen Clark

Hilly Holbrook

Minny Jackson

Celia Foote

Elizabeth Leefolt

Charlotte Phelan

Jolene French

Mae Mobley
Mae Mobley
Stuart Whitworth

Constantine Jefferson

Johnny Foote

Missus Walters

Robert Phelan

Carlton Phelan

Yule Mae Davis

William Holbrook

Raleigh Leefolt

Pascagoula

Gretchen

Mr. Blackly

Elaine Stein

Rebecca

Pearly
Cora

Callie
Mary Beth Caldwell

Bus Driver

White Bus Passenger
Maid #1
Henry The Waiter

Preacher Green

Rachel

Gracie Higginbotham

Woman in Grocery Store
Maid #2
Donna The Receptionist
Jameso
Missus Walters' Date
Tire Winner @ Ballroom #1
Tire Winner @ Ballroom #2
Party Guest #3
Lead Singer of Band
Sugar Jackson
Bridge Club
Bridge Club
Bridge Club
Bridge Club
Bridge Club
Bridge Club
Bridge Club
Bridge Club
Bus Rider (uncredited)

Bellhop (uncredited)