Danny Glover (Albert)
Whoopi Goldberg (Celie)
Margaret Avery (Shug Avery)
Oprah Winfrey (Sofia)
Willard E. Pugh (Harpo)
Howard Starr (Young Harpo)
Maurice Moore (Child)
Marcus Liles (Boo)
Lechanda Lathrap (Child)
Margaret Freeman (Odessa)
Lillian Njoki Distefano (Young Tashi)
Marcus Covington (Boy)
April Myers (Emma)
Daphaine Oliver (Young Olivia)
Juliet Poe (Church Sister)
Katie Simon (Church Sister)
Ethel Taylor (Church Sister)
David Thomas (Road Gang Leader)
Reuben Cannon
Clarence Avant (African Musician)
Arnold Turner (Jook Joint Patron)
Donna Buie (Daisy)
John Hart (Mailman)
Carl Anderson (Reverend Samuel)
Drew Bundi Brown (Jook Joint Patron)
Rae Dawn Chong (Squeak)
Laurence Fishburne (Swain)
Bennet Guillory (Grady)
Hawthorne James (Jook Joint Patron)
Leonard Jackson (Pa)
Jadili Johnson (Young Adam)
Peto Kinsaka (Adam)
Lelo Masamba (Olivia)
James Tillis (Buster)
Phillip Strong (Mayor)
Job Seda
Leon Rippy (Store Clerk)
Jeris Poindexter (Jook Joint Patron)
John Patton, Jr. (Preacher)
Carrie Murray (Loretta)
Susan Beaubian (Corrine)
Dana Ivey (Miss Millie)
Akosua Busia (Nettie)
Desreta Jackson (Young Celie)
Adolph Caesar (Old Mister)