Jena Malone

as Ellen Foster

Julie Harris

as Leonora Nelson

Ted Levine

as Bill Hammond

Glynnis O'Connor

as Charlotte Nelson Hammond

Debra Monk

as Aunt Nadine

Barbara Garrick

as Aunt Betsy

Kate Burton

as Abigail Montford

Željko Ivanek

as Educational Psychologist

Lynne Moody

as Mrs. Douglas

John Erman

Director