

28/04/2006
Akeelah tem apenas 11 anos, mas um incrível talento com as palavras. Admirado com esse dom, o diretor de sua escola a inscreve num concurso regional de soletração e faz com que ela seja treinada por um professor com PhD em literatura, Dr. Larabee. Enfrentando a objeção de sua mãe, o ciúme de sua melhor amiga, as diferenças sociais e as dificuldades no relacionamento com o professor, Akeelah vai passando por todas as etapas do concurso, até ser classificada para a grande prova de fogo de sua vida - a final nacional em Washington.

Keke Palmer
as Akeelah Anderson

Laurence Fishburne
as Dr. Larabee

Angela Bassett
as Tanya Anderson

Curtis Armstrong
as Mr. Welch

J.R. Villarreal
as Javier

Sean Michael Afable
as Dylan Chiu

Sahara Garey
as Georgia

Lee Thompson Young
as Devon

Julito McCullum
as Terrence

Erica Hubbard
as Kiana

Eddie Steeples
as Derrick-T

Dalia Phillips
as Ms. Cross

Tzi Ma
as Mr. Chiu

Jeris Poindexter
as Steve

Sara Niemietz
as Polly

George Hornedo
as Roman

Craig Wasson
as Ted Saunders

Jeff Marlow
as District Judge

Lee Garlington
as Regional Judge

Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
as Herself

Sidney Ganis
as Regional Pronouncer

Austin Herrera Davis
as Cheating Boy

Janet Borrus
as Cheating Boy's Mom

Wolfgang Bodison
as Akeelah's Father

Bonita Friedericy
as Volunteer

Lauren Sánchez Bezos
as Reporter

Fay Hauser
as Woman on TV

Jack Ong
as Korean Grocer

Neil Soni
as Rajeev Subramonian

Tinashe
as Cissi
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