Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.
Gabourey Sidibe
Mo'Nique
Paula Patton
Mariah Carey
Lenny Kravitz
Sherri Shepherd
Stephanie Andujar
Chyna Layne
Amina Robinson
Xosha Roquemore
Angelic Zambrana
Aunt Dot
Nealla Gordon
Grace Hightower
Barret Helms
Kimberly Russell
Bill Sage
Susan Taylor
Kendall Toombs
Alexander Toombs
Cory Davis
Rochelle McNaughton
Abigail Savage