Little Miss Sunshine

A family on the verge of a breakdown

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Greg Kinnear

(Richard Hoover)

Toni Collette

(Sheryl Hoover)

Steve Carell

(Frank Ginsberg)

Paul Dano

(Dwayne Hoover)

Abigail Breslin

Alan Arkin

Bryan Cranston

(Stan Grossman)

Beth Grant

(Nancy Jenkins)

Wallace Langham

Matt Winston

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Marc Turtletaub

Jill Talley

Brenda Canela

(Diner Waitress)

Chuck Loring

(Convience Store Proprietor)

Justin Shilton

Gordon Thomson

(Larry Sugarman)

Steven Christopher Parker

John Walcutt

Paula Newsome

Dean Norris

(State Trooper McCleary)

Lauren Shiohama

(Miss California)

Mary Lynn Rajskub

(Pageant Assistant Pam)

Jerry Giles

(Funeral Home Worker)

Geoff Meed

Joan Scheckel

Mel Rodriguez

(Officer Martinez)

Casandra Ashe

(Girl in Hallway)

Alexandria Alaman

(Pageant Contestant)

Alissa Anderegg

(Pageant Contestant)

Brittany Baird

(Pageant Contestant)

Cambria Baird

(Pageant Contestant)

Brenae Bandy

(Pageant Contestant)

Kristen Holaas

(Pageant Contestant)

Maliah Hudson

(Pageant Contestant)

Destry Jacobs

(Pageant Contestant)

Lindsey Jordan

(Pageant Contestant)

Shane Murphy

(Pageant Contestant)

Annabelle Roberts

(Pageant Contestant)

Sydni Stevenson-Love

(Pageant Contestant)

Nicole Stoehr

(Pageant Contestant)

Lauren Yee

(Pageant Contestant)

Terry Bolo

(Pageant Worker (uncredited))

George W. Bush

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))