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Status
Released
Release
2011
Runtime
1h 27m
Available options inUS
A look at J.K. Rowling from her humble beginnings as an imaginative young girl and awkward teenager, to the loss of her mother and the genesis of the Harry Potter book series.
23 Cast Members
Poppy Montgomery
Joanne Rowling
Emily Holmes
Diane Rowling
Antonio Cupo
Jorge Arantes
Janet Kidder
Anne Rowling
Madison Desjarlais
Seventeen-Year-Old Joanne
Andy Maton
Christopher Little
Aislyn Watson
Eight-Year-Old Joanne
Marie West
Aine
Lisa Norton
Jill
Sarah Desjardins
Thirteen-Year-Old Diane
Patti Allan
Mrs. Morgan
Wesley MacInnes
Sean Harris
Paul McGillion
Pete Rowling
Glynis Davies
Case Worker
Kirsten Slenning
Young Mother
Lauren K. Robek
Manager
Loretta Walsh
Dark-Haired Mother
Eliza Faria
Six-Year-Old Diane
Beatrice King
Receptionist
Evan Bird
Ian Potter
