Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker
Rubén Blades as Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
David Dukes as Jo Boullion
Louis Gossett Jr. as Sidney Williams
Craig T. Nelson as Walter Winchell
Kene Holliday as Sidney Bechet
Vivian Bonnell as Josephine's Mother
Mayah McCoy as Josephine -Age 8
Ainslie Currie as Josephine - Age 13
Pierre Magny as Poul Colin
Franco Britt as Victor (
George Faison as Emcee in Harlem Club
Robert Lesser as Copa City Manager
Luis Reyes as Josephine's Father
Vivienne Eytle as Josephine's Sister