Alex Haley's Queen

Plot

Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.

Cast

Halle Berry

Queen

Ann-Margret

Sally Jackson

Jane Krakowski

Jane

Frances Conroy

Mrs. Benson

Raven-Symoné

Queen

Tim Daly

Col. James Jackson Jr.

Danny Glover

Alec Haley

Paul Winfield

Cap'n Jack

Jasmine Guy

Easter

Christopher Allport

Union Office

Erik King

James McDaniel

Leo Burmester

Henderson

Madge Sinclair

Dora

Linda Hart

Mrs. Henderson