
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, and 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.
Claireece "Precious" Jones

Mary Lee Johnston

Blu Rain

Mrs. Weiss

John McFadden

Lisa Cornrows

Rita Romero

Rhonda Patrice Johnson

Jermaine

Joann

Consuelo

Tootsie
Mrs. Lichtenstien

Social Worker
Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell)
Katherine

Mr. Wicher

Fairy Godmother
Abdul, New Born
Abdul, New Born
Abdul, 9 Months
AIDS Clerk
Bunny

Administrator Harris (uncredited)
