"A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master."
Madina Nalwanga
as Phiona Mutesi
David Oyelowo
as Robert Katende
Lupita Nyong'o
as Nakku Harriet
Martin Kabanza
as Mugabi Brian
Taryn "Kay" Kyaze
as Margaret Night Nantongo
Esther Tebandeke
as Sarah Katende
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
as Tendo
Ethan Nazario Lubega
as Mukumbya Benjamin
Nikita Waligwa
as Gloria Nansubuga
Ronald Ssemaganda
as Ivan
Peter Odeke
as Enoch Barumba
Philip Luswata
as Minister Aloysius Kyazze
Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera
as Mrs. Gali
Ivan Jacobo
as Buyinza Richard (young)
Nicolas Levesque
as Buyinza Richard (older)
Babirye Stellah
as Babirye Stellah
Edgar Kanyike
as Joseph
Hope Katende
as Hope Katende
Maurice Kirya
as Theo
Mira Nair
Director
William Wheeler
Screenplay
Moses Bwayo
Boom Operator
Sound Mixer
Linda Cohen
Music Supervisor
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Troy Buder
Executive Producer
Sean Bobbitt
Director of Photography
Dinaz Stafford
Casting
Stephanie Carroll
Production Design
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Producer
Will Weiske
Mobolaji Dawodu
Costume Design
Alex Heffes
Original Music Composer
John B. Carls
Avani Batra
Second Assistant Director
Dan Silver
Unit Production Manager
Atilla Salih Yücer
First Assistant Director
Michael McCue
Tim Crothers
Book
Melanie Harris
Hair Designer
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
Production Manager
Fritz Joubert
Art Direction
Diana Najago
Assistant Hairstylist
Paula Case
Miles Goodall
Additional Photography
Edward Echwalu
Still Photographer
Ali Musoke
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Isabella Asiimwe
Set Designer
Danie du Toit
First Assistant "B" Camera
Connor Schell
Jeanette Scott
Set Decoration
Neville Esterhuizen
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Nadine Prigge
Makeup Designer
Evelyn Gambe
Assistant Makeup Artist
Christopher Damuura
Tumi Poen
Art Department Coordinator
Peter Kasaija
Storyboard Artist
Houston Hadden
First Assistant "A" Camera
Mike Topoozian
Thami Nkosi
Key Hair Stylist
Nikissi Serumaga
Casting Associate
Eniola Dawodu
Assistant Costume Designer
Dominick Tavella
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eliza Paley
Dialogue Editor
Annie Gaudet
Post Production Accountant
Robyn Aronstam
Script Supervisor
Arlo Markantonatos
Property Master
Richard Tugume
Casting Assistant
Bernard Ennu
Picture Car Coordinator
Patricia Olwoch
Production Secretary
John Ashton Thomas
Orchestrator
Cordell McQueen
Stunt Coordinator
Andile Vuyolwethu Pakade
Second Second Assistant Director
Polly Hope
Production Supervisor
Yahya Chavanga
Location Manager
Simon Rankin
Anne Ford
Production Controller
Special Effects Supervisor
Trevanna Post
Third Assistant Director
Nicola Graydon-Harris
Unit Publicist
Blake Leyh
Supervising Sound Editor
Allen Lau
Assistant Sound Editor
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Emerson Nosek
Emmanuel Chonco Sithole
Chief Lighting Technician
Heather Gross
Sound Effects Editor
Kenneth Fletcher
Unit Manager
Colin Lubega
Choreographer
Sound Designer
Gina Alfano
Supervising ADR Editor
Izouna de Vasconcelos
Costume Supervisor
Jade Manuel
Production Coordinator
Nico Louw
Spring Sutter
Production Accountant
Dialect Coach
Abdul Bar Hussein
Jim Bruening
Music Editor
Moses Kibuuka Muwanga
Kelley Cribben
Post Production Supervisor
Ian Holden
Assistant Editor
George A. Lara
Foley Mixer
Byron Tofas
Digital Compositor