11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
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Keke Palmer as Akeelah Anderson
Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett as Tanya Anderson
Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Welch
J.R. Villarreal as Javier
Sean Michael Afable as Dylan Chiu
Sahara Garey as Georgia
Lee Thompson Young as Devon
Julito McCullum as Terrence
Erica Hubbard as Kiana
Eddie Steeples as Derrick-T
Dalia Phillips as Ms. Cross
Tzi Ma as Mr. Chiu
Jeris Poindexter as Steve
Sara Niemietz as Polly
George Hornedo as Roman
Craig Wasson as Ted Saunders
Jeff Marlow as District Judge
Lee Garlington as Regional Judge
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon as Herself
Sidney Ganis as Regional Pronouncer
Austin Herrera Davis as Cheating Boy
Janet Borrus as Cheating Boy's Mom
Wolfgang Bodison as Akeelah's Father
Bonita Friedericy as Volunteer
Lauren Sánchez as Reporter
Fay Hauser as Woman on TV
Jack Ong as Korean Grocer
Neil Soni as Rajeev Subramonian
Tinashe as Cissi
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