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- Natalie Portman
- Ashley Judd
- James Frain
- Stockard Channing
- Joan Cusack
- Dylan Bruno
- Sally Field
- Keith David
Natalie Portman’s star was already on the rise before she starred in Where the Heart Is as pregnant teen Novalee Nation. The previous year, she had her breakout role as Princess Padmé Amidala in the highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Portman would continue to play a prominent role in the trilogy, but not before she tempor...
Actor and humanitarian Ashley Judd was already a bona fide star before Where the Heart Is, acting in crime thrillers like Heat, A Time to Kill, and Double Jeopardy. Post-2000, Judd continued this trend by appearing in High Crimesand Twisted. This wasn’t Judd’s only genre, though, and she would continue to wow with roles in the critically acclaimed ...
Loveable librarian Forney Hull is played by English stage and screen actor James Frain. Over the years, Frain would appear in several films including The Count of Monte Cristo, Tron: Legacy, and The Lone Ranger. The actor also had a role in 2021’s Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, though his part only appears in the extended cut of the film. Fr...
While Stockard Channing was playing Sister Thelma Husband in Where the Heart Is, she was also serving as First Lady Abigail Bartlet in Aaron Sorkin’s political drama The West Wing. In 2002, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a drama series for her role as Bartlet. That same year Channing played struggling mother Judy Shepard in ...
In the same year that Where the Heart Is came out, Joan Cusack — who plays music agent Ruth Meyers—had her own show. What About Joan?followed Cusack as Chicago high school teacher Joan Gallagher; the show lasted for two seasons and was met with mostly negative reviews. Cusack’s next big role came in 2003 when she played high school principal Rosali...
Willy Jack Pickens, Novalee’s baby-daddy and almost country music star, was played in the film by model and actor Dylan Bruno. The actor found some success in TV movies and bit parts in feature films, but his big break came in 2005 when he joined the cast of Numb3rs. As special agent Colby Granger, Bruno stole the audience’s hearts and became a fan...
Following her turn as Novalee’s conniving mother Mama Lil, Sally Field played a much kinder mom to Dr. Abby Lockhart on the popular medical drama ER. After her time on ER, Field produced and led the cast of ABC’s Brothers & Sisters, which won her a Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. Next, Field became the new face of Aunt May to An...
Prolific character actor Keith David plays photographer Moses Whitecotton, the Walmart employee who helps Novalee become a professional photographer herself. David’s career spans several decades and a multitude of genres — before Where the Heart Is, he’d already played major roles in the cult classics The Thing and They Live. His next big role afte...
Where the Heart Is is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Matt Williams and starring Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack with supporting roles by James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, and Sally Field.
Apr 28, 2000 · Where the Heart Is: Directed by Matt Williams. With Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack. A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Matt Williams
- 2000-04-28
Sep 22, 2023 · Though Where the Heart Is wasn't a critical success upon its 2000 release, it remains beloved by many, and its cast continues to find new audiences.
Jerry Wu. Bar Patron. Jason C. Young. Professor. Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter ...
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May 27, 2024 · Where the Heart Is is a 2000 American romantic drama film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Billie Letts. The story revolves around Novalee Nation, a pregnant 17-year-old who is abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in a small Oklahoma town.
