Where the Heart Is (2000)

Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.

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, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

Cast (64)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Natalie Portman

Novalee Nation

Ashley Judd

Lexie Coop

Stockard Channing

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Joan Cusack

Ruth Meyers

Sally Field

Mama Lil

James Frain

Forney Hull

Dylan Bruno

Willy Jack Pickens

Keith David

Moses Whitecotten

Ray Prewitt

Tim

L

Laura House

Nicki

Mary Ashleigh Green

Girl in Bathroom

K

Kinna McInroe

Wal-Mart Clerk

L

Linda Wakeman

Hospital Receptionist

David Alvarado

Cellmate

M

Mark Voges

Religious Man

Todd Lowe

Troy

M

Margaret Hoard

Mary Elizabeth Hull

Rodger Boyce

Officer Harry

G

Gabriel Folse

Policeman #2

S

Sue McCormick

Cake Supplier

K

Karey Green

Rhonda

L

Laura Auldridge

Wal-Mart Assistant Manager

A

Alicia Godwin

Jolene

Dennis Letts

Sheriff

Richard Andrew Jones

Mr. Sprock

K

Kathryn Esquivel

Mrs. Ortiz

M

Mark Mathis

Reporter

J.D. Evermore

Orderly

A

Angee Hughes

Religious Woman

M

Mackenzie Fitzgerald

Americus Nation

N

Nataly Peña

Angela Ortiz

Y

Yvette Diaz

Rosanna Ortiz

T

T.J. McFarland

Ray

R

Richard Nance

Johnny DeSoto

T

Tony Mann

M.C. of Banquet

John Swasey

Jerry

Scarlett McAlister

Kitty

K

Kylie Harmon

Praline

Cody Linley

Brownie

B

Bob Coonrod

Ernie

Heather Kafka

Delphia

A

Angelina Fiordellisi

Nurse

Cheyenne Rushing

Co-Ed

D

Deborah Abbott

Bar Girl

A

Alecia Batson

Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street

S

Stacy Bellew

Wal-Mart Girl

J

Jeff Cooper

Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian

Rebecca Davis

Photo Finalist

L

Lisa Del Dotto

Wedding Guest

Jeremy Denzlinger

Reporter

D

Dan Eggleston

Truck Driver

A

Adrian Garza

Young Brownie

Jim Henry

Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)

M

Molly Howe

Lynne (uncredited)

K

K. Todd Lytle

Customer at Gas Station

E

Erica Mincks

Miss Sequoyah

T

Trevor Doyle Nelson

Partygoer

B

Bobby Shue

Wal-Mart Customer

Cassandra L. Small

Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest

Russell Towery

Bass Player

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