Music of the Heart (1999)

She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

Cast (96)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Meryl Streep

Roberta

Aidan Quinn

Brian

Angela Bassett

Janet

Gloria Estefan

Isabel

Cloris Leachman

Assunta

Josh Pais

Dennis

Jane Leeves

Dorothea

Kieran Culkin

Lexi at 15

Charlie Hofheimer

Nick at 17

Jay O. Sanders

Dan Paxton

H

Henry Dinhofer

Lexi at 5

Michael Angarano

Nick at 7

R

Robert Ari

Supervisor

Teddy Coluca

Taxi Driver

B

Barbara Gonzalez

Janet's Secretary

Jade Yorker

DeSean at 11

V

Victoria Gómez

Lucy at 10

Justin Pierre Edmund

Bongo Kid

J

Justin 'DJ' Spaulding

Naeem at 9

Z

Zoe Sternbach-Taubman

Guadalupe at 9

C

Christopher Lopez

Adam

R

Ruben Jared Seraballs

James

L

Lucy Nonas-Barnes

Becky

Rosalyn Coleman

Mrs. Adisa

K

Kevin Miller

Hall Boy

Hazel Medina

Alice

I

Iraida Polanco

Landlady

A

Asha Sapp

Tanisha

Betsy Aidem

Mrs. Lamb

Julie Janney

Flight Attendant

Cole Hawkins

Lawrence at 5

Arthur French

Ernie

Edmund Wilkinson

Sheetrock Man

F

French Napier

Painter

Socorro Santiago

Lucy's Mother

D

Dominic Walters

Justin

Jean-Luke Figueroa

Ramon

S

Sam Fox Royston

Leonard

E

Eva Loomis

Vanessa

M

Melay Araya

Rachel

A

Asease Korankyi

Shandra

Myra Lucretia Taylor

Beverly

Olga Merediz

Ramon's Mother

C

Christian Berreondo

Ramon's Brother

L

Leilani Irvin

Myesha

S

Sophia Guaspari

Rosario

Adam LeFevre

Mr. Klein

R

Rafael John Alan Hines

Simon

J

Jordan Ware

Kenny

A

Amanda Muchnick

Stephanie

Ian Quinlan

Carlos

N

Naeem Jones

Toussaint

Mateo Gómez

Ramon's Father

R

Rosalyn Benniman

Woman at Opus Meeting

Leon Addison Brown

Mr. Adams

A

Arnold Steinhardt

Self

Scott Cumberbatch

Lawrence at 15

M

Majid R. Khaliq

Naeem Adisa at 19

M

Molly Gia Foresta

Guadalupe at 19

C

Cristina Gómez

Lucy at 20

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