Conceiving Ada (1999)

Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?

Cast (56)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Tilda Swinton

Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace

Francesca Faridany

Emmy Coer

Timothy Leary

Sims

Karen Black

Lady Byron / Mother Coer

J

John Perry Barlow

John Crosse

J

John O'Keefe

Charles Babbage

J

J.D. Wolfe

Nicholas Clayton

O

Owen Murphy

William Lovelace

David Brooks

Children's Tutor

E

Esther Mulligan

Mary Shelley

E

Ellen Sebastian

Dr. Fury

Mark Capri

Dr. Locock

J

Joe Wemple

Priest / Talk Show Host

C

Chris von Sneidern

Musician In Elevator

D

David Eppel

Simon

R

R.U. Sirius

Barlow

K

Kashka Peck

Teenage Ada

R

Rose Lockwood

Child Ada / Claire

J

Jesse Talman Boss

Baby Ada

L

Lillian L. Malmberg

Anne Isabelle Byron

C

Cyrus Mare

Ralph Byron

Michael Oosterom

Lord Byron

P

Pollyanna Jacobs

Cocktail Server

R

Roger Shaw

Priest (voice)

B

Bruce Sterling

CD Rom (Voice)

D

Dave Nelson

CD Rom (Voice)

H

Henry S. Rosenthal

CD Rom (Voice)

G

George Leeson

CD Rom (Voice)

M

Melissa Howden

CD Rom (Voice)

J

Josh Rosen

CD Rom (Voice)

Lynn Hershman-Leeson

CD Rom (Voice)

L

Lavay Smith

Club Band: Lead Singer

B

Bing Nathan

Club Band: Upright Bass

C

Chris Siebert

Club Band: Piano

B

Bill Stewart

Club Band: Alto Sax

R

Rosemary Astromsky

club patron

B

Brooke Baggett

club patron

L

Lori Baker

Club Patron

S

Stack Buss

club patron

E

Ellen Sebastian Chang

Club Patron

E

Ethan Hay

Club Patron

G

Geoffrey Herreman

Club Patron

S

Seanne-Marie Jacobsen

club patron

M

Michelle Kopecky

club patron

S

Sharon Leong

club patron

J

Jafer Louahdi

club patron

K

Kenneth Lorber

club patron

M

Melissa Margolis

club patron

P

Phillip Ristaino

Club Patron

K

Kit Robberson

Club Patron

Dawn Robinson

Club Patron

J

Jackie D. Stewart

Club Patron

L

Lena Strayhorn

Club Patron

G

Greg Thomas

Club Patron

T

Tabitha Warren

Club Patron

Charles Pinion

(uncredited)

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