Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.
as Claireece "Precious" Jones
as Mary Lee Johnston
as Blu Rain
as Mrs. Weiss
as John McFadden
as Lisa Cornrows
as Rita Romero
as Rhonda Patrice Johnson
as Jermaine
as Joann
as Consuelo
as Tootsie
as Mrs. Lichtenstien
as Social Worker
as Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell)
as Katherine
as Mr. Wicher
as Fairy Godmother
as Abdul, New Born
as Abdul, New Born
as Abdul, 9 Months
as AIDS Clerk
as Bunny