Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
Sophie Nélisse
as Gilly Hopkins
Kathy Bates
as Maime Trotter
Glenn Close
as Nonnie Hopkins
Bill Cobbs
as Mr Randolph
Octavia Spencer
as Miss Harris
Julia Stiles
as Courtney Rutherford Hopkins
Clare Foley
as Agnes
Billy Magnussen
as Ellis
Zachary Hernandez
as W.E.
Sammy Pignalosa
as Rajeem
Toby Turner
as Ticket Agent
Richard Topol
as Principal Evans