- Kieu Chinh - Suyuan Woo
- Tsai Chin - Lindo Jong
- France Nuyen - Ying-Ying St. Clair
- Lisa Lu - An-Mei Hsu
- Ming-Na - Jing-Mei 'June' Woo (as Ming-Na Wen)
- Tamlyn Tomita - Waverly Jong
- Lauren Tom - Lena St. Clair
- Rosalind Chao - Rose Hsu Jordan
- Michael Paul Chan - Harold, Lena's Husband
- Andrew McCarthy - Ted Jordan
- Christopher Rich - Rich
- Russell Wong - Lin Xiao
- Vivian Wu - An-Mei's Mother
- Chao-Li Chi - Canning Woo
- Melanie Chang - June (Age 9)
- Victor Wong - Old Chong the Piano Teacher
- Lisa Connolly - Singing Girl
- Vu Mai - Waverly (Age 6-9)
- Irene Ng - Lindo (Adolescent)
- Ying Wu - Lindo (Age 4)
- Mei Juan Xi - Lindo's Mother
Choose one of the following topics and type a five paragraph essay
1. Choose one character and compare your life to hers
2. What are you worth and why?
3. How are the four older women different. Explain
5. How are the four older women the same. Explain