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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018

★6.8106 minDramaCrimeComedy

When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

Director

Marielle Heller

Writer

Nicole Holofcener Jeff Whitty

Score

Stars

Melissa McCarthy Richard E. Grant Dolly Wells

Cast60

Melissa McCarthy
as Lee Israel
Richard E. Grant
as Jack Hock
Dolly Wells
as Anna
Ben Falcone
as Alan Schmidt
Gregory Korostishevsky
as Andrei
Jane Curtin
as Marjorie
Stephen Spinella
as Paul
Christian Navarro
as Kurt
Pun Bandhu
as Agent Doyle
Erik LaRay Harvey
as Agent Solanas
Brandon Scott Jones
as Glen
Shae D'Lyn
as Nell
Rosal Colon
as Rachel
Anna Deavere Smith
as Elaine
Marc Evan Jackson
as Lloyd
Marcella Lowery
as Guest at Party
Roberta Wallach
as Tom Clancy Groupie
Tina Benko
as Karen
Sandy Rosenberg
as Yale Librarian
Kevin Carolan
as Tom Clancy
B
Ben Rauch
as Coat Check Guy
Ethel Fisher
as Mrs. Unger
Chris Lamberth
as Exterminator
Joanna Adler
as Arlene
Mary B. McCann
as Judge
Michael Laurence
as Fenwick
Michael Cyril Creighton
as Harry
Alice Kremelberg
as Server
Moisés Acevedo
as Stationery Clerk
Lucy DeVito
as Gossipy Office Worker
Josh Evans
as Boss in Office
Ricky Garcia
as Security Guard
Charlotte Mary Wen
as Cubicle Worker
Marcus Choi
as Another Cubicle Worker
Justin Vivian Bond
as Lounge Singer
Tim Cummings
as Craig
H
Havilah Brewster
as Toni
Dann Fink
as Male (voice)
Zabryna Guevara
as Female (voice)
Bonita Hamilton
as Female (voice)
D
Dan McCabe
as Male (voice)
S
Sean Oliver
as Male (voice)
L
Lori Prince
as Female (voice)
Armando Riesco
as Male (voice)
S
Sandy Rustin
as Female (voice)
G
George Aloi
as Literary Agent (uncredited)
T
Tiffany Blair
as Lady with Bird (uncredited)
Linwood Brown
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
K
Kevin Cristaldi
as Other Dealer (uncredited)
Barbara Ann Davison
as Bookstore Employee (uncredited)
P
Peter Donovan
as Greg (uncredited)
A
Antoine Drye
as Musician in Bar Scene (uncredited)
Liz Eng
as Lisa (uncredited)
G
George R. Golden
as Bookshop Browser (uncredited)
A
Anne Hollister
as Young Girl at Vet (uncredited)
K
Katie Kocik
as Bookstore Customer (uncredited)
R
Ron Maestri
as Book Store Customer (uncredited)
Doris McCarthy
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Wayne J. Miller
as Pancake Man at Counter (uncredited)
B
Bill Walters
as Homeless Man (uncredited)

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