Music of the Heart

"She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget."

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

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Meryl Streep

Roberta

Cloris Leachman

Assunta

Henry Dinhofer

Lexi at 5

Michael Angarano

Nick at 7

Robert Ari

Supervisor

Aidan Quinn

Brian

Teddy Coluca

Taxi Driver

Angela Bassett

Janet

Josh Pais

Dennis

Barbara Gonzalez

Janet's Secretary

Jade Yorker

DeSean at 11

Victoria Gómez

Lucy at 10

Justin Pierre Edmund

Bongo Kid

Justin 'DJ' Spaulding

Naeem at 9

Zoe Sternbach-Taubman

Guadalupe at 9

Christopher Lopez

Adam

Ruben Jared Seraballs

James

Lucy Nonas-Barnes

Becky

Rosalyn Coleman

Mrs. Adisa

Kevin Miller

Hall Boy

Hazel Medina

Alice

Gloria Estefan

Isabel

Iraida Polanco

Landlady

Asha Sapp

Tanisha

Betsy Aidem

Mrs. Lamb

Julie Janney

Flight Attendant

Cole Hawkins

Lawrence at 5

Arthur French

Ernie

Edmund Wilkinson

Sheetrock Man

French Napier

Painter

Socorro Santiago

Lucy's Mother

Dominic Walters

Justin

Jean-Luke Figueroa

Ramon

Sam Fox Royston

Leonard

Jane Leeves

Dorothea

Eva Loomis

Vanessa

Melay Araya

Rachel

Charlie Hofheimer

Nick at 17

Kieran Culkin

Lexi at 15

Asease Korankyi

Shandra

Myra Lucretia Taylor

Beverly

Olga Merediz

Ramon's Mother

Christian Berreondo

Ramon's Brother

Leilani Irvin

Myesha

Sophia Guaspari

Rosario

Adam LeFevre

Mr. Klein

Rafael John Alan Hines

Simon

Jordan Ware

Kenny

Amanda Muchnick

Stephanie

Ian Quinlan

Carlos

Naeem Jones

Toussaint

Jay O. Sanders

Dan Paxton

Mateo Gómez

Ramon's Father

Rosalyn Benniman

Woman at Opus Meeting

Leon Addison Brown

Mr. Adams

Arnold Steinhardt

Self

Scott Cumberbatch

Audience Member (uncredited)

Ruth Barrie

Woman Shopper (uncredited)

David Chen

Parent (uncredited)

Gideon Jacobs

Headlock Boy (uncredited)

Emily Johnson

Mother of Student (uncredited)

Gabriella Loutfi

Violin Student (uncredited)

John P. McGinty

Naval Officer (uncredited)

Kirby Mitchell

New York Times Reporter (uncredited)

Sarallen

Old Woman in Tenement Building (uncredited)

Ronald Sylvers

Parent (uncredited)

Crew