Queen Sugar
Created by Ava DuVernay
On OWN
A multigenerational family drama rooted in Louisiana's sugarcane country, balancing intimate character work with systemic struggles around race, class, and inheritance.
Two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Essence
Ensemble
Rutina Wesley
Nova Bordelon
Dawn-Lyen Gardner
Charley Bordelon West
Kofi Siriboe
Ralph Angel Bordelon
Nicholas L. Ashe
Micah West
Dondré Whitfield
Remy Newell
Omar J. Dorsey
Hollywood Desonier
Greg Vaughan
Calvin
Tina Lifford
Violet Bordelon
Ethan Hutchison
Blue Bordelon
Bianca Lawson
Darla
Vivien Ngô
Trinh Phan
Ty Doran
Justin
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