The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Liya Kebede
as Waris Dirie
Sally Hawkins
as Marylin
Craig Parkinson
as Neil
Meera Syal
as Pushpa Patel
Anthony Mackie
as Harold Jackson
Juliet Stevenson
as Lucinda
Timothy Spall
as Terry Donaldson
Lucrezia Phantazia
as Girl in Boardinghouse
Soraya Omar-Scego
as Young Waris
Anna Hilgedieck
as Girl in Shower
Matthew Alexander Kaufman
as Fastfood Manager
Prashant Prabhakar
as Kami