Hidden Figures Cast: Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder wrote and directed the 2016 American biographical drama, Hidden Figures. It is partially inspired by Margot Lee Shetterly’s 2016 nonfiction book about African American women who worked in mathematics at NASA during the Space Race.
Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell are among the actors who appear in the movie.
In Atlanta, Georgia, principal photography commenced in March 2016 and was completed in May 2016. Several places in Georgia, including East Point, Canton, Monroe, Columbus, and Madison, were used for filming.
20th Century Fox released Hidden Figures in select theaters on December 25, 2016, and on January 6, 2017, it was made widely available throughout North America. It was well received by critics, who praised the writing, direction, cinematography, emotional tone, historical accuracy, and performances, especially those of Henson and Spencer.
However, some people claimed it had a white savior theme. In contrast to its $25 million production budget, the movie made $236 million worldwide. According to Deadline Hollywood, it was one of the most successful movies released in 2016 and generated a net profit of $95.5 million.
The movie was named one of the best 10 movies of 2016 by the National Board of Review and won numerous accolades and nominations, including three at the 89th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Additionally, it was recognized with the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast Performance in Motion Picture. Similarly, we can now see individuals looking for Hidden Figures Cast.
Hidden Figures Cast
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- Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Goble Johnson, mathematician
- Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan, mathematician, and supervisor
- Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson, mathematician, and engineer
- Kevin Costner as Al Harrison, director of the Space Task Group (STG)
- Kirsten Dunst as Vivian Mitchell, supervisor
- Jim Parsons as Paul Stafford, head engineer in STG
- Mahershala Ali as Jim Johnson, a military officer who romances and eventually marries Katherine
- Aldis Hodge as Levi Jackson
- Glen Powell as John Glenn, astronaut
- Kimberly Quinn as Ruth
- Olek Krupa as Karl Zielinski, engineer (a fictionalized version of Kazimierz Czarnecki who encourages Mary Jackson)
- Saniyya Sidney as Constance Johnson
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What Is Its Storyline?
Along with Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson was employed in 1961 at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. They are all African-American ladies, separated by sex and race in the group.
Given Katherine’s aptitude for analytical geometry, Katherine’s white boss Vivian Mitchell gives her the task of helping Al Harrison’s Space Task Group. She joins the staff as the first Black woman; chief engineer Paul Stafford is particularly disdainful.
Mary is given a job on the space capsule’s heat shield crew, where she spots a problem immediately. Karl Zielinski, the Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor who leads Mary’s team, encourages her to apply for a job as a NASA engineer.
Mitchell informs her that even though she has a degree in mathematics and physical science, the post calls for further coursework. Despite her husband’s objections, Mary petitioned for admission to the all-white Hampton High School. When arguing her case in court, she persuades the local judge to grant her permission to attend night classes by appealing to his appreciation of history.
When Katherine meets Lt. Col. Jim Johnson of the African-American National Guard, he doubts women’s mathematical prowess. Later, he offers his regrets and starts hanging out with Katherine and her three daughters.
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When the Mercury 7 crew arrives in Langley, John Glenn makes a special effort to welcome the West Area women. As pressure to launch American astronauts into space rises in response to the Soviet Union’s successful launch of Yuri Gagarin, Katherine astounds Harrison by resolving a challenging mathematical equation from censored information.
Harrison questions Katherine about her “breaks,” not realizing that she must go 800 meters (half a mile) to the closest restroom. In response to her angry explanation of the prejudice she encounters at work, Harrison takes down the sign for the “Colored Bathroom” and ends bathroom segregation.
He permits Katherine to attend high-level conferences to determine the spacecraft’s re-entry spot. Katherine is forced to erase her name from reports by Stafford, who claims that “computers” cannot write them. Stafford is the only person given credit for Katherine’s work.
When Mitchell tells Dorothy that there are no plans to designate a “permanent supervisor for the colored group,” Dorothy finds out that NASA has a 7090 IBM electronic computer installed that threatens human computers by replacing them.
After being reprimanded by a librarian for browsing the whites-only section, Dorothy borrows a book on Fortran and teaches herself and her West Area coworkers how to program.
She goes to the computer room, starts the machine, and gets promoted to oversee the Programming Department; she agrees to do so in exchange for transferring thirty of her coworkers. Finally, Mitchell refers to her as “Mrs. Vaughan.”
