
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

Novalee Nation

Lexie Coop

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Ruth Meyers

Mama Lil

Forney Hull

Willy Jack Pickens

Moses Whitecotten

Tim
Nicki

Girl in Bathroom
Wal-Mart Clerk
Hospital Receptionist

Cellmate
Religious Man

Troy
Mary Elizabeth Hull

Officer Harry
Policeman #2
Cake Supplier
Rhonda
Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
Jolene

Sheriff

Mr. Sprock
Mrs. Ortiz
Reporter

Orderly
Religious Woman
Americus Nation
Angela Ortiz
Rosanna Ortiz
Ray
Johnny DeSoto
M.C. of Banquet

Jerry

Kitty
Praline

Brownie
Ernie

Delphia
Nurse

Co-Ed
Bar Girl
Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street
Wal-Mart Girl
Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian

Photo Finalist
Wedding Guest

Reporter
Truck Driver
Young Brownie

Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)
Lynne (uncredited)
Customer at Gas Station
Miss Sequoyah
Partygoer
Wal-Mart Customer

Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest

Bass Player

Wal-Mart Employee

Hospital Visitor
Bar Patron
Professor