Sweet Home Alabama (film) - Cast

Cast

• Reese Witherspoon as Melanie "Carmichael" Smooter Perry. She grew up in Greensville, Alabama and moved to New York City to follow her dreams. She is a fashion designer. She is engaged to Andrew Hennings. She is confident and driven to succeed. Her past is holding her back from moving on with her present life.
• Josh Lucas as Jake Perry. Perry is married to Melanie Carmichael who has been is best friend since childhood. He lives in Greensville, Alabama. Perry is in known in town for making glass out of lightning and sand. His best friend is Bobby Ray. Perry wants Melanie to be happy.
• Patrick Dempsey as Andrew Hennings. Hennings is the son of Mayor Kate Hennings of New York. He is engaged to Melanie Carmichael. Dempsey is a democrat. He lives in New York.
• Candice Bergen as Mayor Kate Hennings. Hennings is the mayor of New York. Hennings is the mother of Andrew Hennings. She is wary of Andrew and Melanie’s relationship. She is an overprotective mother.
• Mary Kay Place as Pearl Smooter. Smooter is the mother of Melanie Carmichael. She is happily married to Earl Smooter. She lives in Greensville, Alabama. Smooter does not want Melanie to be anything like her; she wants Melanie to do bigger things with her life.
• Fred Ward as Earl Smooter. Smooter is Melanie Carmichael’s father. Smooter lives in Greensville, Alabama. He enjoys participating in reenactments of the Civil War. He is happily married to Pearl Smooter.
• Jean Smart as Stella Kay Perry. Perry is the mother of Jake, Melanie Carmichael’s husband. Perry works at the county bar. Perry respects Melanie and wants what is best for both her and Jake.
• Ethan Embry as Bobby Ray. Bobby Ray is one of Melanie Carmichael’s childhood friends. He helps out on the Carmichael Plantation. Bobby Ray is accused of being a homosexual. He is a good friend to Jake Perry.
• Melanie Lynskey as Lurlynn. Lurlynn lives in Greensville, Alabama and is a childhood acquaintance to Melanie Carmichael. Lurlynn is married to Clinton. Lurlynn informs Carmichael that Jake Perry went to visit her in New York but realized he needed to make something of himself before he won her back.
• Courtney Gains as Sheriff Wade. Wade is a childhood friend of Melanie Carmichael. Carmichael and Wade were known to find trouble together when they were younger. Wade is good friends to Jake Perry and Bobby Ray. Wade is now the sheriff in Greensville and is married to Dorothea.
• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Dorothea. Dorothea is from Greensville, Alabama and a childhood acquaintance to Melanie Carmichael. When Carmichael returns to Greensville she stops in at the bank and sees Dorothea as a bank teller. Dorthea lost over a hundred pounds since the last time Carmichael had seen her. Dorothea is married to Sheriff Wade.
• Rhona Mitra as Tabatha Wadmore-Smith. Wadmore-Smith is one of Melanie Carmichael’s best friends. She serves as a loyal friend and a support system to Carmichael. Wadmore-Smith is a model for Carmichael’s fashion show.
• Nathan Lee Graham as Frederick Montana. Montana is one of Melanie Carmichael’s best friends. He acts as her support system when things go wrong. Montana is a fashion designer and friendly competition to Carmichael.
• Kevin Sussman as Barry Lowenstein. Lowenstein is the assistant to the major of New York, Kate Hennings. Hennings instructs Lowenstein to go under cover as a reporter and find out information on Melanie Carmichael’s past in Alabama. Lowenstein heads to Greenville and reports back to Hennings throughout the film.
• Thomas Curtis as Young Jake. Curtis was eleven years old while filming this movie.
• Dakota Fanning as Young Melanie. Fanning was eight years old while filming this movie.