Editing Waiting to Exhale (section)

==Cast==
* [[Whitney Houston]] as Savannah "Vannah" Jackson, a successful television producer who, after a few failed relationships, decides to move from [[Denver]], Colorado to Phoenix, Arizona
* [[Angela Bassett]] as Bernadine "Bernie" Harris, a mother of two children, Onika and John, with dreams of starting a catering business shelved by her 11-year marriage to her husband, only for him to drop a bomb: he's divorcing her for his white bookkeeper.
* [[Loretta Devine]] as Gloria "Glo" Matthews, a beauty salon owner & single mother of Tarik
* [[Lela Rochon]] as Robin Stokes, an executive and the long-time [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] of Russell
* [[Gregory Hines]] as Marvin King, Gloria's neighbor with whom she falls in love, decides to move from [[Nevada]] to Phoenix, Arizona
* [[Dennis Haysbert]] as Kenneth Dawkins, Savannah's married lover
* [[Mykelti Williamson]] as Troy, Robin's one-time lover
* [[Michael Beach]] as John Harris Sr., Bernie's husband who leaves her for a white woman
* [[Donald Faison|Donald Adeosun Faison]] as Tarik Matthews, Gloria's teenage son
* [[Leon Robinson]] as Russell, Robin's long-time married lover
* [[Wendell Pierce]] as Michael Davenport, Robin's co-worker and one-night stand
* [[Jeffrey D. Sams]] as Lionel, Savannah's New Year's Eve date
* [[Jazz Raycole]] as Onika Harris, Bernadine & John Sr.'s daughter
* [[Brandon Hammond]] as John Harris Jr., Bernadine & John Sr.'s son
* [[Kenya Moore]] as Denise, Lionel's "friend" who sees Savannah as a rival
* Lamont Johnson as Joseph, hairstylist at Gloria’s salon 
* [[Starletta DuPois]] as "Ma", Savannah's mother who wants her daughter with a man, preferably Kenneth
* [[Kelly Preston]] as Kathleen, John Sr.'s bookkeeper for whom he's leaving his wife Bernadine (uncredited)
* [[Wesley Snipes]] as James Wheeler, a civil rights attorney with whom Bernadine shares an intimate moment (uncredited)
* [[Giancarlo Esposito]] as David Matthews, Gloria's ex-husband and father of Tarik, who comes out as bisexual (uncredited)