Rebecca Skloot wrote a book featuring a woman whose cervical cancer cells were named what?
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (film) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a drama television film directed by George C. Wolfe and starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne. It is based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Skloot and documents the story of Henrietta Lacks, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in the 1950s, and whose cancer cells (later known as HeLa) would change the course of cancer treatment. The film premiered on HBO on April 22, 2017.
Rebecca Lenkiewicz Rebecca Lenkiewicz (born 1968) is a British playwright. She is best known as the author of "Her Naked Skin" (2008), which was the first original play written by a living female playwright to be performed on the Olivier stage of the Royal National Theatre.