Meryl Streep

Karen Silkwood

Kurt Russell

Drew Stephens

Cher

Dolly Pelliker

Craig T. Nelson

Winston

Fred Ward

Morgan

Diana Scarwid

Angela

Ron Silver

Paul Stone

Charles Hallahan

Earl Lapin

Josef Sommer

Max Richter

Sudie Bond

Thelma Rice

Henderson Forsythe

Quincy Bissell

E. Katherine Kerr

Gilda Schultz

Bruce McGill

Mace Hurley

David Strathairn

Wesley

J.C. Quinn

Curtis Schultz

Kent Broadhurst

Carl

Richard Hamilton

Georgie

Les Lannom

Jimmy

M. Emmet Walsh

Walt Yarborough

Graham Jarvis

Doctor at Union Meeting

James Rebhorn

Los Alamos Doctor

Bill Cobbs

Man in Lunchroom

Ray Baker

Pete Dawson

Will Patton

Joe

Tom Stovall

3rd Los Alamos Doctor

Drew Stephens

Waiter (uncredited)

Tess Harper

Linda Dawson

Anthony Heald

2nd Doctor at Union Meeting

Gary Grubbs

Randy Fox

Mike Nichols

Director

Sam O'Steen

Editor

Nora Ephron

Screenplay

Patrizia von Brandenstein

Production Design

Mike Nichols

Producer

Buzz Hirsch

Executive Producer

Miroslav Ondříček

Director of Photography

Michael Hausman

Producer

Georges Delerue

Original Music Composer

Alice Arlen

Screenplay

Larry Cano

Executive Producer

Mary Goldberg

Casting

Ann Roth

Costume Design

Dick Warlock

Stunt Double

Gary Paul

Stunt Coordinator

Randy Fife

Stunts

Joel Tuber

Associate Producer

Tom Stovall

Associate Producer

Michael Hausman

First Assistant Director

Russ Goble

Property Master

Joel Tuber

Second Assistant Director

Derek R. Hill

Set Decoration

Pam Hausman

Assistant Production Design

Tom Priestley Jr.

Camera Operator

Richard Brick

Production Manager

Dennis W. Peeples

Set Decoration

Herb Jellinek

Executive In Charge Of Production

Ken Walker

Assistant Property Master

John Dapper

Assistant Art Director

Tom Fleischman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer