Patti Cake$ (2017)
Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
Top billed cast
Danielle MacdonaldPatricia Dombrowski
Bridget EverettBarb Dombrowski
Siddharth DhananjayJheri
Mamoudou AthieBasterd
Cathy MoriartyNana
McCaul LombardiDanny
Patrick BranaSlaz
Wass StevensNickel
Adam ScarimboloPony
John SharianLou
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