| George |
Anderson | Greg's twin brother |
| Stell |
Artie | Neighbor |
| Nasreen |
Auntie | Yasmin's sister |
| Patrick |
Bennett | Paul's gay brother |
| Paul |
Bennett | Regina's husband |
| Regina |
Bennett | Ali's new client |
| Candace |
Brickman | Sam's graduate student |
| Jenny |
Burns | Journalist at The Plain Dealer |
| Timothy |
Collins | Boy who bullied Ali |
| Frances |
Dowd | Department secretary |
| Annie |
Fitzgerald | Colleague of Annie |
| Ramon |
Garcia | Landscaper hired by Sam |
| Bill |
Giles | One of Ali's clients |
| Dick |
Hamilton | Priscilla's husband |
| Priscilla |
Hamilton | Ali's client |
| Mrs. |
Harris | Ali's childhood neighbor |
| Mike |
Herrington | Detective in charge |
| Bob |
Jones | Witness |
| Betsy |
Lambert | Ali's ex-girlfriend |
| Miss |
Linner | Ali's third-grade teacher |
| Trayvon |
Martin | American teenager whose death gained national attention |
| Aliya |
Mirza | Sam's Muslim wife. Aka: Ali |
| Irfan |
Mirza | Ali's father. Aka: Abba |
| Bob |
Myers | Gina's husband |
| Dr. |
Myers | One of Sam's colleagues |
| Gina |
Myers | Sam's colleague |
| Emily |
O'Malley | Sam's mother |
| Joe |
O'Malley | Sam's father |
| Samantha |
O'Malley | Aliya's white wife; missing. Aka: Sam |
| Walter |
Pinter | Deputy sheriff |
| Tamir |
Rice | American child whose shooting gained national attention |
| Michael |
Salinger | Sam's doctor |
| Sara |
Salinger | Dr. Salinger's wife |
| Brian |
Woods | Patrol officer |
| Dr. |
Yates | Sam's therapist |
| Sara |
Yates | Sam's therapist |
| Andy |
| Ali's deceased brother |
| Brian |
| George's boss |
| Carol |
| One of Ali's former neighbors |
| Claudio |
| Tatyana's husband |
| Eric |
| Carol's troubled grandson |
| Fatima |
| Yasmin's younger sister |
| Gin Blossom |
| Cat of Sam and Ali |
| Greg |
| Sam's captor who pretended to be George |
| Hussain |
| Ali's former family chef |
| Jan |
| Girl Sam is jealous of |
| Jeff |
| George's co-worker |
| John |
| Tatyana's colleague |
| Joseph |
| Kabir's lover |
| Julie |
| Nate's new girlfriend |
| Kabir |
| Yasmin's younger son |
| Kusum |
| Nasreen's maid |
| Lucy |
| Sam's former friend and neighbor |
| Maureen |
| Close friend of Sam and Ali. Aka: Mo |
| Mumtaz |
| Kabir's fiancée |
| Nathan |
| Sam's close friend |
| Sally |
| Close friend of Sam and Ali |
| Tasneem |
| Ali's church friend |
| Tatyana |
| Bakery owner |
| Tony |
| Sally's husband |
| Vickie |
| Sam's hairdresser |
| Vikas |
| Abba's deputy |
| Yasmin |
| Ali's stepmother |
