| | | Paris, July 1942 |
| Rywka | Starzynski | Sarah's mother. Aka: Maman. |
| Sarah | Starzynski | One of the protagonists. Aka: The girl, Sirka. |
| | | Paris, May 2002 |
| Zoe | Tezac | Bertrand and Julia's daughter. |
| Marcelle | | Bertrand's grandmother. Aka: Mame. |
| Antoine | | Bertrand's business associate. |
| Julia | Jarmond | One of the protagonists. Bertrand's wife. |
| Joshua | | Julia's boss. |
| Minette | | Mame's last pet. |
| Charla | Jarmond | Julia's sister. |
| Daniel | | Sarah's bully schoolmate. |
| Suzanne | | The concierge's baby. |
| Collette | Tezac | Bertrand's mother. |
| Edouard | Tezac | Bertrand's father. |
| Leon | | Sarah's schoolmate. |
| Bamber | | The photo director. Julia's workmate. |
| Alessandra | | The features editor. Julia's workmate. |
| Franck | Levy | The creator of the biggest association to help Jewish people. |
| Evan | Frost | Julia's crush when she was young. |
| Sean | Jarmond | Julia's father. An MIT professor. |
| Heather | C. Jarmond | Julia's mother. An ex-tennis champion from Miami. |
| Katy | Lacy | Julia's best friend. |
| Miss | Sebold | Julia's 5th grade teacher. |
| Herve | | Julia's gay friend. |
| Christophe | | Juilia's gay friend. |
| Holy | | Julia's true friend. An American Expat. |
| Susannah | | Julia's true friend. An American Expat. |
| Jan | | Julia's true friend. An American Expat. |
| Isabelle | | Julia's french friend. |
| Armelle | | Maman's bestfriend. |
| Dixsaut | | Sarah's professor. |
| Evan | | Maman's neighbor. |
| Guillame | | A man who works at advertising. Julia's new friend. |
| Jacques | Chirac | A former French President. |
| Daniel | | The boy who bullied Armelle. |
| Henry | | Julia's ex-boyfriend. |
| Galled | | Julia's former lover. |
| Laure | Tezac | Bertrand's sister. |
| Cecile | | Bertrand's sister. |
| Thierry | | Laure's fiancé. |
| Xavier | | A newspaper vendor. |
| Veronique | | One of the staff at Mame's nursing home. |
| Andre | Tezac | Mame's late husband. Bertrand's grandfather. |
| Madame | Royer | The concierge. |
| Rachel | | Sarah's friend from interment camp. |
| Drancy | | Julia's workmate. |
| Mathilde | | Isabelle's daughter. |
| Elsa | | Zoe's babysitter. |
| Amelie | | Bertrand's ex-girlfriend. |
| Genevieve | Dufaure | Jules's wife. |
| Jules | Dufaure | Farmer who helps and hides Sarah and Rachel from the police. |
| Arnaud | | Cecile and Laure's son. |
| Louis | | Cecile and Laure's son. |
| Michel | Starzynski | Sarah's 4-year-old brother. |
| Wladyslaw | Starzynski | Sarah's father. |
| Menetzky | | The curator of Drancy Memorial Stadium. |
| Ben | | Charla's ex-husband. |
| Barry | | Charla's new husband. |
| Stephanie | Dufaure | Sarah's fake identity. |
| Gaspard | Dufaure | Genevieve and Jules's grandson. |
| Nicolas | Dufaure | Genevieve and Jules's grandson. |
| Alain | Dufaure | Genevieve and Jules's son. |
| Nathalie | Dufaure | Gaspard's granddaughter. |
| Richard | J. Rainsferd | Sarah's husband. |
| Tina | | Charla's assistant. |
| Ornella | Harris | Richard and Mara's daughter. William's half-sister. |
| Lorenzo | | Ornella's uncle. |
| Mildred | | Richard's nurse. |
| Eric | Harris | Ornella's husband. |
| William | Rainsferd | Sarah and Richard's son. Ornella's half-brother. |
| Mara | Rainsferd | Richard's 2nd wife. |
| Francesca | Rainsferd | William's wife. |
| Sarah | | Julia's 2nd daughter. |
| Neil | | Julia's boyfriend. |