| | | | 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. |
