| 1 | Kait | Whittier | Columnist for Woman's Life magazine. |
| | Carmen | Smith | Former model. The magazine's beauty editor. |
| | Tom | | Kait's oldest child. Aka: Tommy. |
| | Stephanie | | Kait's youngest child. Aka: Steph. |
| | Maribeth | | Tom's wife. |
| | Candace | | Kait's second child. Aka: Candy. |
| | Frank | | Stephanie's boyfriend. |
| | Scott | Lindsay | Kait's first husband. |
| | Adrian | | Kait's second husband. |
| | Constance | Whittier | Kait's grandmother. |
| | Honor | | Kait's father. |
| | Nadine | Norris | Constance's older daughter's pen name. |
| 2 | Hank | Starr | Maribeth's father. |
| | Meredith | | One of Kait's grandchildren. Aka: Merrie. |
| | Lucie Anne | | One of Kait's grandchildren. |
| 3 | Jessica | Hartley | Worked for a rival magazine. |
| | Sam | | Jessica's husband. |
| | Zack | Winter | TV producer. Sam's roommate in college. |
| | | | Bible - Synopsis used to tell the basic story of a TV show. |
| 4 | Anne | | Lead character in Kait's bible. |
| | Hannabel | | Anne's mother. |
| | Bill | | Anne's oldest son. |
| | Maggie | | Anne's second child. |
| | Loch | | Anne's husband. |
| | Greg | | Anne's younger son. |
| | Chrystal | | Anne's youngest child. |
| | | | WASP - Women Airforce Service Pilots. |
| | Jacqueline | Cochran | Director and founder of the WASPs. |
| | Johnny | West | Young pilot. |
| 6 | Maeve | O'Hara | Award winning actress. |
| | Ian | Miller | Actor turned director. Maeve's husband. |
| | Tamra | | One of Maeve's daughters. |
| | Thalia | | One of Maeve's daughters. |
| | Agnes | White | Reccomended to play Hannabel's part. |
| | Roberto | Leone | Agnes's life partner. |
| 7 | Robert | Talbot | Kait's agent. |
| | Charlotte | Manning | Young actress to play Chrystal's part. |
| | Becca | Roberts | The screenwriter. |
| | Dan | Delaney | Best man to play Bill's part. |
| | Brad | Evers | Young actor to play Greg's part. |
| | Nancy | Haskell | The director. |
| | Phillip | Green | Film star to play Loch's part. |
| | Abaya | Jones | Will play Maggie's part. |
| 9 | Malcolm | Bennett | Will play Johnny's part. |
| | Nick | Brooke | Will play the part of Anne Wilder's lover. |
| | Paula | Stein | Woman's Life magazine's editor in chief. |
| | Lally | Bristol | British costume designer. |
| 10 | Rosie | | A horse. |
| 12 | Johnny | | Agnes's son who drowned in a boating accident. |
| 18 | Georgie | | Lally's partner. |
