"Aretha: No One Sleeps" is the eighth episode and finale of the third season of Genius. It is the twenty-eighth episode overall.
Plot Summary[]
Despite significant emotional losses, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs; she begins a career at Arista with the help of Clive Davis, and in a Grammy performance in 1998, she solidifies her eternal reign as the Queen of Soul.
Cast[]
- Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin
- Malcolm Barrett as Ted White
- Patrice Covington as Erma Franklin
- Rebecca Naomi Jones as Carolyn Franklin
- David Cross as Jerry Wexler
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Ruth Bowen
- Shaian Jordan as Little Re (young Aretha)
- Courtney B. Vance as C. L. Franklin
Guest Starring[]
- Christine Adams as Kate Walker
- Luke James as Glynn Turman
- Christopher Redman as Clive Davis
- Pauletta Washington as Rachel Franklin
- Major Finley as Curtis Mayfield
- Steven G. Norfleet as Cecil Franklin