Lena Younger

I would cast Elisabeth Omilami as Lena Younger because of her various strong roles. Mama is not very educated but has a very strong character who is very religious, and whose main objective is to buy her family a home. Elisabeth Omilami fits Mama’s description of a heavier set woman in her mid-sixties. Mama has a very strong character she is not very educated but is a smart woman. She feels like she is losing control of her family, Walter wants to invest the money, Beneatha does not believe in God, and Ruth wants to have an abortion. Mama buys the house because she and Walter Lee Sr. always wanted to own a home and also because she sees what’s happening to her family.