The Help
The HelpKathryn Stockett
Characters in The Help
9 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Aibileen Clark
A wise, grieving maid who has raised seventeen white children and narrates much of the story.
Minny Jackson
Aibileen's outspoken friend, a superb cook whose sharp tongue costs her jobs.
Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan
A young white college graduate who sets out to write the maids' stories.
Antagonists
Hilly Holbrook
The town's socialite who enforces its segregationist rules.
Supporting characters
Elizabeth Leefolt
Celia Foote
Stuart Whitworth
Johnny Foote
Mae Mobley Leefolt