Savannah — Waiting to Exhale Character Profile

About Savannah

Successful television producer and one of the four central friends. Initially clings to the hope that her married lover Kenneth will leave his wife for her. After realizing this will never happen, she permanently dumps him to seek genuine love.

Savannah — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Whitney Houston

Appears in

Waiting to Exhale (1995)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Savannah — Romantic Married Lover — Kenneth (Dennis Haysbert)

  Savannah clings to a romantic illusion with a married man who refuses to commit.

• Savannah — Social Close Friend — Bernadine (Angela Bassett)

  A steadfast friendship built on mutual emotional support and shared struggles.

• Savannah — Social Close Friend — Robin (Lela Rochon)

  A steadfast friendship built on mutual emotional support and shared struggles.

• Savannah — Social Close Friend — Gloria (Loretta Devine)

  A steadfast friendship built on mutual emotional support and shared struggles.

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More characters from Waiting to Exhale

• Bernadine (Angela Bassett)
• Gloria (Loretta Devine)
• Robin (Lela Rochon)
• Tarik (Donald Faison)
• Marvin (Gregory Hines)
• Kenneth (Dennis Haysbert)
• Denise (Kenya Moore)
• Fireman (Graham Galloway)
• Lionel (Jeffrey D. Sams)
• Minister (Wren T. Brown)
• John, Jr. (Brandon Hammond)
• Savannah's Mother (Starletta DuPois)