Astrid Magnussen is een 15-jarig meisje uit Californië. Haar moeder Ingrid is een vrijzinnige dichter. Wanneer Barry Kolker in het leven van Ingrid komt, wordt ze verliefd op hem. Maar als hij haar hart breekt, vermoordt ze hem en verdwijnt ze voor de rest van haar leven achter de tralies. Astrid komt vervolgens van het ene in het andere weesgezin terecht.
Nee, helaas is White Oleander nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Ellen Lewis | Casting |
| Production | Kristin Harms | Executive Producer |
| Art | Donald Graham Burt | Production Design |
| Camera | Elliot Davis | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Janet Fitch | Novel |
| Production | John Wells | Producer |
| Directing | Peter Kosminsky | Director |
| Production | Tracy Underwood | Producer |
| Production | Hunt Lowry | Producer |
| Production | E.K. Gaylord II | Executive Producer |
| Production | Patrick Markey | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Mary Agnes Donoghue | Screenplay |
| Production | Stacy Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ilyse A. Reutlinger | Producer |
| Sound | Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Chris Ridsdale | Editor |
| Directing | Kaaren F. Ochoa | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Phil Robinson | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Velvet Andrews-Smith | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Art Bartels | Key Grip |
| Camera | George Billinger III | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ted Caloroso | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Jeff Caples | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Bruce Chimerofsky | Best Boy Grip |
| Lighting | James F. Cornick | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | Cary Fisher | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | David Galbraith | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Lighting | Dayton Nietert | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Bruce Robinson | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Barnaby Shapiro | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Lighting | Cricket Sloat | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Cleo Terrio | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Vivian Zink | Still Photographer |
