Cate Blanchett
Role: Elizabeth I
Joseph Fiennes
Role: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Geoffrey Rush
Role: Sir Francis Walsingham
Christopher Eccleston
Role: Duke of Norfolk
John Gielgud
Role: The Pope
Richard Attenborough
Role: Sir William Cecil
Fanny Ardant
Role: Mary of Guise
Éric Cantona
Role: Monsieur de Foix
Vincent Cassel
Role: Duc d'Anjou
Kathy Burke
Role: Queen Mary Tudor
Edward Hardwicke
Role: Earl of Arundel
Emily Mortimer
Role: Kat Ashley
James Frain
Role: Alvaro de la Quadra
Kelly Macdonald
Role: Isabel Knollys
Kenny Doughty
Role: Sir Thomas Elyot
Daniel Craig
Role: John Ballard
Alfie Allen
Role: Arundel's Son
Jamie Foreman
Role: Earl of Sussex
Lily Allen
Role: Lady in Waiting
Amanda Ryan
Role: Lettice Howard
Sally Grey
Role: Lady in Waiting
Elika Gibbs
Role: Lady in Waiting
Sarah Owen
Role: Lady in Waiting
Kate Loustau
Role: Lady in Waiting
Daniel Moynihan
Role: First Bishop
Jeremy Hawk
Role: Second Bishop
Daisy Bevan
Role: Arundel's Daughter
Hayley Burroughs
Role: Lady in Waiting
Joe White
Role: Master of the Tower
Matt Andrews
Role: Norfolk's Man
Ben Frain
Role: Young French Man
Michael Beint
Role: Bishop Carlisle
Angus Deayton
Role: Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer
Joseph O'Conor
Role: Earl of Derby
Brendan O'Hea
Role: Lord William Howard
Edward Highmore
Role: Lord Harewood
James Rowe
Role: Bishop (in Cellar)
Donald Pelmear
Role: Third Bishop
Tim Bevan
Role: Handsome Man
Liz Giles
Role: Female Martyr
Rod Culbertson
Role: Master Ridley
Peter Stockbridge
Role: Palace Chamberlain
Valerie Gale
Role: Mary's Dwarf
George Antoni
Role: King Philip II of Spain
Wayne Sleep
Role: Dance Tutor
Charles Cartmell
Role: Dudley's Man
Edward Purver
Role: Dudley's Man
Vladimir Vega
Role: Vatican Cardinal
Jennifer Lewicki
Role: Arundel's Housemaid
Viviane Horne
Role: Arundel's Wife
Nick Smallman
Role: Walsingham's Man
James Britton
Role: Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Role: (uncredited)
Ben Mars
Role: Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited)
Daniel O'Meara
Role: Henchman (uncredited)
Jocelyn Quivrin
Role: French Guard (uncredited)
Matthew Rhys
Role: (uncredited)
Jason Savin
Role: Courtier (uncredited)
Christian Simpson
Role: Royal Guard (uncredited)
Liam Foley
Role: Norfolk's Man
