Cate Blanchett

Elizabeth I

Joseph Fiennes

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Geoffrey Rush

Sir Francis Walsingham

Christopher Eccleston

Duke of Norfolk

John Gielgud

The Pope

Richard Attenborough

Sir William Cecil

Fanny Ardant

Mary of Guise

Éric Cantona

Monsieur de Foix

Vincent Cassel

Duc d'Anjou

Kathy Burke

Queen Mary Tudor

Edward Hardwicke

Earl of Arundel

Emily Mortimer

Kat Ashley

James Frain

Alvaro de la Quadra

Kelly Macdonald

Isabel Knollys

Kenny Doughty

Sir Thomas Elyot

Daniel Craig

John Ballard

Alfie Allen

Arundel's Son

Jamie Foreman

Earl of Sussex

Lily Allen

Lady in Waiting

Amanda Ryan

Lettice Howard

Sally Grey

Lady in Waiting

Kate Loustau

Lady in Waiting

Daniel Moynihan

First Bishop

Jeremy Hawk

Second Bishop

Daisy Bevan

Arundel's Daughter

Hayley Burroughs

Lady in Waiting

Joe White

Master of the Tower

Michael Beint

Bishop Carlisle

Angus Deayton

Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer

Joseph O'Conor

Earl of Derby

Brendan O'Hea

Lord William Howard

Edward Highmore

Lord Harewood

James Rowe

Bishop (in Cellar)

Donald Pelmear

Third Bishop

Tim Bevan

Handsome Man

Rod Culbertson

Master Ridley

Peter Stockbridge

Palace Chamberlain

George Antoni

King Philip II of Spain

Wayne Sleep

Dance Tutor

Vladimir Vega

Vatican Cardinal

Jennifer Lewicki

Arundel's Housemaid

Jean-Pierre Léaud

(uncredited)

Jocelyn Quivrin

French Guard (uncredited)

Matthew Rhys

(uncredited)

Christian Simpson

Royal Guard (uncredited)