Helen Mirren

Queen Elizabeth I

Jeremy Irons

Earl of Leicester

Hugh Dancy

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Ben Pullen

Sir Walter Raleigh

Simon Woods

Gifford

Charlotte Asprey

Frances Walsingham

Diana Kent

Lady Essex

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Sir Anthony Babington

Martin Savage

Stubbs

Douglas Reith

Jude

Douglas Reith

Judge

John McEnery

Jesuit Priest

Toby Salaman

Dr. Lopez

Eddie Redmayne

Southampton

Erick Deshors

Jean de Simier

Ann Firbank

Lady Anne

Will Keen

Francis Bacon

Barbara Flynn

Mary Queen of Scots

Patrick Malahide

Sir Francis Walsingham

Ewen Bremner

King James VI

Ian McDiarmid

Lord Burghley

Jérémie Covillault

Duke of Anjou

Toby Jones

Robert Cecil