Elizabeth

John Gielgud

The Pope

Daniel Moynihan

First Bishop

Michael Beint

Bishop Carlisle

Richard Attenborough

Sir William Cecil

Edward Hardwicke

Earl of Arundel

Jean-Pierre Léaud

(uncredited)

Jamie Foreman

Earl of Sussex

Lewis Jones

Priest

Joseph O'Conor

Earl of Derby

Fanny Ardant

Mary of Guise

Wayne Sleep

Dance Tutor

Kathy Burke

Queen Mary Tudor

Hayley Burroughs

Lady in Waiting

Valerie Gale

Mary's Dwarf

George Antoni

King Philip II of Spain

Angus Deayton

Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer

Cate Blanchett

Elizabeth I

Kelly Macdonald

Isabel Knollys

Christian Simpson

Royal Guard (uncredited)

Emily Mortimer

Kat Ashley

Vincent Cassel

Duc d'Anjou

Joseph Fiennes

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Geoffrey Rush

Sir Francis Walsingham

James Frain

Alvaro de la Quadra

Éric Cantona

Monsieur de Foix

Peter Stockbridge

Palace Chamberlain

Matthew Rhys

(uncredited)

Christopher Eccleston

Duke of Norfolk

Kenny Doughty

Sir Thomas Elyot

Daniel Craig

John Ballard

Alfie Allen

Arundel's Son

Lily Allen

Lady in Waiting

Amanda Ryan

Lettice Howard

Sally Grey

Lady in Waiting

Elika Gibbs

Lady in Waiting

Sarah Owen

Lady in Waiting

Kate Loustau

Lady in Waiting

Jeremy Hawk

Second Bishop

Daisy Bevan

Arundel's Daughter

Joe White

Master of the Tower

Matt Andrews

Norfolk's Man

Ben Frain

Young French Man

Brendan O'Hea

Lord William Howard

Edward Highmore

Lord Harewood

James Rowe

Bishop (in Cellar)

Donald Pelmear

Third Bishop

Tim Bevan

Handsome Man

Liz Giles

Female Martyr

Rod Culbertson

Master Ridley

Charles Cartmell

Dudley's Man

Edward Purver

Dudley's Man

Vladimir Vega

Vatican Cardinal

Jennifer Lewicki

Arundel's Housemaid

Viviane Horne

Arundel's Wife

Nick Smallman

Walsingham's Man

James Britton

Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited)

Ben Mars

Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited)

Daniel O'Meara

Henchman (uncredited)

Jocelyn Quivrin

French Guard (uncredited)

Jason Savin

Courtier (uncredited)

Liam Foley

Norfolk's Man