Summary
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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Cast
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
Kate Loustau
Lady in Waiting
Daniel Moynihan
First Bishop
Jeremy Hawk
Second Bishop
Daisy Bevan
Arundel's Daughter
Hayley Burroughs
Lady in Waiting
Angus Deayton
Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer
Joseph O'Conor
Earl of Derby
Brendan O'Hea
Lord William Howard
George Antoni
King Philip II of Spain
Wayne Sleep
Dance Tutor
Jean-Pierre Léaud
(uncredited)
Jocelyn Quivrin
French Guard (uncredited)
Matthew Rhys
(uncredited)
Christian Simpson
Royal Guard (uncredited)