On screen
Cast
25 credited performers
Helen Mirren
Elizabeth I
Hugh Dancy
Earl of Essex
Toby Jones
Robert Cecil
Patrick Malahide
Sir Francis Walsingham
Jeremy Irons
Earl of Leicester / Lord Dudley
Ian McDiarmid
Lord Burghley
Ewen Bremner
King James VI
Barbara Flynn
Mary Queen of Scots
Eddie Redmayne
Southampton
Artwork unavailable
Toby Salaman
Dr Lopez
Will Keen
Francis Bacon
Jérémie Covillault
Duke of Anjou
Ann Firbank
Lady Anne
Artwork unavailable
Ben Pullen
Sir Walter Raleigh
Erick Deshors
Jean de Simier
Simon Woods
Gifford
Charlotte Asprey
Frances Walsingham
Diana Kent
Lady Essex
Malcolm Terris
Chaplain
Douglas Reith
Judge
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Sir Anthony Babington
John McEnery
Jesuit Priest
Martin Savage
Stubbs
Artwork unavailable
Anna Steel
Lady in Waiting
Artwork unavailable
David Delve
Sir Francis Drake