Elizabeth
Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.
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.
Director Shekhar Kapur
Trailer
Cast
Daisy Bevan
Arundel's Daughter
Angus Deayton
Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer
Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth I
John Gielgud
The Pope
Wayne Sleep
Dance Tutor
Jean-Pierre Léaud
(uncredited)
Jeremy Hawk
Second Bishop
Hayley Burroughs
Lady in Waiting
Richard Attenborough
Sir William Cecil
Fanny Ardant
Mary of Guise
Joseph Fiennes
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Éric Cantona
Monsieur de Foix
Emily Mortimer
Kat Ashley
Lily Allen
Lady in Waiting
Kate Loustau
Lady in Waiting
Geoffrey Rush
Sir Francis Walsingham
Christopher Eccleston
Duke of Norfolk
Amanda Ryan
Lettice Howard
Daniel Moynihan
First Bishop
Christian Simpson
Royal Guard (uncredited)
Vincent Cassel
Duc d'Anjou
Kathy Burke
Queen Mary Tudor
Brendan O'Hea
Lord William Howard
Matthew Rhys
(uncredited)
Edward Hardwicke
Earl of Arundel
Daniel Craig
John Ballard
Jocelyn Quivrin
French Guard (uncredited)
Kelly Macdonald
Isabel Knollys
Tim Bevan
Handsome Man
George Antoni
King Philip II of Spain
Kenny Doughty
Sir Thomas Elyot
Jamie Foreman
Earl of Sussex
Joseph O'Conor
Earl of Derby
James Frain
Alvaro de la Quadra
Alfie Allen
Arundel's Son