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