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