Cast
- Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I of England
- Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham
- Christopher Eccleston as Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
- Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
- Richard Attenborough as William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
- Kathy Burke as Mary I of England
- George Yiasoumi as Philip II of Spain
- Emily Mortimer as Kat Ashley
- Edward Hardwicke as Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
- Daniel Craig as John Ballard
- James Frain as Alvaro de la Quadra
- Kelly Macdonald as Isabel Knollys
- Kenny Doughty as Sir Thomas Elyot
- Angus Deayton as Waad, Chancellor of the Exchequer
- John Gielgud as The Pope
- Fanny Ardant as Mary of Guise
- Vincent Cassel as Henri, Duc d'Anjou
- Eric Cantona as Monsieur de Foix
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