Elizabeth
Drama
History
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.
1998-09-13
en
Cast
Director
Shekhar Kapur
Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I
Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham
Christopher Eccleston as Duke of Norfolk
John Gielgud as The Pope
Richard Attenborough as Sir William Cecil
Fanny Ardant as Mary of Guise
Éric Cantona as Monsieur de Foix
Vincent Cassel as Duc d'Anjou
Kathy Burke as Queen Mary Tudor
Edward Hardwicke as Earl of Arundel
Emily Mortimer as Kat Ashley
James Frain as Alvaro de la Quadra
Kelly Macdonald as Isabel Knollys
Kenny Doughty as Sir Thomas Elyot
Daniel Craig as John Ballard
Alfie Allen as Arundel's Son
Jamie Foreman as Earl of Sussex
Lily Allen as Lady in Waiting
Amanda Ryan as Lettice Howard
Kate Loustau as Lady in Waiting
Daniel Moynihan as First Bishop
Jeremy Hawk as Second Bishop
Daisy Bevan as Arundel's Daughter
Hayley Burroughs as Lady in Waiting
Angus Deayton as Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer
Joseph O'Conor as Earl of Derby
Brendan O'Hea as Lord William Howard
Tim Bevan as Handsome Man
George Antoni as King Philip II of Spain
Wayne Sleep as Dance Tutor
Jean-Pierre Léaud as (uncredited)
Jocelyn Quivrin as French Guard (uncredited)
Matthew Rhys as (uncredited)
Christian Simpson as Royal Guard (uncredited)