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Description: The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

Cast:
Female Martyr: Liz Giles
Master Ridley: Rod Culbertson
Male Martyr: Paul Fox
Bishop Gardiner: Terence Rigby
Duke of Norfolk: Christopher Eccleston
Palace Chamberlain: Peter Stockbridge
Lettice Howard: Amanda Ryan
Queen Mary Tudor: Kathy Burke
Mary's Dwarf: Valerie Gale
King Philip II of Spain: George Antoni
Alvaro de la Quadra: James Frain
Earl of Sussex: Jamie Foreman
Earl of Arundel: Edward Hardwicke
Elizabeth I: Cate Blanchett
Kat Ashley: Emily Mortimer
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Joseph Fiennes
Isabel Knollys: Kelly Macdonald
Dance Tutor: Wayne Sleep
Lady in Waiting: Lily Allen
Master of the Tower: Joe White
Norfolk's Man: Liam Foley
Sir Francis Walsingham: Geoffrey Rush
Young French Man: Ben Frain
Sir William Cecil: Richard Attenborough
Priest: Lewis Jones
Bishop Carlisle: Michael Beint
Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer: Angus Deayton
Monsieur de Foix: Eric Cantona
Sir Thomas Elyot: Kenny Doughty
Elizabeth's Dwarf: Hayley Burroughs
Mary of Guise: Fanny Ardant
Earl of Derby: Joseph O'Conor
Lord William Howard: Brendan O'Hea
Lord Harewood: Edward Highmore
First Bishop: Daniel Moynihan
Second Bishop: Jeremy Hawk
Bishop (in Cellar): James Rowe
Third Bishop: Donald Pelmear
Handsome Man: Tim Bevan
Dudley's Man: Edward Purver
Duc d'Anjou: Vincent Cassel
The Pope: John Gielgud
John Ballard: Daniel Craig
Vatican Cardinal: Vladimir Vega
Arundel's Son: Alfie Allen
Arundel's Daughter: Daisy Bevan
Arundel's Housemaid: Jennifer Lewicki
Arundel's Wife: Viviane Horne
Walsingham's Man: Nick Smallman
Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group: James Britton
Male Martyr 2: Martin L. Evans
Royal Guard of Honour: Ben Mars
Henchman: Daniel O'Meara
French Guard: Jocelyn Quivrin
Courtier: Jason Savin
Royal Guard: Christian Simpson

Written by: Michael Hirst

Director: Shekhar Kapur

Production: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, Channel Four Films

Release date: 19 Feb 1999

Box Office: $30,082,699