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Helen Mirren (Elizabeth I.), Jeremy Irons (Earl of Leicester), Hugh Dancy (Earl of Essex), Toby Jones (Sir Robert Cecil), Patrick Malahide (Sir Francis Walsingham), Ian McDiarmid (Lord Burghley), Jérémie Covillault (Herzog von Anjou), Barbara Flynn (Königin Mary von Schottland), Ewen Bremner (König James VI. von Schottland), Toby Salaman (Dr. Lopez), Charlotte Asprey (Frances Walsingham), Geoffrey Streatfield (Sir Anthony Babington), David Delve (Sir Francis Drake), Martin Marquez (Don Bernardino de Mendoza), Rimantas Bagdzevicius (Lord Howard of Effingham), Will Keen (Francis Bacon), Eddie Redmayne (Earl of Southampton), Benjamin Pullen (Sir Walter Raleigh), Diana Kent (Lady Essex), Simon Woods (Gifford), Ann Firbank (Lady Anne), Jamie Glover (Richard), Erick Deshors, John McEnery, Martin Savage