- Kathy Burke - Queen Mary Tudor
- Edward Hardwicke - Earl of Arundel
- Emily Mortimer - Kat Ashley
- James Frain - Alvaro de la Quadra
- Kelly Macdonald - Isabel Knollys
- Kenny Doughty - Sir Thomas Elyot
- Daniel Craig - John Ballard
- Alfie Allen - Arundel's Son
- Jamie Foreman - Earl of Sussex
- Lily Allen - Lady in Waiting
- Amanda Ryan - Lettice Howard
- Sally Grey - Lady in Waiting
- Elika Gibbs - Lady in Waiting
- Sarah Owen - Lady in Waiting
- Kate Loustau - Lady in Waiting
- Daniel Moynihan - First Bishop
- Jeremy Hawk - Second Bishop
- Daisy Bevan - Arundel's Daughter
- Hayley Burroughs - Lady in Waiting
- Joe White - Master of the Tower
- Matt Andrews - Norfolk's Man
- Ben Frain - Young French Man
- Lewis Jones - Priest
- Michael Beint - Bishop Carlisle
- Angus Deayton - Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer
- Joseph O'Conor - Earl of Derby
- Brendan O'Hea - Lord William Howard
- Edward Highmore - Lord Harewood
- James Rowe - Bishop (in Cellar)
- Donald Pelmear - Third Bishop
- Tim Bevan - Handsome Man
- Liz Giles - Female Martyr
- Rod Culbertson - Master Ridley
- Peter Stockbridge - Palace Chamberlain
- Valerie Gale - Mary's Dwarf
- George Antoni - King Philip II of Spain
- Wayne Sleep - Dance Tutor
- Charles Cartmell - Dudley's Man
- Edward Purver - Dudley's Man
- Vladimir Vega - Vatican Cardinal
- Jennifer Lewicki - Arundel's Housemaid
- Viviane Horne - Arundel's Wife
- Nick Smallman - Walsingham's Man
- James Britton - Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited)
- Jean-Pierre Léaud - (uncredited)
- Ben Mars - Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited)
- Daniel O'Meara - Henchman (uncredited)
- Jocelyn Quivrin - French Guard (uncredited)
- Matthew Rhys - (uncredited)
- Jason Savin - Courtier (uncredited)
- Christian Simpson - Royal Guard (uncredited)
- Liam Foley - Norfolk's Man
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