
Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.

Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth I

Joseph Fiennes
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Geoffrey Rush
Sir Francis Walsingham

Christopher Eccleston
Duke of Norfolk

John Gielgud
The Pope

Richard Attenborough
Sir William Cecil

Fanny Ardant
Mary of Guise

Éric Cantona
Monsieur de Foix

Vincent Cassel
Duc d'Anjou

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

Mary Queen of Scots

Flesh + Blood

Richard III

The Devil's Double

Macbeth

The Princess

Suffragette

To Kill a King

The Last Duel

The Most Hated Woman in America

Firebrand

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Oranges and Sunshine

Panther

The Wind and the Lion

Harvest

The King

Careful What You Wish For

The Name of the Rose

Titus