Shekhar Kapur Director Cate Blanchett Elizabeth I Actor Geoffrey Rush Sir Francis Walsingham Actor Christopher Eccleston Duke of Norfolk Actor Joseph Fiennes Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester Actor Richard Attenborough Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley Actor Fanny Ardant Mary of Guise Actor Kathy Burke Queen Mary Tudor Actor Éric Cantona Monsieur de Foix Actor James Frain Alvaro de la Quadra Actor Vincent Cassel Duc d'Anjou Actor Daniel Craig John Ballard Actor John Gielgud The Pope Actor Angus Deayton Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer Actor Edward Hardwicke Earl of Arundel Actor Terence Rigby Bishop Gardiner Actor Amanda Ryan Lettice Howard Actor Kelly Macdonald Isabel Knollys Actor Emily Mortimer Kat Ashley Actor Michael Hirst Screenwriter Tim Bevan Producer Eric Fellner Producer Alison Owen Producer David Hirschfelder Original Music Remi Adefarasin Cinematographer Jill Bilcock Film Editing John Myhre Production Design Lucy Richardson Art Director Peter Howitt Set Decoration Alexandra Byrne Costume Design Vanessa Pereira Casting Simone Pereira Hind Casting