

Elizabeth
Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Cast

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
Videos
Storyline
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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