Shekhar KapurDirector
Cate BlanchettElizabeth I
Joseph FiennesRobert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Geoffrey RushSir Francis Walsingham
Christopher EcclestonDuke of Norfolk
John GielgudThe Pope
Richard AttenboroughSir William Cecil
Fanny ArdantMary of Guise
Éric CantonaMonsieur de Foix
Vincent CasselDuc d'Anjou
Kathy BurkeQueen Mary Tudor
Edward HardwickeEarl of Arundel
Emily MortimerKat Ashley
Elizabeth
- drama
- history
13 Sept 1998
7.2
5
2h 3min
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.
