Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Hortense Cumberbatch

Lesley Manville

The Social Worker

Timothy Spall

Maurice Purley

Elizabeth Berrington

Jane

Mike Leigh

Writer

Brenda Blethyn

Cynthia Rose Purley

Phyllis Logan

Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook

Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross

Paul

Michele Austin

Dionne

Ron Cook

Stuart

Trevor Laird

Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell

Hortense's Brother

Emma Amos

Girl with Scar

Clare Perkins

Hortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCook

Hortense's Nephew

Jane Mitchell

Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Janice Acquah

Junior Optician

Keylee Jade Flanders

Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Hannah Davis

First Bride

Terence Harvey

First Bride's Father

Kate O'Malley

Second Bride

Joe Tucker

Groom

Richard Syms

Vicar

Grant Masters

Best Man