Ralph Fiennes

Charles Dickens

Felicity Jones

Nelly Ternan

Tom Hollander

Wilkie Collins

John Kavanagh

Reverend Benham

Richard McCabe

Mark Lemon

Laurence Spellman

Porter

Perdita Weeks

Maria Ternan

Kristin Scott Thomas

Catherine Ternan

Claire Daly

Mrs. Lambourne

Mark Dexter

Mr. Augustus Egg

Joanna Scanlan

Catherine Dickens

Tom Burke

George Wharton

Jonathan Harden

Mr. Arnott

Christos Lawton

Mr. Evans

Michelle Fairley

Caroline Graves

Charissa Shearer

Katey Dickens

Amanda Hale

Fanny Ternan

David Collings

Governor

James Michael Rankin

Evening Man

Charlotte Hope

Prostitute

Michael Marcus

Charley Dickens

Gwendolen Chatfield

Marney Dickens

Joseph Paxton

Mr. Pigott

Sophie Russell

Miss Ellen Sabine

Abi Morgan

Writer

Stefano Ferrari

Executive Producer