Directed by Shekhar Kapur Written by William Nicholson   Michael Hirst   Cast Jordi Mollà ... King Philip ll of Spain (as Jordi Molla) Aimee King ... Infanta Cate Blanchett ... Queen Elizabeth I Laurence Fox ... Sir Christopher Hatton John Shrapnel ... Lord Howard Geoffrey Rush ... Sir Francis Walsingham Susan Lynch ... Annette Elise McCave ... Laundry Woman Samantha Morton ... Mary Stuart Abbie Cornish ... Bess Throckmorton Penelope McGhie ... Margaret Rhys Ifans ... Robert Reston Eddie Redmayne ... Thomas Babington Stuart McLoughlin ... Savage Clive Owen ... Sir Walter Raleigh Adrian Scarborough ... Calley Robert Styles ... Palace Doorkeeper William Houston ... Don Guerau De Spes Coral Beed ... First Court Lady Rosalind Halstead ... Second Court Lady Steven Loton ... Manteo Martin Baron ... Wanchese David Armand ... Walsingham's Agent Steven Robertson ... Francis Throckmorton Jeremy Barker ... Ramsey George Innes ... Burton Adam Godley ... William Walsingham Kirstin Smith ... Mary Walsingham (as Kirstin Coulter Smith) Kelly Hunter ... Ursula Walsingham Christian Brassington ... Archduke Charles Robert Cambrinus ... Count Georg von Helfenstein Tom Hollander ... Sir Amyas Paulet Sam Spruell ... Torturer Tim Preece ... Old Throckmorton Vidal Sancho ... Spanish Minister David Threlfall ... Dr. John Dee Benjamin May ... Dance Master David Sterne ... Cellarman Kate Fleetwood ... Woman with Baby Glenn Doherty ... Royal Servant Chris Brailsford ... Dean of Peterborough Dave Legeno ... Executioner Antony Carrick ... Spanish Archbishop John Atterbury ... Marriage Priest David Robb ... Admiral Sir William Winter Alex Giannini ... First Spanish Officer Joe Ferrara ... Second Spanish Officer Jonathan Bailey ... Courtier Alexander Barnes ... Courtier Charles Bruce ... Courtier Jeremy Cracknell ... Courtier Benedict Green ... Courtier Adam Smith ... Courtier Simon Stratton ... Courtier Crispin Swayne ... Courtier Kitty Fox ... Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting Kate Lindesay ... Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting Katherine Templar ... Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting Hayley Burroughs ... Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting Kirsty McKay ... Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting Lucia Ruck Keene ... Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting Lucienne Venisse-Back ... Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting Uncredited Cast Morne Botes ... Courtier Amelia Dearing ... Young girl James Fiddy ... Nobleman Steve Lately ... Walsingham's Servant Finn Morrell ... Young Boy Shane Nolan ... Tyger Salior Jack Pollock ... Boy on Ship William Sarto ... Elizabethan Soldier Produced by Tim Bevan   Jonathan Cavendish   Liza Chasin   Eric Fellner   Debra Hayward   Michael Hirst   Mary Richards   Original Music by Craig Armstrong A.R. Rahman

Additional Info Premiere: September 09, 2007 Theatrical Release: October 12, 2007 DVD Release: February 05, 2008 Blu-ray Release: April 27, 2010 Countries: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Universal Pictures (presents) StudioCanal (in association with) Working Title Films (in association with) Distributors Universal Pictures   (2007) (USA) (theatrical) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2008) (USA) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2008) (USA) (DVD) (HD-DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2010) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.8 / 10 Our Rating 6.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.1 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,999 / 20,875 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,995 Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021) #1,996 Death Sentence (2007) #1,997 Spencer (2021) #1,998 DC League Of Super-Pets (2022) #1,999 Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) #2,000 Coming 2 America (2021) #2,001 Happiness (1998) #2,002 Bullitt (1968) #2,003 Sisu (2022)