Vanessa Redgrave
— Vida Winter
Olivia Colman
— Margaret
Robert Pugh
— John the Dig
Alexandra Roach
— Hester Barrow
Steven Mackintosh
— Dr. Clifton
Tom Goodman-Hill
— Dr. Mawsley
Sophie Turner
— Young Adeline / Vida
Antonia Clarke
— Young Emmeline
Michael Jibson
— Charlie Angelfield
Emily Beecham
— Isabelle March
Janet Amsden
— The Missus
Adam Long
— Ambrose Proctor
Madeleine Power
— Emmeline / Adeline (Age 9)
Alice Barlow
— Moira
Isabel Barlow
— Young Margaret
Jacqueline Davis
— Judith
Lizzie Hopley
— Theodora Mawsley
Martin Wimbush
— Mr. Peter Lomax
Gordon Winter
— Aurelius Love