Antonia and Jane

Imelda Staunton

— Jane Hartman

Saskia Reeves

— Antonia McGill

Bill Nighy

— Howard Nash

Brenda Bruce

— Therapist

Richard Hope

— Norman Beer

Lila Kaye

— Jane's Mother

Alfred Marks

— Uncle Vladimir Hartman

Joe Absolom

— Daniel Nash

Allan Corduner

— Stephen Carlinsky

Ian Redford

— Jeremy Woodward

John Bennett

— Uncle Irwin Carlinsky

Maria Charles

— Sylvia Pinker

Patricia Leventon

— Rosa Gluberman

Alfred Hoffman

— Harry Rosenthal

Iain Cuthbertson

— Edgar

Sheila Allen

— Tutor

Trevor Peacock

— A.D. Humphries

Peter Wingfield

— Taxi Driver

Bonnie Parker

— Young Jane

Tania Rodrigues

— Policewoman

Claire Rayner

— Herself

Michael Ignatieff

— Himself