Saoirse Ronan
Mary Stuart
Acting
Margot Robbie
Queen Elizabeth I
Acting
Jack Lowden
Henry Darnley
Acting
Joe Alwyn
Robert Dudley
Acting
David Tennant
John Knox
Acting
Guy Pearce
William Cecil
Acting
Gemma Chan
Bess of Hardwick
Acting
Martin Compston
Earl of Bothwell
Acting
Ismael Cruz Cordova
David Rizzio
Acting
Brendan Coyle
Earl of Lennox
Acting
Ian Hart
Lord Maitland
Acting
James McArdle
James, Earl of Moray
Acting
Richard Cant
Thomas Andrews
Acting
Guy Rhys
Earl of Kent
Acting
Thom Petty
Earl of Shrewsbury
Acting
Izuka Hoyle
Mary Seton
Acting
John Ramm
Bull
Acting
Simon Russell Beale
Robert Beale
Acting
Maria Dragus
Mary Fleming
Acting
Liah O'Prey
Mary Livingston
Acting
Eileen O'Higgins
Mary Beaton
Acting
Greg Miller Burns
Thomas Hepburn
Acting
Aneurin Pascoe
John Hepburn
Acting
Adrian Derrick-Palmer
George Dalgleish
Crew
Kal Sabir
The Laird of Ramorny
Acting
Luke Kidd
James Haliburton
Acting
Adrian Lester
Lord Randolph
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Georgia Burnell
Kate Carey
Acting
Alan Turkington
Thomas Jenye
Acting
Euan Macnaughton
William Kirkcaldy of Grange
Acting
Scot Greenan
Hector Maclean
Acting
Karen Dunbar
Commoner
Acting
Ian Hallard
Sir Richard Knightley
Acting
Andrew Rothney
King James I
Acting
Angela Bain
Snuffer Woman
Acting
Abby Cassidy
Fotheringhay Gentlewoman
Acting
Shalisha James-Davis
Fotheringhay Gentlewoman
Acting
Adam Bond
Sir William Douglas
Acting
Katharine O'Donnelly
Young Holyrood Servant
Acting
Grace Molony
Dorothy Stafford
Acting
Luke Hobson
Henry Killigrew
Acting
Ben Wiggins
John Tamworth
Acting
Eldredd Wolf
William Killigrew
Acting
Eric MacLennan
Portrait Painter
Acting
Nathen East
Andrew Ker of Fawdonside
Acting
Daniel Booroff
Knox's Secretary
Acting
Sean Buchanan
Francis Yaxley
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Matthew Pidgeon
Wedding Announcer
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Benjamin Barraclough
Officer
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Jordan Turk
James MacDonald
Acting
Adam Stevenson
Urie Campbell
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Scot Greenan
Hector MacLean
Acting
Chris Grahamson
Moray's Drummer
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Ed Jones
William Taylor
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Owen Gorman
Bishop
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John Stahl
Fisherman
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Kadiff Kirwan
Attaché
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Alex Beckett
Sir Walter Mildmay
Acting
Will Rowlands
Soldier
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Grant Crookes
Bothwell
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Philip Gascoyne
English Nobleman (uncredited)
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