Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Director: Shekhar Kapur

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Actors:

Cate Blanchett …. Queen Elizabeth I
Geoffrey Rush …. Sir Francis Walsingham
Clive Owen …. Sir Walter Raleigh
Samantha Morton …. Mary Stuart
Rhys Ifans …. Robert Reston
Jordi Mollà …. King Philip ll of Spain
John Shrapnel …. Lord Howard
Aimee King …. Infanta
Susan Lynch …. Annette
Elise McCave …. Laundry Woman
Abbie Cornish …. Elizabeth Throckmorton
Penelope McGhie …. Margaret
Eddie Redmayne …. Thomas Babington
Stuart McLoughlin …. Savage
Adrian Scarborough …. Calley

Synopsis:

Reprising her Oscar-nominated role from 1998’s Elizabeth, Cate Blanchett is once again at the head of the cast as the Virgin Queen (earning her another Oscar nod) in this Shekhar Kapur-directed sequel to that film. Focusing on the queen’s tempestuous relationship with the adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh, the film also stars Clive Owen (as Raleigh), Geoffrey Rush (as Sir Francis Walsingham) and Samantha Morton (as Mary, Queen of Scots).