

02/03/2007
Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.

Anne Hathaway
as Jane Austen

James McAvoy
as Tom Lefroy

Julie Walters
as Mrs. Austen

James Cromwell
as Mr. Austen

Maggie Smith
as Lady Gresham

Joe Anderson
as Henry Austen

Lucy Cohu
as Eliza de Feuillide

Laurence Fox
as Mr. Wisley

Ian Richardson
as Richter Langlois

Anna Maxwell Martin
as Cassandra Austen

Leo Bill
as John Warren

Jessica Ashworth
as Lucy Lefroy

Michael James Ford
as Mr. Lefroy

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
as Robert Fowle

Chris McHallem
as Mr. Curtis

Helen McCrory
as Mrs. Radcliffe

Michael Patric
as Don Dogarty

Elaine Murphy
as Jenny

Tom Maguire
as Miscreant
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