Antonia and Jane

Imelda Staunton

as Jane Hartman

Saskia Reeves

as Antonia McGill

Bill Nighy

as Howard Nash

Brenda Bruce

as Therapist

Richard Hope

as Norman Beer

Lila Kaye

as Jane's Mother

Alfred Marks

as Uncle Vladimir Hartman

Joe Absolom

as Daniel Nash

Allan Corduner

as Stephen Carlinsky

Ian Redford

as Jeremy Woodward

John Bennett

as Uncle Irwin Carlinsky

Maria Charles

as Sylvia Pinker

Patricia Leventon

as Rosa Gluberman

Alfred Hoffman

as Harry Rosenthal

Iain Cuthbertson

as Edgar

Sheila Allen

as Tutor

Trevor Peacock

as A.D. Humphries

Peter Wingfield

as Taxi Driver

Bonnie Parker

as Young Jane

Tania Rodrigues

as Policewoman

Claire Rayner

as Herself

Michael Ignatieff

as Himself