Synopsis
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Charles Dickens
Felicity Jones
Nelly Ternan
Joanna Scanlan
Catherine Dickens
Kristin Scott Thomas
Catherine Ternan
Tom Hollander
Wilkie Collins
Michelle Fairley
Caroline Graves
John Kavanagh
Reverend Benham
Amanda Hale
Fanny Ternan
Perdita Weeks
Maria Ternan
Tom Burke
George Wharton
Richard McCabe
Mark Lemon
David Collings
Governor
James Michael Rankin
Evening Man
Charlotte Hope
Prostitute
Michael Marcus
Charley Dickens
Laurence Spellman
Porter
Jonathan Harden
Mr. Arnott
Christos Lawton
Mr. Evans
Claire Daly
Mrs. Lambourne
Mark Dexter
Mr. Augustus Egg
Gwendolen Chatfield
Marney Dickens
Joseph Paxton
Mr. Pigott
Sophie Russell
Miss Ellen Sabine
Charissa Shearer
Katey Dickens
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