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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