Ralph Fiennes as Charles Dickens

Felicity Jones as Nelly Ternan

Joanna Scanlan as Catherine Dickens

Kristin Scott Thomas as Catherine Ternan

Tom Hollander as Wilkie Collins

Michelle Fairley as Caroline Graves

John Kavanagh as Reverend Benham

Amanda Hale as Fanny Ternan

Perdita Weeks as Maria Ternan

Tom Burke as George Wharton

Richard McCabe as Mark Lemon

David Collings as Governor

James Michael Rankin as Evening Man

Charlotte Hope as Prostitute

Michael Marcus as Charley Dickens

Laurence Spellman as Porter

Jonathan Harden as Mr. Arnott

Christos Lawton as Mr. Evans

Claire Daly as Mrs. Lambourne

Mark Dexter as Mr. Augustus Egg

Gwendolen Chatfield as Marney Dickens

Joseph Paxton as Mr. Pigott

Sophie Russell as Miss Ellen Sabine

Charissa Shearer as Katey Dickens

Jeremy Assouly as Francis Dickens

Declan Walker as Alfred Dickens

John Joe Bitcliffe as Sydney Dickens

Harry Harmon as Henry Dickens

Joseph Harmon as Edward 'Plorn' Dickens

Daphne Neville as Victorian Lady

Jonathan Jaynes as Racegoer

Michael Hadley as Sir Peter

Geoffrey Freshwater as Sir Oliver / Mr. Buckstone

Tahirah Sharif as Ternan Maid

Ophelia Standen as Harriet Graves

James Traherne as Policeman

Daniel André Pageon as Elderly Frenchman

Odile Gash as Elderly Frenchwoman

Philippe Smolikowski as French Doctor

Assiba Abes as French Midwife

Grahame Fox as Station Guard

Steve Morphew as Ticket Collector

Laurence Spellman as Train Porter

Sally Leonard as Young Lady

Tallulah Harlech as Young Lady

Ethan Andrews as Jean Marie

Sebastian Coates as Jean Baptiste

Harry Crichton-Miller as Jean Paul

Jack Curtin as Obenreizer

Jacob Greenhouse as Landlord

Ethan Radus as Vendale