Geraldine Somerville as Daphne Du Maurier

Elizabeth McGovern as Ellen Doubleday

Janet McTeer as Gertrude Lawrence

Natalie Best as Maid

Felicity Montagu as Director, 'September Tide'

Andrew Havill as Tommy Browning

Christopher Malcolm as Nelson Doubleday

Malcolm Sinclair as Noel Coward

Tim Ahern as Dickie

Nicholas Murchie as New York Prosecutor

Jay Taylor as Evan Davies - Actor, 'September Tide'

Jenny Howe as Tod

Elliott Naylor as Kits

Meg Dixon as Flavia

Coral Beed as Actress, 'September Tide'

Shane Nolan as Waiter (uncredited)

Aaron Sweeney as Photographer / Waiter (uncredited)

Phillip Whiteman as Italian Waiter (uncredited)