Kerry Fox as Janet Frame

Alexia Keogh as Janet Frame as a child

Karen Fergusson as Janet Frame as a teenager

Iris Churn as Mother

Jessie Mune as Janet Frame as a baby

Kevin J. Wilson as Father

Edith Campion as Miss Lindsay

Francesca Collins as Baby Jane

Melina Bernecker as Myrtle

Mark Morrison as Bruddie Frame as child

Katherine Murray-Cowper as Young Isabel

Mark Thomson as Billy Delaware

Brenda Kendall as Miss Botting

Paul Moffat as Dis McIvor

Blair Hutchison as Bully Boy

David McAuslan as Bully Boy

Ailene Herring as Teacher

Faye Flegg as Doctor

Carla Hedgeman as Young Poppy

Timothy Bartlett as Gussy Dymock

Richard Mills as Talent Scout

Sassy Acorn as Audition girl

Tony Creamer as Audition boy

Hamish McFarlane as Avril Luxon

Geoff Barlow as Headmaster

Samantha Townsley as Teenage Isabel

Sarah Llewellyn as June Frame as Child

Christopher Lawrence as Bruddie Frame as Teen

Fiona Kay as Marguerite

Brian Flegg as Doctor

Eileen Clarke as Neighbor

Margaret Gordon as Neighbor

Caroline Somerville as Poppy as teen

Lilian Enting as Miss Crowe

Fiona Brown as Shirley

Maureen Duffy as Miss Farnie

Karla Smith as Sybil

Willa O'Neill as Edith

Fritha Stalker as Bridget

Melanie Reid as Melanie

Natasha Gray as Lesley

Kelly Stewart as Rose

Andrew Robertt as Bruddie

Glynis Angell as Isabel

Susan McGregor as June Frame as teen

Erin Mills as Katherine

Virginia Brocklehurst as Rona

Natalie Ellis as Aunt Isy

Eddie Hegan as Uncle George

Sarah Smuts-Kennedy as June

Colin McColl as John Forrest

Erin Dorricott as Eunice

Francene Clark as Mary

Doreen Donnell as Teacher

Alistair Douglas as Headmaster

Rod Collison as Mr. Niles

Harry Lavington as Head of Psychology

Sheryl Stewart as Nurse Maitland

Cushla Ashton as Borstal Girl

Jacqueline O'Rourke as Borstal girl

Joy Trow as Woman on platform

June Shane as Neighbor

Annabel Lomas as Mrs. Chandler

Ann Coc-Kroft as Nurse

David Stott as Doctor

Elizabeth McRae as Nurse

Jim Rawdon as Wilson

Peter Brunt as Dr. Burt

Celia Nicholson as Piona

Peter Needham as Dr. Palmer

Joshua Cole as June and Wilson's Child

Ian Hendl as June and Wilson's Child

Martyn Sanderson as Frank Sargeson

Jessica Wilcox as Kay Stead

Mark Clare as Karl Stead

Helene Anderson as Norwegian Woman

Joan Foster as Hotel Manageress

David Letch as Patrick

Robert Jayne as Ben

Sharon Marsden as Katie

Collette Cooper as Bohemian

Julia Calvo as Spanish woman on train

Carlos Martínez as Spanish Official

Maria Matias as Spanish woman

Michael Harry as Colin

Maria Mercedes Moroto as Catalina

Paula Sánchez as Francesca

Timothy Smith as Edwin Mather

Alison Bruce as Dora

William Brandt as Bernhard

Gwyneth Hugues as Matron

Gerald Bryan as Dr. Cawley

Billie Atkinson as Mrs. Morgan

Peter Dennett as Mark Goulden

David McKenzie as Alan Sillitoe

Eleanor Wragge as Ruth Sillitoe

Caroline Flint as Mrs. Goulden

Rachel Hernandez as Columba

Patrick Griffiths as Reporter

Tiffany de Castro as Actress

Ruth Dudding as School Teacher

Paul Norell as Bohemian