Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen

James McAvoy as Tom Lefroy

Julie Walters as Mrs. Austen

James Cromwell as Mr. Austen

Maggie Smith as Lady Gresham

Joe Anderson as Henry Austen

Lucy Cohu as Eliza de Feuillide

Laurence Fox as Mr. Wisley

Ian Richardson as Richter Langlois

Anna Maxwell Martin as Cassandra Austen

Leo Bill as John Warren

Jessica Ashworth as Lucy Lefroy

Michael James Ford as Mr. Lefroy

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Robert Fowle

Chris McHallem as Mr. Curtis

Helen McCrory as Mrs. Radcliffe

Michael Patric as Don Dogarty

Elaine Murphy as Jenny

Tom Maguire as Miscreant