Kate Beckinsale as Maggie Verver

Uma Thurman as Charlotte Stant

Jeremy Northam as Prince Amerigo

Nick Nolte as Adam Verver

Anjelica Huston as Fanny Assingham

James Fox as Colonel Bob Assingham

Madeleine Potter as Lady Castledean

Nicholas Day as Lord Castledean

Peter Eyre as A.R. Jarvis, Shopkeeper

Nickolas Grace as Lecturer

Robin Hart as Mr. Blint

Daniel Byam Shaw as Principino at Five Years

Francesco Giuffrida as Duke's Younger Son

Marta Paola Richeldi as The Duchess

Rossano Rubicondi as Duke's Older Son

Mattia Sbragia as The Duke

Billy Monger as Principino

Pauline Rayner as Nursemaid

Susan Gutfreund as Vivacious Guest

Arturo Venegas as Italian Ambassador

Raymond Green as Photographer

Anthony Bevan as Butler

Neville Phillips as Man Talking to Castledean

Paul Bradley as Executioner

Lucy Freeman as Lucy Moncreif

Philip Tabor as William Davenport

Catherine Aldrich as Guest at Fawns

Isabel de Pelet as Guest at Fawns

Richard MacRory as Guest at Fawns

Caroline Burnaby-Atkins as Guest at Fawns

Piers Gielgud as The Ballet: Pasha

Antonia Franceschi as The Ballet: First Queen

Philip Willingham as The Ballet: Slave

William Dignon as The Ballet: Little Prince

Ray Souza as Dancer

Simon Humphrey as Dancer

Leanne Codrington as Dancer

Michela Meazza as Dancer

Amy Bailey as Dancer

Stephen Hughes as Dancer

Michaela Burgess as Dancer

Tippi Maravala as Dancer

Shireen Kadivar as Mina (uncredited)