Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse

Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightley

Toni Collette as Harriet Smith

Alan Cumming as Mr. Elton

Ewan McGregor as Frank Churchill

Greta Scacchi as Mrs. Weston

Sophie Thompson as Miss Bates

Juliet Stevenson as Mrs. Elton

Denys Hawthorne as Mr. Woodhouse

Polly Walker as Jane Fairfax

James Cosmo as Mr. Weston

Kathleen Byron as Mrs. Goddard

Phyllida Law as Mrs. Bates

Edward Woodall as Mr. Robert Martin

Brian Capron as John Knightley

Karen Westwood as Isabella

Rebecca Craig as Miss Martin

Angela Down as Mrs. Cole

John Franklyn-Robbins as Mr. Cole

Ruth Jones as Bates' Maid

Brett Miley as Little Boy

Paul Williamson as Footman

Lee Boardman as Dancer (uncredited)