Maggie Smith as Judith Hearne

Bob Hoskins as James Madden

Wendy Hiller as Aunt D'Arcy

Marie Kean as Mrs. Rice

Ian McNeice as Bernard Rice

Rudi Davies as Mary

Prunella Scales as Moira O'Neill

Áine Ní Mhuirí as Edie Marinan

Sheila Reid as Mrs Friel

Niall Buggy as Mr Lenehan

Kate Binchy as Sister Ignatius

Martina Stanley as Sister Mary-Paul

Veronica Quilligan as Mrs Mullen

Frank Egerton as The Major

Leonard Maguire as Dr Bowe

Kevin Flood as Owen O'Neill

Catherine Cusack as Una O'Neill

Peter Gilmore as Kevin O'Neill

James Holland as Shaun O'Neill

Aidan Gillen as Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)

Emma Jane Lavin as Young Judith

Dick Sullivan as Priest

Alan Radcliffe as Young Priest

Seamus Newham as Taxi Driver

Paul Boyle as Taxi Driver

Isolde Cazelet as Old Woman

Marjorie Hogan as Old Woman

Gerard O'Hagan as Waiter

Anna Murphy as Girl Giggler

Gemma Murphy as Girl Giggler

Paddy Joyce as Drunk in Pub