The Virgin Queen (2006)
The Virgin Queen is a 2006 drama series. It stars Anne-Marie Duff, Tom Hardy and Ian Hart.
The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.
Where to watch The Virgin Queen
Stream: PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Thirteen, WETA+
Buy: Amazon Video
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Cast
- Anne-Marie Duff as Queen Elizabeth I
- Tom Hardy as Robert Dudley
- Ian Hart as William Cecil - Lord Burghley
- Dexter Fletcher as Sir Thomas Radcliffe - Earl of Sussex
- Joanne Whalley as Queen Mary
- Ben Daniels as Francis Walsingham
- Kevin McKidd as Duke of Norfolk
- Emilia Fox as Amy Dudley
- Tara Fitzgerald as Kat Ashley
- Hans Matheson as Robert Devereux - Earl of Essex
- Sienna Guillory as Lettice Knollys
- Robert Pugh as Lord Chancellor Gardiner
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- Companion guide: The Tudors & Renaissance