Maimie McCoy

Young Joyce Hatto

Francesca Annis

Joyce Hatto

Alfred Molina

William Barrington Coupe

Rory Kinnear

Young Barrington Coupe

Phoebe Nicholls

Mrs. Hatto

Sarah Woodward

Birdy

Ned Dennehy

Philip

Nicholas Woodeson

Erich

Nicholas Rowe

James

Tony Turner

Mr. Hatto

Eve Matheson

Pilks

Nell Williams

Young Birdy

Zenobia Voegele-Downing

Young Pilks

Patrick Joseph Byrnes

Larry

Jane Brennan

Miss Guisely

Michael Grennell

Rehearsal Conductor

Ronnie McCann

Coffee Bar Man

Stephen Cromwell

Young Erich

Lucy Cray-Miller

Cotot's Assistant

Susan Loughnane

Publishing Girl

Chris McHallem

Detective

Mark Fitzgerald

Constable

Cora Fenton

Eleanor's Mother

Gary Murphy

Festival Hall FHM

Bernadette McKenna

Royston Neighbour

Fiona Bell

Woman Journalist

Alexander Bernstein

Cortot Pianist

Lance Coburn

Festival Hall Pianist

Rachel Quinn

Piano Playing Double

Joyce Hatto

Self(archive footage) (uncredited)

Andy Stewart

Self(archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)