
2004
She was the first of her kind. He was the last of his.
Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when powerful people support her, King Charles II lifts the ban on female stage performers. And just as Maria aided Ned, she needs his help to learn her new profession.

Claire Danes
Maria

Billy Crudup
Ned Kynaston

Derek Hutchinson
Stage Manager

Mark Letheren
Male Emelia/Dickie

Tom Wilkinson
Betterton

Ben Chaplin
George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham

Hugh Bonneville
Samuel Pepys

Fenella Woolgar
Lady Meresvale

Richard Griffiths
Sir Charles Sedley

Clare Higgins
Mistress Revels

Rupert Everett
King Charles II

Tom Hollander
Sir Peter Lely

Edward Fox
Sir Edward Hyde

Jack Kempton
Call Boy

David Westhead
Harry

Nick Barber
Nick

Stephen Marcus
Thomas Cockerell

Zoë Tapper
Nell Gwynn

Isabella Calthorpe
Lady Jane Bellamy

Alice Eve
Miss Frayne

Meet Joe Black

Romeo + Juliet

Skřivánčí píseň

One Fine Day, a Hairdresser

Le Malade imaginaire

Michelangelo Buonarroti

U svatého Antoníčka

Rocky & Hudson: The Gay Cowboys

All's Well That Ends Well - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Ed Wood

Mambo Italiano

Summer Storm

Mala Noche

Pink Flamingos

I Married a Xavante

Transamerica

Fathers

Alexander