Julia Ormond

The Daughter

Ralph Fiennes

The Bishop's Son

Philip Stone

The Bishop

Jonathan Lacey

Cosimo Medici

Don Henderson

The Father Confessor

Celia Gregory

The Mother Superior

Jeff Nuttall

The Major Domo

Jessica Hynes

The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)

Kathryn Hunter

The Second Midwife

Gabrielle Reidy

The Third Midwife

Frank Egerton

The Prompter

Phelim McDermott

The First Tutor

Tony Vogel

The Father

Tatiana Strauss

The First Nun

Louisa Milwood-Haigh

The Second Nun

Anna Nieland

The Wetnurse

Graham Valentine

Famine

Diana van Kolck

The Mother

Leslie Cuss

The Second Tutor

Rien Kroon

The Chaplain

Jan Sepers

Carpaccio

Nils Dorando

The Baby of Mâcon

Richard Blair

The First Soldier

Tony Dunham

The Second Soldier

Humphrey Sallons

Cosimo's Servant

Dennis Rudge

Entourage Servant

Hans Bosch

Entourage Servant

Sjoerd Ghijssen

Entourage Servant

Michiel Riedijk

Entourage Servant

Bert Sevenhuijsen

The Deacon

John Hartnett

Cynical Auction Bidder (uncredited)

Bastian Pastewka

Laborer (uncredited)

Dela Maria Vaags

Choir Farmer's Wives (uncredited)