Carey Mulligan
Maud Watts

Helena Bonham Carter
Edith Ellyn

Brendan Gleeson
Arthur Steed

Anne-Marie Duff
Violet Miller

Meryl Streep
Emmeline Pankhurst

Ben Whishaw
Sonny Watts

Romola Garai
Alice Haughton

Samuel West
Benedict Haughton

Geoff Bell
Norman Taylor

Natalie Press
Emily Davison

Adrian Schiller
David Lloyd George

Amanda Lawrence
Miss Withers

Lorraine Stanley
Mrs Coleman

Morgan Watkins
Detective Malcolm Walsop

Finbar Lynch
Hugh Ellyn

Nick Hendrix
Government Minister

Sarah Finigan
Mrs Garston

Adam Nagaitis
Mr Cummins

Lee Nicholas Harris
Police Constable

Joyce Henderson
Female Prison Guard

Susie Baxter
Landlady

Lisa Dillon
Mrs Drayton

Col Needham
Committee Member

John Cummins
Epsom Groundsman

Kevin Hudson
The Muffin Man (uncredited)