
Plot
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.
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Cast

Saoirse Ronan
Mary Stuart

Margot Robbie
Queen Elizabeth I

Jack Lowden
Henry Darnley

Joe Alwyn
Robert Dudley

David Tennant
John Knox

Guy Pearce
William Cecil

Gemma Chan
Bess of Hardwick

Martin Compston
Earl of Bothwell

Ismael Cruz Cordova
David Rizzio

Brendan Coyle
Earl of Lennox

Ian Hart
Lord Maitland

James McArdle
James, Earl of Moray

Richard Cant
Thomas Andrews

Guy Rhys
Earl of Kent

Thom Petty
Earl of Shrewsbury

Izuka Hoyle
Mary Seton

John Ramm
Bull

Simon Russell Beale
Robert Beale

Maria Dragus
Mary Fleming

Liah O'Prey
Mary Livingston

Eileen O'Higgins
Mary Beaton

Greg Miller Burns
Thomas Hepburn

Aneurin Pascoe
John Hepburn

Adrian Derrick-Palmer
George Dalgleish

Kal Sabir
The Laird of Ramorny

Luke Kidd
James Haliburton

Adrian Lester
Lord Randolph

Georgia Burnell
Kate Carey

Alan Turkington
Thomas Jenye

Euan Macnaughton
William Kirkcaldy of Grange

Scot Greenan
Hector Maclean

Karen Dunbar
Commoner

Ian Hallard
Sir Richard Knightley

Andrew Rothney
King James I

Angela Bain
Snuffer Woman

Abby Cassidy
Fotheringhay Gentlewoman

Shalisha James-Davis
Fotheringhay Gentlewoman

Adam Bond
Sir William Douglas

Katharine O'Donnelly
Young Holyrood Servant

Grace Molony
Dorothy Stafford

Luke Hobson
Henry Killigrew

Ben Wiggins
John Tamworth

Eldredd Wolf
William Killigrew

Eric MacLennan
Portrait Painter

Nathen East
Andrew Ker of Fawdonside

Daniel Booroff
Knox's Secretary

Sean Buchanan
Francis Yaxley

Matthew Pidgeon
Wedding Announcer

Benjamin Barraclough
Officer

Jordan Turk
James MacDonald

Adam Stevenson
Urie Campbell

Scot Greenan
Hector MacLean

Chris Grahamson
Moray's Drummer

Ed Jones
William Taylor

Owen Gorman
Bishop

John Stahl
Fisherman

Kadiff Kirwan
Attaché

Alex Beckett
Sir Walter Mildmay

Will Rowlands
Soldier

Grant Crookes
Bothwell

Philip Gascoyne
English Nobleman (uncredited)