Claire Rushbrook as Sarah Ferguson
Quickly to be seen in Moonflower Murders, the follow-up to cosy crime sequence Magpie Murders, and new Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals, Claire Rushbrook performs Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. You identify it, Rushbrook’s been in it, from Black Mirror to Inside No. 9, by way of The Fades, Whitechapel, My Mad Fats Diary, No Offence, Don’t Neglect the Driver and glorious BBC drama Sherwood.
Honor Swinton Byrne as Princess Beatrice & Sofia Oxenham as Princess Eugenie
Honor Swinton Byrne received acclaim for enjoying the lead position of Julie in Joanna Hogg’s autobiographically impressed function The Memento and its sequel (through which her character’s mom was performed by the actor’s precise mom Tilda Swinton). She performs Beatrice, the elder of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s two daughters, who was performed in Scoop by Charity Wakefield. Taking part in Eugenie is Sofia Oxenham, seen lately in Disney+ superpower comedy Extraordinary, and earlier than that, in Netflix Arthurian legend drama Cursed, and because the minx Tess Tregidden in BBC One’s interval drama Poldark.
Joanna Scanlan as Amanda Thirsk
A boon to any solid, Prince Andrew’s private secretary Amanda Thirsk (performed by Keeley Hawes in Scoop) is performed right here by Joanna Scanlan. Seen lately as Ma Larkin in ITV adaptation The Larkins and as Moira Tregorian within the present season of fantastic British spy drama Gradual Horses, Scanlan received popularity of her glorious efficiency in 2020 function movie After Love, and is well-known for comedies The Thick of It, No Offence, Getting On, in addition to current dramas The Mild within the Corridor and Boat Story.
Claire Calbraith as Sam McAllister & Éanna Hardwicke as Stewart Maclean
Seeing as Netflix’s Scoop was tailored from her memoir, Newsnight booker Sam McAllister loomed a lot bigger in that model of occasions than she does right here, the place she pops up solely in just a few scenes. Billie Piper performed her within the earlier manufacturing, whereas Downton Abbey, Grace, Baptiste and The Jetty‘s Claire Calbraith performs her right here. Should you noticed Sarah Phelps’ glorious true crime drama The Sixth Commandment, starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid, then you definitely’ll recognise Eanna Hardwicke from his unforgettable efficiency as killer Ben Area. Right here, Hardwicke performs Newsnight producer Stewart Maclean, a job performed by Richard Goulding in Scoop.
Lydia Leonard as Esme Wren
Romola Garai performed former Newsnight editor Esme Wren in Scoop, and in A Very Royal Scandal, she’s performed by Lydia Leonard, who already has an extended profession, and lately performed Cherie Blair in The Crown, Mariana in Sally Wainwright’s Gentleman Jack, and Rebecca in Ten %, the English-language remake of French comedy-drama Name My Agent.
Alex Jennings as Sir Edward Younger
No stranger to royal dramas, Alex Jennings performed Prince Charles to Dame Helen Mirren’s Elizabeth II in The Queen, and David, Duke of Windsor in The Crown‘s first season. Right here he performs the Queen’s private secretary Sir Edward Younger. Jennings is a well-known face from throughout the board, with movie roles in The Woman within the Van, Denial, Operation Mincemeat and extra, and TV roles in acclaimed dramas That is Going to Harm, Mr Bates vs the Publish Workplace, Unforgotten and, the coincidentally titled A Very English Scandal. He’ll quickly be seen within the BBC’s sequel to Wolf Corridor.
