Overview

She was loved, she was a princess, heir to the throne - but the childhood fairytale turned to lifelong nightmare for Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's first child. When Henry divorced her mother and married Anne Boleyn, Mary became an outcast and a threat to the Protestant succession. By a twist of fate, on the death of her brother, she became queen at last in 1553, but her attempts to make England Catholic again were a disaster for her and the country. History has called her "Bloody Mary" for the burning of the Protestants, but how fair is this? This film paints another picture, of a woman true to her beliefs, pushed towards a terrible psychological disintegration.

Top Cast

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Miranda French

Mary Tudor

Simon Kirke

Dudley

J

Jorge Balça

Philip of Spain

J

Jason Sharp

Henry VIII

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Lizzie Rees

Young Mary (as Elizabeth Rees)

Sarah Finigan

Servant

L

Lisa Marie Kennedy

Anne Boleyn

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Sean Rees

Ambassador Renard

Glenn Salvage

Norfolk Noble

Aubrey Wakeling

Duke of Norfolk

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Burtie Welland

Thomas Cromwell