In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
Ralph Fiennes
as Charles Dickens
Felicity Jones
as Nelly Ternan
Joanna Scanlan
as Catherine Dickens
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Catherine Ternan
Tom Hollander
as Wilkie Collins
Michelle Fairley
as Caroline Graves
John Kavanagh
as Reverend Benham
Amanda Hale
as Fanny Ternan
Perdita Weeks
as Maria Ternan
Tom Burke
as George Wharton
Richard McCabe
as Mark Lemon
David Collings
as Governor
