Stephen Fry

as Oscar Wilde

Jude Law

as Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas

Vanessa Redgrave

as Lady Speranza Wilde

Jennifer Ehle

as Constance Lloyd Wilde

Gemma Jones

as Lady Queensberry

Judy Parfitt

as Lady Mount-Temple

Michael Sheen

as Robbie Ross

Zoë Wanamaker

as Ada Leverson 'Sphinx'