Secrets & Lies

"After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman."

Cast

Brenda Blethyn

as Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

as Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall

as Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan

as Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook

as Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross

as Paul

Lesley Manville

as The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington

as Jane

Michele Austin

as Dionne

Ron Cook

as Stuart

Trevor Laird

as Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell

as Hortense's Brother

Emma Amos

as Girl with Scar

Clare Perkins

as Hortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCook

as Hortense's Nephew

Jane Mitchell

as Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Janice Acquah

as Junior Optician

Keylee Jade Flanders

as Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Hannah Davis

as First Bride

Terence Harvey

as First Bride's Father

Kate O'Malley

as Second Bride

Joe Tucker

as Groom

Richard Syms

as Vicar

Grant Masters

as Best Man

Annie Hayes

as Mother in Family Group

Jean Ainslie

as Grandmother

Lucy Sheen

as Nurse

Frances Ruffelle

as Young Mother

Nitin Ganatra

as Potential Suitor

Metin Marlow

as Conjuror

Su Elliot

as Raunchy Woman

Amanda Crossley

as Raunchy Woman

Di Sherlock

as Raunchy Woman

David Neilson

as Man in Suit

Peter Waddington

as Man in Suit

Peter Stockbridge

as Man in Suit

Rachel Lewis

as Graduate

Paul Trussell

as Grinning Husband

Jonny Coyne

as Fiance

Denise Orita

as Uneasy Woman

Margery Withers

as Elderly Lady

Gordon Winter

as Laughing Man

Theresa Watson

as Daughter

Peter Wight

as Father in Family Group

Gary McDonald

as Boxer

Alison Steadman

as Woman with Dog

Liz Smith

as Woman with Cat

Sheila Kelley

as Fertile Mother

Angela Curran

as Little Boy's Mother

Linda Beckett

as Pin Up Housewife

Phil Davis

as Man in Suit

Wendy Nottingham

as Glum Woman

Anthony O'Donnell

as Uneasy Man

Ruth Sheen

as Laughing Woman

Mia Soteriou

as Fiancee

Stephen Churchett

as Man in Suit

Crew

Simon Channing Williams

Producer

Andrew Dickson

Original Music Composer

Dick Pope

Director of Photography

Jon Gregory

Editor

Mike Leigh

Writer

Mike Leigh

Director

Maria Price

Costume Design

George Richards

Sound Recordist

Alison Chitty

Production Design

Susie Parriss

Casting

Paddy Stern

Casting

Eve Stewart

Art Direction

Georgina Lowe

Production Supervisor

Zerlina Hughes

Third Assistant Director

Jennie Osborn

First Assistant Director

Josh Robertson

Second Assistant Director

Chris Rose

First Assistant Director

Hilly Benjamin

Assistant Art Director

Nick Rose

Property Master

Orin Beaton

Boom Operator

Mick Boggis

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Loveday Harding

Boom Operator

Derek Holding

ADR Editor

Derek Lomas

Dialogue Editor

Peter Maxwell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

George Richards

Sound Recordist

Ted Swanscott

ADR Mixer

Ted Swanscott

Foley Mixer

William Trent

Foley Editor

Richard Blackmore

Generator Operator

Lucy Bristow

Focus Puller

Alan Coster

Electrician

Marco di Giulio

Electrician

Martin Duncan

Gaffer

Simon Mein

Still Photographer

Allison Wyldeck

Costume Supervisor

Jacki Thomas

Wardrobe Assistant

Kate Mackenzie

First Assistant Editor

Ian Seymour

First Assistant Editor

Mark Mostyn

Location Manager

Heather Storr

Script Supervisor

Chris Allies

Title Designer

Christine Blundell

Makeup Artist

Kirstin Chalmers

Assistant Hairstylist

Kirstin Chalmers

Assistant Makeup Artist

Paula Spinks

Assistant Director

Phillip Kenny

Production Executive

Will Tyler

Production Accountant

Sarah Trowse

Assistant Accountant

Stephanie Faugier

Production Coordinator

Nick Orlande

Construction Manager