Samuel Barnett
as John Millais
Aidan Turner
as Gabriel Rossetti
Zoe Tapper
as Effie Ruskin
Tom Hollander
as John Ruskin
Amy Manson
as Lizzie Siddal
Jennie Jacques
as Annie Miller
Josie Farmiloe
as Charlotte Siddal
Maimie McCoy
as Margaret
Rafe Spall
as William 'Maniac' Holman Hunt
Sam Crane
as Fred Walters