| Sally Hawkins | Rita O'Grady | |
| Rosamund Pike | Lisa Hopkins | |
| Andrea Riseborough | Brenda | |
| Lorraine Stanley | Monica | |
| Geraldine James | Connie | |
| Daniel Mays | Eddie O'Grady |
| Bob Hoskins | Albert Passingham | |
| Miranda Richardson | Barbara Castle | |
| Jaime Winstone | Sandra | |
| Nicola Duffett | Eileen | |
| Matthew Aubrey | Brian | |
| Roger Lloyd-Pack | George |