Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh1996-05-24
7.5
142 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Brenda Blethyn | Cynthia Rose Purley | Unowned |
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Hortense Cumberbatch | The Free Refills |
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Timothy Spall | Maurice Purley | Unowned |
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Phyllis Logan | Monica Purley | Unowned |
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Claire Rushbrook | Roxanne Purley | Unowned |
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Lee Ross | Paul | Unowned |
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Lesley Manville | The Social Worker | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Elizabeth Berrington | Jane | Unowned |
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Michele Austin | Dionne | Unowned |
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Ron Cook | Stuart | Unowned |
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Trevor Laird | Hortense's Brother | Unowned |
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Brian Bovell | Hortense's Brother | Unowned |
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Emma Amos | Girl with Scar | Unowned |
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Clare Perkins | Hortense's Sister in Law | Unowned |
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Elias Perkins McCook | Hortense's Nephew | Unowned |
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Jane Mitchell | Senior Optician (as June Mitchell) | Unowned |
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Janice Acquah | Junior Optician | Unowned |
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Keylee Jade Flanders | Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders) | Unowned |
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Hannah Davis | First Bride | Unowned |
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Terence Harvey | First Bride's Father | Unowned |
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Kate O'Malley | Second Bride | Unowned |
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Joe Tucker | Groom | Unowned |
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Richard Syms | Vicar | Unowned |
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Grant Masters | Best Man | Unowned |
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Annie Hayes | Mother in Family Group | Unowned |
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Jean Ainslie | Grandmother | Unowned |
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Lucy Sheen | Nurse | Unowned |
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Frances Ruffelle | Young Mother | Unowned |
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Nitin Ganatra | Potential Suitor | Unowned |
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Metin Marlow | Conjuror | Unowned |
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Su Elliot | Raunchy Woman | Unowned |
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Amanda Crossley | Raunchy Woman | Unowned |
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Di Sherlock | Raunchy Woman | Unowned |
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David Neilson | Man in Suit | Unowned |
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Peter Waddington | Man in Suit | Unowned |
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Peter Stockbridge | Man in Suit | Unowned |
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Rachel Lewis | Graduate | Unowned |
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Paul Trussell | Grinning Husband | Unowned |
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Jonny Coyne | Fiance | Unowned |
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Denise Orita | Uneasy Woman | Unowned |
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Margery Withers | Elderly Lady | Unowned |
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Gordon Winter | Laughing Man | Unowned |
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Theresa Watson | Daughter | Unowned |
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Peter Wight | Father in Family Group | Unowned |
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Gary McDonald | Boxer | Unowned |
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Alison Steadman | Woman with Dog | Unowned |
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Liz Smith | Woman with Cat | Unowned |
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Sheila Kelley | Fertile Mother | Unowned |
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Angela Curran | Little Boy's Mother | Unowned |
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Linda Beckett | Pin Up Housewife | Unowned |
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Phil Davis | Man in Suit | Unowned |
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Wendy Nottingham | Glum Woman | Unowned |
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Anthony O'Donnell | Uneasy Man | Unowned |
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Ruth Sheen | Laughing Woman | Unowned |
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Mia Soteriou | Fiancee | Unowned |
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Stephen Churchett | Man in Suit | Unowned |