 | Emily Watson als Jackie Du Pré |
 | Rachel Griffiths als Hilary Du Pré |
 | James Frain als Daniel Barenboim |
 | David Morrissey als Kiffer Finzi |
 | Charles Dance als Derek Du Pré |
 | Celia Imrie als Iris Du Pré |
 | Rupert Penry-Jones als Piers Du Pré |
 | Bill Paterson als Cello Teacher |
 | Auriol Evans als Young Jackie |
| Keylee Jade Flanders als Young Hilary |
 | Nyree Dawn Porter als Dame Margot Fonteyn |
 | Maggie McCarthy als Margaret |
 | Vernon Dobtcheff als Professor Bentley |
| Anthony Smee als BBC Nabob |
| Delia Lindsay als Tweedy Woman |
 | Linda Spurrier als Twinset |
 | Nick Haverson als Photographer |
 | Kika Mirylees als Patron |
 | Robert Rietti als Italian Flunky |
 | Carla Mendonça als Spanish Maid |
 | Jon Rumney als Rabbi |
| Grace Chatto als Teena |
| Tamsin Pike als Harpsichord Player |
| Kate Hetherington als Middle Jackie |
| Ariana Daykin als Middle Hilary |
| Anna Barkan als Acolyte |
| Pal Banda als Maestro |
| David Shimwell als Man In Suit |
| Anand Tucker | Director |
| Sandy Powell | Costume Design |
| Frank Cottrell Boyce | Screenplay |
| Charmian Adams | Art Direction |
| Martin Walsh | Editor |
| Hilary du Pré | Novel |
| Vanessa Pereira | Casting |
| Piers du Pré | Novel |
| David Johnson | Director of Photography |
| Barrington Pheloung | Original Music Composer |
| Alice Normington | Production Design |
| Trisha Edwards | Set Decoration |
| Simone Ireland | Casting |
| David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Frank Cottrell Boyce | Writer |
| Nicolas Kent | Producer |
| Andy Paterson | Producer |
| Guy East | Executive Producer |
| Ruth Jackson | Executive Producer |
| Nigel Sinclair | Executive Producer |
| Rupert Ryle-Hodges | First Assistant Director |
| Guy Heeley | Second Assistant Director |
| Guy Tannahill | Production Supervisor |
| Linda Gregory | Production Accountant |
| David Crozier | Production Sound Mixer |
| Lois Burwell | Key Makeup Artist |
| Lisa Tomblin | Key Hairdresser |
| Nigel Heath | Sound Designer |
| Julian Slater | Sound Designer |
| David Pinnington | Location Manager |
| Phil Booth | Third Assistant Director |
| Diana Dill | Script Supervisor |
| Patsy de Lord | Production Coordinator |
| Tamara Syer | Post Production Coordinator |
| Andrew Jack | Dialogue Coach |
| Nick Schlesinger | Camera Operator |
| John Jordan | Focus Puller |
| Tim Battersby | Clapper Loader |
| Colin Strachan | Grip |
| Howard Smith | Steadicam Operator |
| Geoffrey Thomas | Camera Trainee |
| John Casali | Boom Operator |
| Damon Earnshaw | Assistant Art Director |
| Kevin Walker | Graphic Designer |
| John Scott | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Carla Pope | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Anthony Brookman | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Barbara Brady | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Sophie Norinder | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Pauline Heys | Makeup Artist |
| Catherine Heys | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Clare Le Vesconte | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Amanda Knight | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Julia Wilson | Makeup & Hair |
| Hilary Haines | Hairstylist |
| Mark English | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Eithné Fennel | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Rose Warder | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Jan Jamison | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Kay Georgiou | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Jill Hornby | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Jane Body | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Barry Gibbs | Property Master |
| Alan Chesters | Construction Manager |
| Gavin Walters | Gaffer |
| Peter Chester | Best Boy Electric |
| Matthew Butler | Electrician |
| Graham Cussell | Electrician |
| Aaron Walters | Electrician |
| Geoff Latham | Electrician |
| Eddie McCarthy | Electrician |
| Kenny Pitts | Electrician |
| Garry Owen | Electrician |
| Gary Chaste | Electrician |
| Clive Johnson | Genetator Operator |
| Evan Green-Hughes | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Steve Breheney | Special Effects Technician |
| Martyn Robinson | First Assistant Editor |
| Arthur Graley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Ray Merrin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Graham Daniel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Louis Elman | ADR Voice Casting |
| Kevin Taylor | ADR Mixer |
| Kevin Taylor | Foley Mixer |
| Kate Bulpitt | Casting Assistant |
| Adam O'Brien | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Joy Pollard | Chaperone |
| Patricia Johnson | Unit Publicist |
| Karl Mooney | VFX Supervisor |
| John Seymour | Visual Effects Editor |
| Barrington Pheloung | Music Supervisor |
| Robert Hathaway | Music Editor |
