Belle

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.

Cast

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

as Dido Elizabeth Belle

Tom Wilkinson

as Lord Mansfield

Sam Reid

as John Davinier

Emily Watson

as Lady Mansfield

Sarah Gadon

as Lady Elizabeth Murray

Miranda Richardson

as Lady Ashford

Penelope Wilton

as Lady Mary Murray

Tom Felton

as James Ashford

James Norton

as Oliver Ashford

Matthew Goode

as Captain Sir John Lindsay

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