After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Samantha Morton
as Jane Eyre

Ciarán Hinds
as Edward Rochester

Gemma Jones
as Mrs. Fairfax

Deborah Findlay
as Mrs. Reed

Abigail Cruttenden
as Blanche Ingram

Richenda Carey
as Lady Ingram

Timia Berthome
as Adele

Joanna Scanlan
as Bessie

Peter Wight
as Clergyman

Emily Joyce
as Miss Temple