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 meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward 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 Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

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Cast

William Hurt

Rochester

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Jane Eyre

Joan Plowright

Mrs. Fairfax

Anna Paquin

Young Jane Eyre

Geraldine Chaplin

Miss Scatcherd

Billie Whitelaw

Grace Poole

Maria Schneider

Bertha

Elle Macpherson

Blanche Ingram

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Nic Knight

John Reed

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Nicola Howard

Eliza Reed

William Hurt — Rochester

William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American stage, film and television actor, trained at the Juilliard School, Manhattan, New York, USA. For his leading role in the feature film "Kiss of the Spider Woman", he received an Academy Award in 1986, followed by 3 more nominations for roles in the movies "Children of a Lesser God", "Broadcast News", and "A History of Violence".

Charlotte Gainsbourg — Jane Eyre

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English-French actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer and actor Serge Gainsbourg. She has acted in many films, including collaborations with Lars von Trier, and received two César Awards and Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award 2009 for the movie Antichrist, among many nomina

Joan Plowright — Mrs. Fairfax

Joan Ann Plowright, Lady Olivier, DBE (28 October 1929 - 16 January 2025), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards. Joan Plowright is also one of only four actresses to have won two Gold