Secrets & Lies

7.6

142 minutes

5/24/1996

Overview

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 List

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