Secrets & Lies(1996)
movie - first aired/released 1996-05-24 - 142 min - audience 7.6
Drama
Directed by Mike Leigh
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.
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Cast
Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
Lee RossPaul
Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
Elizabeth BerringtonJane
Michele AustinDionne
Ron CookStuart
Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
Brian BovellHortense's Brother
Emma AmosGirl with Scar
Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law- Elias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew
- Jane MitchellSenior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice AcquahJunior Optician- Keylee Jade FlandersGirl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
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- Hannah DavisFirst Bride
Terence HarveyFirst Bride's Father- Kate O'MalleySecond Bride
- Joe TuckerGroom
- Richard SymsVicar
Grant MastersBest Man- Annie HayesMother in Family Group
- Jean AinslieGrandmother
Lucy SheenNurse
Frances RuffelleYoung Mother
Nitin GanatraPotential Suitor- Metin MarlowConjuror
- Su ElliotRaunchy Woman
- Amanda CrossleyRaunchy Woman
- Di SherlockRaunchy Woman
David NeilsonMan in Suit- Peter WaddingtonMan in Suit
- Peter StockbridgeMan in Suit
- Rachel LewisGraduate
Paul TrussellGrinning Husband
Jonny CoyneFiance- Denise OritaUneasy Woman
- Margery WithersElderly Lady
- Gordon WinterLaughing Man
- Theresa WatsonDaughter
Peter WightFather in Family Group
Gary McDonaldBoxer
Alison SteadmanWoman with Dog
Liz SmithWoman with Cat
Sheila KelleyFertile Mother
Angela CurranLittle Boy's Mother
Linda BeckettPin Up Housewife
Phil DavisMan in Suit
Wendy NottinghamGlum Woman
Anthony O'DonnellUneasy Man
Ruth SheenLaughing Woman
Mia SoteriouFiancee
Stephen ChurchettMan in Suit
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