Familiar Faces

The Who's Who

Over the years many talented actors and actresses have portrayed Jane Austen's characters, some have had the privileged of portraying more than one! Below you will find a list of actors & actresses who have played two or more characters in Jane Austen adaptations. 

  

~Hugh Bonneville

• Mr. Rushworth in Mansfield Park (1999)
• Reverend Brook Bridges in Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
• Mr. (Claude) Bennet in Lost in Austen (2008)

  

 ~Lindsay Duncan

• Lady Bertram & Mrs. Price inMansfield Park (1999)
• Lady Catherine de Bourgh inLost in Austen (2008)

 

 ~Victoria Hamilton

• Mrs. Foster in Pride & Prejudice (1995)
• Henrietta Musgrove inPersuasion (1995)
• Maria Rushworth in Mansfield Park (1999)

  

~Sophie Thompson

• Mary Musgrove in Persuasion (1995)
• Miss Bates in Emma (1996)

  

~Johnny Lee Miller

• Charles Price in Mansfield Park (1983)
• Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park (1999)
• Mr. Knightley in Emma (2009)

 

~Nicholas Farrell

• Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park (1983)
• Mr. Musgrove in Persuasion (2007)

  

~Sylvestra Le Touzel

• Fanny Price in Mansfield Park (1983)
• Mrs. Allen in Northanger Abbey (2007)

  

~Guy Henry

•  Mr. John Knightley in Emma (1997)
• Mr. Collins in Lost in Austen (2008)

 

~Bernard Hepton

• Sir Thomas Bertram inMansfield Park (1983)
• Mr. Woodhouse in Emma (1997)

 

~Samantha Bond

• Maria Bertram in Mansfield Park (1983)
• Mrs. Weston in Emma (1997)

 

~Phyllida Law

• Mrs. Bates in Emma (1996)
• Mrs. Austen in Miss Austen Regrets (2008)

  

~Greta Scacchai

• Mrs. Weston in Emma (1996)
• Cassandra Austen in Miss Austen Regrets (2008)

 

~Olivia Williams

• Jane Fairfax in Emma (1997)
• Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets (2008)

 

~Anna Chancellor

• Miss Caroline Bingley in Pride & Prejudice (1995)
• Narrator in The Real Jane Austen (2002)
• Real life great-grand niece of Jane Austen

 

~Lucy Cohu

• Cassandra Austen in The Real Jane Austen (2002)
• Eliza de Feuillide in Becoming Jane (2007)

  

~Blake Ritson

• Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park (2007)
• Mr. Elton in Emma (2009)

 

~Christina Cole

• Miss Caroline Bingley in Lost in Austen (2008)
• Mrs. Augusta Elton in Emma (2009) 

 

~Carey Mulligan

•  Kitty Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Isabella Thorpe in Northanger Abbey (2007)

 

~Joanna David

• Elinor Dashwood in Sense & Sensibility (1971)
• Mrs. Gardiner in Pride & Prejudice (1995)

  

~Irene Richard

• Charlotte Lucas in Pride & Prejudice (1980)
• Elinor Dashwood in Sense & Sensibility (1981)

 

~Lucy Robinson

• Mrs. Hurst in Pride & Prejudice (1995)
• Mrs. Elton in Emma (1997)

 

~Pip Torrens

• Netherfield Butler in Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Edward Austen Knight in Miss Austen Regrets (2008)

  

~Robert Hardy

• General Tilney in Northanger Abbey (1987)
• Sir John Middleton in Sense & Sensibility (1995)

  

~Sophie Varssuer

• Jane Lefroy in Becoming Jane (2007)
• Anne Thorpe in Northanger Abbey (2007)

  

~Peter Wight

• Mr. Gardiner in Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Admiral Croft in Persuasion (2007)