Period PBs
(WIP. All contributions welcome!)
This is a directory of actors used in period films with links to images of their performances in particular films. Please use in conjunction with the Face Claim[1] when selecting a PB for your character. A strikethrough denotes a PB in use as a current character. Some actors have been working a long time and therefore may appear both in the 'Younger' and 'Older' categories (Sylvestra Le Touzel and Nicholas Farrell, for example) and these names are marked with a star.
Please note that an attempt has been made to make all pics uploaded a large 800px wide by 450px high, although this has not been possible in all cases - for example, where shots have been found via Google search. These small shots will hopefully be replaced with larger pics in the future.
Young Male
- Joe Anderson: Becoming Jane
- Jonathan Aris: Hornblower, Bright Star
- Sebastian Armesto Little Dorrit
Richard Armitage: North and South- Alexander Arnold: Poldark
- Thomas Arnold War and Peace
- Ariyon Bakare: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Christian Bale Little Women
- David Bamber: Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Aneurin Barnard: The Scandalous Lady W, Moonfleet, War and Peace
- Sean Bean: Sharpe
- Joseph Beattie: Mansfield Park 2007
- William Beck: Northanger Abbey
- Jamie Bell Turn; Jane Eyre 2011
- Tom Bell Doctor Thorne
- Paul Bettany*: Master and Commander
- Alexander Beyer: War and Peace 2007
- George Blagden Versailles
- Crispin Bonham-Carter: Pride and Prejudice 1995
Alessio Boni: War and Peace 2007- Hugh Bonneville*: Mansfield Park
Douglas Booth: Great Expectations 2011; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies- Wade Briggs: Still Star-Crossed
- Ed Browning: Poldark
- Andrew Buchan: Cranford, Garrow's Law, Jane Eyre
- Robert Burbage: Mansfield Park 1983
- Tom Burke: Great Expectations 2011, War and Peace 2016, The Musketeers
- Nicholas Burns Doctor Who
- Santiago Cabrera: The Musketeers
- Anthony Calf: Pride and Prejudice 1995
- James Callis The Musketeers
- Stephen Campbell Moore: Amazing Grace (awaiting screencaps)
- Bertie Carvel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Jim Caviezel: Count of Monte Cristo 2011
Henry Cavill: Count of Monte Cristo 2002- Simon Chandler Mr Turner
Howard Charles The Musketeers- Oliver Chris: The Scandalous Lady W
- Enzo Cilenti: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Scott Cleverdon Sharpe
- Torrance Coombs Still Star-Crossed
- Dominic Cooper: Sense and Sensibility 2008
- Ryan Corr: Banished
- Raymond Coulthard: Emma ITV
- Elliot Cowan: Lost in Austen
- Jonathan Coy Northanger Abbey 1987
- Brendan Coyle: North and South
- Benedict Cumberbatch: Amazing Grace, To The Ends of The Earth
- Alan Cumming: Emma 1996
- Timothy Dalton Jane Eyre 1983
Hugh Dancy: David Copperfield 2000, Ella Enhanted, Daniel Deronda, Hysteria, Elizabeth I- Paul Dano War and Peace
James D'Arcy: Master and Commander, Mansfield Park 2007, Nicholas Nickleby- Arthur Darvill Little Dorrit
- Jack Davenport: The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant, Pirates of the Caribbean
- David Dawson: Banished
- Finn Den Hertog: Outlander
- Daniel Donskoy: Victoria
- Ken Duken: War and Peace 2007
- Mark Dymond: Northanger Abbey
- Charles Edwards Mansfield Park 1999
- Robin Ellis*: Poldark 1976
- Daniel Evans: To The Ends of The Earth
- Rupert Evans: Emma 2009, North and South
- Shaun Evans: The Scandalous Lady W
- Nicholas Farrell* Mansfield Park 1983
- Jack Farthing: Poldark 2015
Michael Fassbender Jane Eyre 2012JJ Feild: Austenland, Northanger Abbey, To The Ends of The Earth- Tom Felton: Belle
- Colin Firth: Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Jonathan Firth: Middlemarch 1994
- Peter Firth* :Northanger Abbey 1987
- James Fleet*: Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Andre Flynn: The Musketeers
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: A Royal Affair
- Laurence Fox: Becoming Jane
- Edward Franklin: Doctor Thorne
- Hugh Fraser: Sharpe
- Dan Fredenburgh: Emma 2009
- Rupert Friend: Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Ryan Gage: The Musketeers
- Mark Gatiss: Sense and Sensibility 2008
Iain Glen: Wives and Daughters- Philip Glenister: Byron, Vanity Fair 1998, Cranford
- Robert Glenister: Persuasion 1995
Matthew Goode: Death Comes to Pemberley, Belle- Tom Goodman-Hill Miss Austen Regrets
- Burn Gorman Turn; Wuthering Heights 2009
- Hugh Grant Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Richard E. Grant Monsieur N, The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Josh Groban Great Comet
- Ioan Gruffudd Amazing Grace; Hornblower
- Jefferson Hall Emma 2009
- Tom Hardy Wuthering Heights 2009
- James Harper Wuthering Heights 2009
- Richard Harrington Poldark
- Sam Hazeldine Persuasion 2007
- John Heffernan Jonathan Strange
- Guy Henry Lost in Austen; John Adams Emma ITV
- Sam Heughan Outlander
Tom Hiddleston Miss Austen Regrets, Cranford- Douglas Hodge* Middlemarch, Vanity Fair 2004
- Edward Hogg Jonathan Strange
- Tom Hollander* Wives and Daughters, Pride and Prejudice 2005
- John Hollingworth Poldark 2015
- William Houston North and South
- Anthony Howell Wives and Daughters
- James Howson Wuthering Heights 2011
Tom Hughes Victoria- William Hurt Jane Eyre 1996
Jack Huston Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, Miss Austen Regrets- Lee Ingleby Master & Commander
- Jeremy Irvine Great Expectations 2012
- Jason Isaacs The Patriot
- Martin Jacobs Sharpe
- Michael Jibson Les Miserables
- Rory Keenan War and Peace
- Ferdinand Kingsley Victoria
- Rory Kinnear Mansfield Park, Cranford
- Chris Larkin Master & Commander
- Hugh Laurie Sense and Sensibility
- Tommy Lawrence-Knight Victoria
- Lucien Laviscourt Still Star-Crossed
- Jonny Lee Miller Mansfield Park 1999, Emma 2009
- John Light North and South
Harry Lloyd Great Expectations 2011; Jane Eyre 2011- Tom Lorcan Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Jack Lowden War and Peace
- Adrian Lukis Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Richard Lumsden Sense and Sensibility 1995
Matthew MacFadyen Pride and Prejudice 2005; The Way We Live Now; Little Dorrit- James McAvoy Becoming Jane, The Conspirator
- Joe McFadden Cranford
- Luke McGibney Pride and Prejudice 2014
- Ewan McGregor Emma 1996
- Ciaran McMenamin David Copperfield 1999
- Matthew McNulty Cranford, The Musketeers
- Tobias Menzies Persuasion 2007, Outlander
- Mads Mikkelsen A Royal Affair
- Tom Mison Lost in Austen
- Joseph Morgan Mansfield Park 2007, Master and Commander
- David Morrissey Sense and Sensibility 2008, Doctor Who
- Cillian Murphy The Way We Live Now
- Youssou N'Dour Amazing Grace
- Alessandro Nivola Mansfield Park 1999
- Luke Norris Poldark 2015
Jeremy Northam Emma 1996James Norton Death Comes to Pemberley, War and Peace- David Oakes Victoria
- Hugh O'Conor Northanger Abbey 2007
- Ian Ogilvy Waterloo
- Dan O'Herlihy waterloo
- Gavan O'Herlihy Sharpe
- Alex O'Loughlin The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
- Grant O'Rourke Outlander
Jamie Parker Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell- Nathaniel Parker Vanity Fair 1998
- Luke Pasqualino The Musketeers
Rupert Penry-Jones Persuasion 2007- Alistair Petrie Emma ITV
- Bohdan Poraj The Musketeers
James Purefoy Mansfield Park 1999, Beau Brummell: This Charming ManEddie Redmayne Les Miserables, Tess of the D'Ubervilles- Sam Reid Belle
- Julian Rhind-Tutt Banished
Matthew Rhys Death Comes to Pemberley- Paul Rhys Victoria
- Harry Richardson Doctor Thorne
- Tom Riley Lost in Austen
- Sam Riley Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Blake Ritson Mansfield Park 2007, Emma 2009, Garrow's Law
- Jay Rodan Monsieur N
- Samuel Roukin Miss Austen Regrets, Bright Star
- Dominic Rowan Emma ITV
- Tygh Runyan Versailles
- Simon Russell Beale Persuasion 1995
- Benjamin Sadler War and Peace
- Xavier Samuel Love and Friendship
- Paul Schneider Bright Star
- Rufus Sewell* Amazing Grace; Middlemarch
- Jamie Sives To The Ends of the Earth
- Hugh Skinner Poldark
- Matt Smith Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, Doctor Who
- Kyle Soller Poldark 2015
- Toby Stephens Jane Eyre 2006, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Florian Stetter Beloved Sister
Dan Stevens Sense and Sensibility 2008- Matt Stokoe The Musketeers
- Adam Storke Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series
- Mark Strong Emma ITV
Tom Sturridge Effie Gray- Sterling Sulieman Still Star-Crossed
- Russell Tovey Banished, Little Dorrit
Aidan Turner Poldark 2015- Callum Turner War and Peace
- Zubin Varla Little Dorrit
- Christopher Villiers Mansfield Park 1983, Sharpe
- Alexander Vlahos Versailles
Tom Ward Death Comes to Pemberley, Vanity Fair 1998- Marc Warren* The Musketeers
- Samuel West* Persuasion, Hornblower
- Ben Whishaw Bright Star
- Josh Whitehouse Poldark
- Greg Wise* Sense and Sensibility 1995, Hornblower
- Edward Woodall Master and Commander
Simon Woods Pride and Prejudice 2005, Cranford- Alex Wyndham Little Dorrit
Young Female
- Freema Agyeman Little Dorrit
Gemma Arterton Lost in Austen- Brittain Ashford Great Comet
Hayley Atwell Mansfield Park 2007- Juliet Aubrey Middlemarch
- Caitriona Balfe Outlander
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[2])
- Ellie Bamber Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Kate Beckinsale Emma ITV, Love and Friendship- Ruby Bentall Lost in Austen, Poldark 2015
- Denee Benton Great Comet
- Jessica Biel Easy Virtue
- Claudie Blakly Bright Star, Pride and Prejudice 2005, Lark Rise to Candleford
Alexis Bledel The Conspirator- Cressida Bonas Doctor Thorne
- Samantha Bond* Mansfield Park 1983
- Alison Brie Doctor Thorne
- Lucy Briers Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Jessie Buckley War and Peace 2016
- MyAnna Buring Banished
- Imogen Byron Cranford
- Katia Caballero Sharpe
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes Bright Star
- Valentina Cervi War and Peace 2007
Anna Chancellor Pride and Prejudice 1995- Morven Christie Lost in Austen
- Morfydd Clark Love and Friendship, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Antonia Clarke The Great Fire
- Margaret Clunie Victoria
- Lucy Cohu Becoming Jane
- Christina Cole Lost in Austen, Emma 2009
Jenna Coleman Death Comes to Pemberley, Victoria, Doctor Who- Toni Collette Emma 1996
- Hermione Corfield Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Abbie Cornish Bright Star- Abigail Cruttenden Sharpe
- Bessie Cursons Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Embeth Davidtz Mansfield Park 1999
- Julia Davis Persuasion 2007
- Lucy Davis Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Felicity Dean Persuasion 1995
- Daniela Denby-Ashe North and South
- Lisa Dillon Cranford
- Michelle Dockery Cranford
- Laura Donnelly Outlander
- Natalie Dormer The Scandalous Lady W
- Alexandra Dowling The Musketeers
- Lucinda Dryzek Jonathan Strange
Kirsten Dunst Marie Antoinette- Louise Dylan Emma 2009
Jennifer Ehle Pride and PrejudiceAlice Englert Jonathan Strange- Dakota Fanning Effie Gray
- Emilia Fox Pride and Prejudice
- Claire Foy Little Dorrit
Sarah Gadon BelleRomala Garai Emma 209, Amazing Grace, Vanity Fair 2004[3], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant, The Way We Live Now- Emma Greenwell Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Amber Grey Great Comet
- Frances Grey Vanity Fair 1998
- Selina Griffiths Cranford
- Laura Haddock The Musketeers
- Daisy Haggard Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Amanda Hale Persuasion 2007
- Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[4])
- Victoria Hamilton Mansfield Park 1999, Persuasion 1995, To The Ends of the Earth
- Susannah Harker Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Anne Hathaway Becoming Jane
Keeley Hawes Wives and Daughters- Sally Hawkins Persuasion 2007
- Bella Heathcote Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Siobhan Hewlett Monsieur N
- Jennifer Higham Persuasion 2007
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[5])
- Nell Hudson Outlander, Victoria
- Lily James War and Peace, Cinderella, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Felicity Jones Northanger Abbey 2007- Jo Joyner North and South
- Tamla Kari The Musketeers
- Gwyneth Keyworth Doctor Thorne
Georgia King Little Dorrit- Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Ingrid Lacey Northanger Abbey 1987
- Sylvestra le Touzel* Mansfield Park 1983
- Crystal Leaity Poldark 2015
- Natasha Little Vanity Fair 1998
- Aisling Loftus War and Peace, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Lily Loveless The Musketeers
- Lashana Lynch Still Star-Crossed
- Polly Maberly Pride and Prejudice
- Pearl Mackie Doctor Who
- Anna Madeley Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Jena Malone Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Anna Maxwell Martin Becoming Jane, Death Comes to Pemberley, North and South
- Stefanie Martini Doctor Thorne
Jodhi May Emma 2009- Gugu Mbatha-Raw Belle
- Maimie McCoy The Musketeers
- Trevyn McDowell Middlemarch 1994
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[6])
Tamzin Merchant Pride and Prejudice 2005, Jane Eyre 2011, Edwin DroodTuppence Middleton War and Peace- Hattie Morahan Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Samantha Morton Emma ITV
Carey Mulligan Pride and Prejudice 2005, Northanger Abbey 2007- Eve Myles* Little Dorrit, Doctor Who
- Phoebe Nicholls* Persuasion 1995
- Kimberley Nixon Cranford
- Ebonee Noel Still Star-Crossed
- Gracee O'Brien Poldark 2016
Frances O'Connor Mansfield Park 1999- Kate O'Flynn Doctor Thorne
- Genevieve O'Reilly Banished
- Marianne Oldham The Musketeers
- Alice Orr-Ewing Victoria
- Joanna Page To the Ends of the Earth
- Gwyneth Paltrow Emma 1996
- Maxine Peak Little Dorrit
- Emma Pierson Little Dorrit
Rosamund Pike Pride and Prejudice 2005, Wives and Daughters- Billie Piper Mansfield Park 2007, Doctor Who
- Chloe Pirrie To Walk Invisible, War and Peace
- Violante Placido War and Peace 2007
- Angela Pleasance Mansfield Park 1983
- Clemence Poesy War and Peace
- Teri Polo Phantom of the Opera 1990
- Imogen Poots Miss Austen Regrets
- Laura Pyper Emma 2009
- Medalion Rahimi Still Star-Crossed
Heida Reed Poldark- Kelly Reilly Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Charlotte Riley Jonathan Strange; Wuthering Heights 2009
Talulah Riley Pride and Prejudice 2005- Emma Roberts Persuasion 1995
- Lucy Robinson Pride and Prejudice 1995, Emma ITV
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[7])
- Amanda Root Persuasion 1995
- Olivia Ross War and Peace
- Clara Rugaard Still Star-Crossed
Keri Russell Austenland- Michelle Ryan Mansfield Park 2007
- Charlotte Salt The Musketeers
Julia Sawalha Pride and Prejudice 1995, Cranford, Lark Rise to Candleford, Hornblower- Greta Scacchi* Emma 1996
- Katharine Schlesinger Northanger Abbey 1987
- Kaya Scodelario Wuthering Heights 2011
- Lucy Scott Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Sarah Smart The Musketeers
- Jackie Smith-Wood Mansfield Park 1983
- Phillipa Soo Great Comet
- Jolie Stanford Pride and Prejudice 2014
- Rosamund Stephen Persuasion 2007, Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Catrin Stewart Doctor Who
- Juliet Stevenson Emma 1996
- Mary Stockley Persuasion 2007
- Cassie Stuart Northanger Abbey 1987
- Imogen Stubbs Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Zoe Tapper The Musketeers
- Thalissa Teixeira The Musketeers
- Antonia Thomas The Musketeers
- Sophie Thompson* Persuasion 1995
Eleanor Tomlinson Death Comes to Pemberley, Poldark 2015- Velile Tshabalala Doctor Who
- Joanna Vanderham Banished
- Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[8])
- Alicia Vikander A Royal Affair
Justine Waddell Mansfield Park 1999, Wives and Daughters- Charity Wakefield Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Annabelle Wallis The Musketeers
- Catherine Walker Northanger Abbey 2007
- Polly Walker Emma 1996
Perdita Weeks Lost in Austen, The Musketeers, The Great Fire- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[9])
- Olivia Williams Emma 2009, Miss Austen Regrets
- Kate Winslet Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Reese Witherspoon Vanity Fair 2004
Older Male
- Terence Alexander Waterloo
- Alun Armstrong Little Dorrit
- Desmond Barrit Northanger Abbey 2007
Robert Bathurst Emma 2009- Terence Beesley War and Peace
- Christopher Benjamin Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Paul Bettany* Creation, The Young Victoria
- David Black To The Ends of the Earth
- Hugh Bonneville* Lost in Austen, Miss Austen Regrets, Beau Brummell: That Charming Man
- John Bowe Cranford
- Grant Bowler Still Star-Crossed
- Peter Bowles Victoria
- Ewen Bremner Banished
- Jim Broadbent War and Peace
- David Calder The Scandalous Lady W
- Simon Callow Doctor Who
- Peter Capaldi The Musketeers, Doctor Who
- Jim Carter Cranford
- Warren Clarke Poldark 2015
- Michael Cochrane Sharpe
- Robbie Coltrane Effie Gray
- Ron Cook Little Dorrit, Hornblower
- Tom Courtenay Little Dorrit
- Brian Cox War and Peace, Sharpe
- James Cromwell Becoming Jane
- Russell Crowe Master & Commander:The Far Side of the World, Les Miserables
- Marton Csokas Sons of Liberty
- Michael Culkin Poldark 2015
- Liam Cunningham Northanger Abbey 2007
- Charles Dance To the Ends of the Earth, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Great Fire
- Philip Davis Poldark 2015
- Gérard Depardieu Count of Monte Cristo 1998, Napoleon
- Adrian Edmondson Miss Austen Regrets, War and Peace
- Robin Ellis* Poldark 2015
- Nicholas Farrell* Amazing Grace, Persuasion 2007
Trevor Eve David Copperfield 1999, Death Comes to Pemberley- Rupert Everett The Musketeers
- Albert Finney Amazing Grace[10]
- Peter Firth* Victoria
- James Fleet* Little Dorrit
- Clive Francis Mr Turner,
- Vincent Franklin Jonathan Strange
- Michael Gambon Emma 2009, Amazing Grace, Wives and Daughters, Cranford
- Robert Hardy Sense and Sensibility 1995, Middlemarch, Northanger Abbey 1987
- Jared Harris To The Ends Of The Earth
- Jack Hawkins Waterloo
- Denys Hawthorne Emma 1996
- James Hazeldine Emma ITV
- Anthony Head Persuasion 2007, Still Star-Crossed
- Douglas Henshall Outlander
- Bernard Hepton Emma ITV, Mansfield Park 1983
- Dan Hildebrand Still Star-Crossed
- Ciaran Hinds Persuasion 1995, Amazing Grace
- Douglas Hodge* Mansfield Park 2007
- Tom Hollander* Doctor Thorne
- Richard Hope Poldark
- Bob Hoskins Vanity Fair 2004
- Hugh Jackman Les Miserables
- Derek Jacobi The Old Curiosity Shop, Little Dorrit 1987
- Alex Jennings Cranford
- Nicholas Jones Sharpe
- Toby Jones Amazing Grace, Creation, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Harlot's Progress
- Paul Kaye Jonathan Strange
- Will Keen The Musketeers
- Danny Kirrane Doctor Thorne
- Duncan Lacroiz Outlander
- James Laurenson (Sharpe [11])
- Denis Lawson Bleak House
- Nicholas Le Prevost Cranford
- Dean Lennox Kelly Cranford
- Anton Lesser Vanity Fair 1998, Garrow's Law, Little Dorrit, The Musketeers
- Gary Lewis Outlander
- Nigel Lindsay Victoria
- Robert Lindsay Hornblower
- Francis Magee The Musketeers
- Patrick Malahide Middlemarch
- Clive Mantle Jonathan Strange
- Eddie Marsan Jonathan Strange, Little Dorrit
- Philip Martin Brown Death Comes to Pemberley
- Richard McCabe Doctor Thorne
- Rory McCann Banished
- Malcolm McDowell War and Peace
- Kevin McNally Wuthering Heights 2009
- Ian McShane Doctor Thorne
- Graham McTavish Outlander
- Joseph Millson Banished
- Sam Neill To The Ends of the Earth, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
- John Nettles Poldark
- Bill Paterson Little Dorrit, Outlander, Wives and Daughters
- Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
- Brian Pettifer Jonathan Strange
- Tim Pigott-Smith North and South
- Harold Pinter Mansfield Park 1999
- Christopher Plummer Waterloo
- Brian Protheroe North and South
- Jonathan Pryce Cranford
- Robert Pugh Master & Commander
- Stephen Rea War and Peace
- Corin Redgrave Persuasion 1995
- Ian Richardson Becoming Jane
- Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Adrian Scarborough Cranford
- Adrian Schiller Victoria
- Andy Serkis Little Dorrit
- Rufus Sewell* Victoria
- Timothy Spall Mr Turner
- Hugo Speer The Musketeers
- Ken Stott War and Peace
- Tristan Sturrock Poldark
- David Suchet The Way We Live Now
- Donald Sutherland Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Jason Thorpe Little Dorrit
- Pip Torrens Miss Austen Regrets, Poldark
- Stephen Walters Outlander
- Marc Warren* Jonathan Strange
- Jason Watkins Miss Austen Regrets
- David Wenham Banished
- Sam West* Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Benjamin Whitrow Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Peter Wight Persuasion 2007
- Michael Wilding Waterloo
- Tom Wilkinson Belle
- Mark Williams Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Matthew Wilson Poldark
- Rory Wilton Poldark
- Ray Winstone Moonfleet
- Greg Wise* Cranford, Effie Gray
- John Woodvine Persuasion 1995
- Tim Wylton Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Peter Vaughn Hornblower
- Ronan Vibert Jonathan Strange
- Sergo Zakariadze Waterloo
Older Female
- Gillan Anderson War and Peace
- Francesca Annis Cranford, Wives and Daughters, Jane Eyre 2006
- Eileen Atkins Cranford, Vanity Fair 2004
- Dorothy Atkinson Mr Turner
- Annette Badland Outlander
- Marion Bailey Persuasion 2007, Mr Turner
- Sylvia Barter Emma ITV
- Linda Bassett Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Caroline Blakiston Poldark
- Brenda Blethyn War and Peace, Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Samantha Bond* Emma ITV
- Orla Brady Banished
- Cheryl Campbell To The Ends of the Earth
- Rosie Cavaliero Little Dorrit
- Judith Coke Emma ITV
- Pauline Collins Doctor Who
- Sinéad Cusack North and South
- Joanna David Pride and Prejudice 1995
Judi Dench Cranford, Pride and Prejudice 2005- Sally Dexter Poldark
- Lindsay Duncan Lost in Austen, Mansfield Park 1999
- Janine Duvitski Little Dorrit
- Trine Dyrholm A Royal Affair
- Beatie Edney Poldark
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[12])
- Lynn Farleigh Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Pam Ferris Little Dorrit
- Deborah Findlay Wives and Daughters, Cranford
- Emma Fielding Cranford
- Susan Fleetwood Persuasion 1995
- Catherine Flemming Victoria
- Barbara Flynn Wives and Daughters, Cranford
- Kerry Fox Bright Star
- Rebecca Front War and Peace, Doctor Thorne
- Debra Gillett Cranford
- Sheila Gish Mansfield Park 1999
- Stella Gonet Persuasion 2007
- Tamsin Greig Emma 2009
- Daniela Holtz Victoria
- Sue Johnston Little Dorrit
- Gemma Jones Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Ruth Jones Little Dorrit
- Penelope Keith Death Comes to Pemberley
- Alex Kingston Lost in Austen
- Alice Krige Persuasion 2008
- Sarah Lancashire Wuthering Heights 2009
- Phyllida Law Miss Austen Regrets, Emma 1996
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt Pride and Prejudice, Wives and Daughters
- Sylvestra Le Touzel* Northanger Abbey 2007, Amazing Grace, Vanity Fair 1998
- Valerie Lilley Emma 2009
- Cherie Lunghi Hornblower
- Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[13])
- Bernadette McKenna Northanger Abbey
- Julia McKenzie Cranford
Janet McTeer Sense & Sensibility 2008- Lesley Manville (North and South[14], Cranford[15])
- Miriam Margolyes Vanity Fair 1998
- Jean Marsh Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Anna Massey Mansfield Park 1983
- Nichola McAuliffe Victoria
- Helen Mirren Gosford Park
- Eve Myles* Victoria
- Phoebe Nicholls* Doctor Thorne
- Maggie O'Neill Mansfield Park 2007
- Judy Parfitt Little Dorrit
- Sally Phillips Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Pauline Quirke North and South
- Jemma Redgrave Mansfield Park 2007
- Amanda Redman Little Dorrit
- Miranda Richardson Belle
- Zuleikha Robinson Still Star-Crossed
- Greta Scacchi* War and Peace, Miss Austen Regrets
- Prunella Scales Emma ITV
- Lesley Sharp Cranford
- Fiona Shaw Persuasion 1995
- Ruth Sheen Mr Turner
- Claire Skinner Sense and Sensibility 2008
- Maggie Smith Becoming Jane, David Copperfield 1999
- Elizabeth Spriggs Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Imelda Staunton Cranford, Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Alison Steadman Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility 1995, Effie Gray
- Sophie Thompson* Emma 1996
- Frances Tomelty Vanity Fair 1998
- Bridget Turner Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Harriet Walter Sense and Sensibility 1995, The Young Victoria
- Julie Walters Becoming Jane
- Emily Watson Belle
- Finty Williams Cranford
- Anna Wilson-Jones Victoria
- Penelope Wilton Belle, Wives and Daughters, Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Googie Withers Northanger Abbey 1987
- Robin Wright The Conspirator
- Meg Wynn Owen Vanity Fair 2004
List of films/TV shows added to the list so far
Tudor/Stuart
- The Great Fire
- The Musketeers
- Still Star-Crossed
- Versailles
Georgian
- Amazing Grace
- A Royal Affair
- Banished
- Belle
- The Duchess
- Garrow's Law
- A Harlot's Progress
- The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
- Longitude
- Love and Friendship
- John Adams
- Marie Antoinette
- Moonfleet
- Outlander
- The Patriot
- Poldark (1976 and 2015)
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Scandalous Lady W
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Turn
Regency
(Note: Some of these may overlap with the early Victorian era)
- Austenland
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
- Becoming Jane
- Bright Star
- Byron
- Count of Monte Cristo (1998, 2002, 2011)
- Death Comes to Pemberley
- Desperate Romantics
- Emma (1996 film, ITV film and 2009 mini-series)
- Hornblower
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
- Les Miserables
- Lost in Austen
- Mansfield Park (1983, 1999 and 2007)
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Miss Austen Regrets
- Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway)
- Monsieur N
- Mr Turner
- Napoleon
- Northanger Abbey (1987 and 2007)
- Persuasion (1995 and 2007)
- Pride and Prejudice (1995 and 2005)
- Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
- Sense and Sensibility (1995 and 2008)
- Sharpe
- To The Ends of The Earth
- Vanity Fair (1998 and 2004 versions)
- War and Peace (2007 and 2016 versions)
- Waterloo
- Wuthering Heights (2009 and 2011)
Victorian
Some of these may fall into the hazy gap in fashion between Regency and Victorian, especially for men)
- Bleak House
- The Conspirator
- Cranford
- Creation
- Daniel Deronda
- David Copperfield (1999 and 2000 versions)
- Doctor Thorne
- Effie Gray
- Great Expectations (1998, 2011 and 2012 versions)
- Hysteria
- Jane Eyre (1996, 2006, 2011 versions)
- Lark Rise to Candleford
- Little Dorrit
- Middlemarch
- Mystery of Edwin Drood
- North and South
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- The Way We Live Now
- Victoria
- Wives and Daughters
- The Young Victoria
Edwardian
Fantasy/Other
These costumes and hairstyles may be inspired by different periods. While they are not necessarily historically accurate, they may be useful as PBs.
- Doctor Who
Resources
- http://www.cap-that.com/
- http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/
- http://kissthemgoodbye.net/PeriodDrama/index.php
- http://caps.desert-sky.net/w&d.htm
- http://austen.desert-sky.net/index.html
- http://screencapsource.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/amazing-grace-2006.html
- https://movie-screencaps.com/movie-directory/
- Google Image search
- http://periodplaybyprovider.tumblr.com/tagged/19th_century
- http://rjenkins.co.uk/historical-library/