Secrets & Lies

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.

Drama

Brenda Blethyn

(Cynthia Rose Purley)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

(Hortense Cumberbatch)

Timothy Spall

(Maurice Purley)

Phyllis Logan

(Monica Purley)

Claire Rushbrook

(Roxanne Purley)

Lee Ross

(Paul)

Lesley Manville

(The Social Worker)

Elizabeth Berrington

(Jane)

Michele Austin

(Dionne)

Ron Cook

(Stuart)

Trevor Laird

(Hortense's Brother)

Brian Bovell

(Hortense's Brother)

Emma Amos

(Girl with Scar)

Clare Perkins

(Hortense's Sister in Law)

Elias Perkins McCook

(Hortense's Nephew)

Jane Mitchell

(Senior Optician (as June Mitchell))

Janice Acquah

(Junior Optician)

Keylee Jade Flanders

(Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders))

Hannah Davis

(First Bride)

Terence Harvey

(First Bride's Father)

Kate O'Malley

(Second Bride)

Joe Tucker

(Groom)

Richard Syms

(Vicar)

Grant Masters

(Best Man)

Annie Hayes

(Mother in Family Group)

Jean Ainslie

(Grandmother)

Lucy Sheen

(Nurse)

Frances Ruffelle

(Young Mother)

Nitin Ganatra

(Potential Suitor)

Metin Marlow

(Conjuror)

Su Elliot

(Raunchy Woman)

Amanda Crossley

(Raunchy Woman)

Di Sherlock

(Raunchy Woman)

David Neilson

(Man in Suit)

Peter Waddington

(Man in Suit)

Peter Stockbridge

(Man in Suit)

Rachel Lewis

(Graduate)

Paul Trussell

(Grinning Husband)

Jonny Coyne

(Fiance)

Denise Orita

(Uneasy Woman)

Margery Withers

(Elderly Lady)

Gordon Winter

(Laughing Man)

Theresa Watson

(Daughter)

Peter Wight

(Father in Family Group)

Gary McDonald

(Boxer)

Alison Steadman

(Woman with Dog)

Liz Smith

(Woman with Cat)

Sheila Kelley

(Fertile Mother)

Angela Curran

(Little Boy's Mother)

Linda Beckett

(Pin Up Housewife)

Phil Davis

(Man in Suit)

Wendy Nottingham

(Glum Woman)

Anthony O'Donnell

(Uneasy Man)

Ruth Sheen

(Laughing Woman)

Mia Soteriou

(Fiancee)

Stephen Churchett

(Man in Suit)