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Cast
Reese Witherspoon (Becky Sharp)Romola Garai (Amelia Sedley)James Purefoy (Rawdon Crawley)Jonathan Rhys Meyers (George Osborne)Gabriel Byrne (The Marquess of Steyne)Angelica Mandy (Young Becky)Roger Lloyd Pack (Francis Sharp)Ruth Sheen (Miss Pinkerton)Kate Fleetwood (Miss Pinkerton's Crone)Lillete Dubey (Ms. Green)Tony Maudsley (Joseph Sedley)Deborah Findlay (Mrs. Sedley)John Franklyn-Robbins (Mr. Sedley)Paul Bazely (Biju)Rhys Ifans (William Dobbin)Charlie Beall (Gambler)David Sterne (Queen's Crawley Mail Coach Driver)Bob Hoskins (Sir Pitt Crawley)
Director
Mira Nair
Synopsis
Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.
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