THE YOUNG VICTORIA PRODUCTION NOTES - Thecia

Bochum and Berlin, she also made a step towards international work by taking a role in
Sören Kragh-Jacobsen's Emmy awarded TV series "Ørnen" with Jens Abinus. She has
recently completed filming The Reader, directed by Stephen Daldry starring Ralph
Fiennes and Kate Winslet.
GENEVIEVE O'REILLY - Lady Flora Hastings
Irish born O'Reilly graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Arts. Her film
credits include The Wachowski Brothers The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix
Revolutions as well as George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
In 2006 she featured in the Golden Globe nominated BBC television series "The State
Within" starring Jason Isaacs. In 2007 she starred in the ITV television drama "The Time
of Your Life," playing a woman who awakes from an 18-year coma, which co-starred
Geraldine James and Robert Pugh. Most recently she played Princess Diana in the
British TV docu-drama, "Diana: Last Days of a Princess."
RACHAEL STIRLING - Duchess of Sutherland
Stirling made her screen debut in Stir Crazy in 1998 and went on to feature in the films
Maybe Baby, Redemption Road and The Triumph of Love, before starring in the
successful television series "Tipping the Velvet," the story of a lesbian affair set in a music
hall in the 1890's and adapted from the novel by Sarah Waters by Andrew Davies. She
subsequently featured in numerous British television series from "Hotel Babylon" to
"Poirot." She has recently completed the television series "Boy Meets Girl," co-starring
with Martin Freeman.
MICHIEL HUISMAN - Ernest
Dutch actor Huisman appeared in countless television series in his native Holland, before
making his first appearance on British television in the popular series "Dalziel and
Pascoe" in 2006. He subsequently featured in Paul Verhoeven's World War II drama
Black Book.
He will next be seen in Alexis Dos Santos' Unmade Beds selected for the 2009 Sundance
Film Festival.
MICHAEL MALONEY - Sir Robert Peel
Maloney's first television appearance was in the 1979 drama series, "Telford's Change."
He went on to star in many films and television series, as well as developing a stage
career, and became a familiar face after playing a major role in Kenneth Branagh's 1989
film of Henry V.
In the early 1990s, he starred on television in "Mr. Wakefield's Crusade," and on film in
Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply. In 1994 he took the lead in the BBC
adaptation of "Love on a Branch Line." He appeared in both the 1990 and 1996 film
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