Vera Drake

Imelda Staunton

Stan

Philip Davis

Det. Inspector Webster

Peter Wight

Susan Wells

Sally Hawkins

Sid

Daniel Mays

Frank

Adrian Scarborough

Ethel

Alex Kelly

Reg

Eddie Marsan

Joyce

Heather Craney

Lily

Ruth Sheen

Mrs. Wells

Lesley Manville

WPC Best

Helen Coker

Mr. Wells

Simon Chandler

Det. Seargent Vickers

Martin Savage

Nellie

Anna Keaveney

Ivy

Wendy Nottingham

Very Young Woman

Sinead Matthews

George

Richard Graham

Psychiatrist

Allan Corduner

David

Sam Troughton

Jessie Barnes

Lesley Sharp

Judge

Jim Broadbent

madame Fowler

Marion Bailey

Susan's Confidante

Fenella Woolgar

la mère de Vera

Sandra Voe

un client de Sid

Chris O'Dowd

Kenny

Gerard Monaco

Pamela Barnes

Liz White

Ronny

Leo Bill

Cynical Lady

Elizabeth Berrington

Cynical Lady

Emma Amos

Child

Billie Cook

Child

Billy Seymour

Dance Hall Girl

Nina Fry

Mr. Walsh

Anthony O'Donnell

Private Doctor

Nicky Henson

Mother of Seven

Tilly Vosburgh

Nurse Willoughby

Angie Wallis

Sick Husband

Alan Williams

Jamaican Girl

Vinette Robinson

Married Woman

Rosie Cavaliero

Prison Officer

Eileen Davies

Magistrate

Paul Jesson

Mr. Lewis

Vincent Franklin

Police Constable

Tom Ellis

Ruffian

Jake Wood

Very Young Man

Sid Mitchell

Child

Heather Cameron-McLintock

Peggy

Joanna Griffiths

Sister Beecher

Judith Scott

Station Sergeant

Robert Putt

Nurse

Tracy O'Flaherty

Station Constable

Craig Conway

Magistrate's Clerk

Paul Raffield

Prosecution Barrister

Jeffry Wickham

Defence Barrister

Nicholas Jones

Prisoner

Angela Curran

Prisoner

Jane Wood

Court Reporter (uncredited)

James Payton

Policeman in Court (uncredited)

John Warman

Clerk

Philip Childs