Joseph Fiennes
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See the complete list of actors, writers, directors, producers, and other crew members who worked on the Oscar-winning romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love. Find out who played Will Shakespeare, Viola De Lesseps, Queen Elizabeth, and more.
Learn about the cast, awards, and plot of the 1998 romantic comedy film Shakespeare in Love, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes as Shakespeare and Viola. The film depicts a fictional love affair involving Shakespeare and Viola while he was writing Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare in Love: Directed by John Madden. With Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson, Steven O'Donnell, Tim McMullan. The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
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- Comedy, Drama, History
- John Madden
- 1999-01-08
Find out who played Will Shakespeare, Viola De Lesseps, and other characters in the romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love. See the full cast and crew list, including directors, writers, producers, and more.
- Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow received the 1999 best actress Oscar for her Shakespeare in Love role as leading woman Viola De Lesseps, with whom Fiennes' Shakespeare falls in love while writing his classic romance Romeo and Juliet.
- Joseph Fiennes. Fiennes scored his breakout role in Shakespeare in Love as the title character, portraying the world's most famous playwright and tortured genius in the throes of desire.
- Geoffrey Rush. Rush was no stranger to Shakespeare or Oscar recognition by the time received a supporting actor nomination for playing jaded Rose Theater owner Philip Henslowe in Shakespeare in Love.
- Colin Firth. Before Firth and Rush teamed up for Oscar gold in 2010's The King's Speech, they joined forces in Shakespeare in Love, with Firth starring as Viola's betrothed, the aristocratic Lord Wessex.
Shakespeare in Love - Full Cast & Crew. A fictional romance between a struggling young playwright named Shakespeare and a noblewoman who longs to act, and who inspires him to write "Romeo...
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Shakespeare in Love - Full Cast & Crew. William Shakespeare is a young author out of ideas for his next play and in desperate need of a muse. Viola de Lesseps is the daughter of a wealthy...
