Kristin Scott Thomas as Anna / Sister Gabriel; Sandra Voe as Peggy; Anthony Valentine as Stan Beattie; Amanda Redman as Lynn / Lynn Gibson; Tracy Keating as Sister Dominic; Dorothy Tutin as Mother Emmanuel; Gary Mavers as Hal; Ben Hinitt as Matt Gibson; Elizabeth Bennett as Sister Vincent; Helena McCarthy as Sister Aelred; Pamela Duncan as Sister Peter; Maggie Lane as Rene; Madeleine Christie as Sister Godric; Mary Wray as Sylvie; Olive Pendleton as Sister Thomas-A-Kempis