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Secrets & Lies
(1996)
Drama
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142min
75%
Overview
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman. ...
Brenda Blethyn
Acting
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Acting
Timothy Spall
Acting
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/mxENo8tEvN0998PrNidYkN4wGGO.jpg)
Cynthia Rose Purley
Brenda Blethyn
Popularity : 46.264
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/bJ6p32cswcp0xvqiZC7S5tiwa2K.jpg)
Hortense Cumberbatch
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Popularity : 17.594
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/dEhBrDYNVpfWMDx8vpcrp4pXDwl.jpg)
Maurice Purley
Timothy Spall
Popularity : 27.408
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/jRNfzD3bA5fyPxXRTiDbfNsTcOV.jpg)
Monica Purley
Phyllis Logan
Popularity : 29.483
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/7jCBMV5n2HLPDtAIMPXOXNo7Nzh.jpg)
Roxanne Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Popularity : 16.38
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/sQNOXntZ677YC9686kUl1NWGP18.jpg)
Paul
Lee Ross
Popularity : 17.537
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/tioPlSoypjdME3oMu3g7XmgIIKS.jpg)
The Social Worker
Lesley Manville
Popularity : 23.178
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/wFz71bIKTlQoa8v1s243TIh5wUm.jpg)
Jane
Elizabeth Berrington
Popularity : 22.578
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/hcE3BQu5vgoeWRJuMUjkLeE6PxJ.jpg)
Dionne
Michele Austin
Popularity : 14.816
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/bYJ2x9FfQobon2Iai5CvoLgv1U5.jpg)
Stuart
Ron Cook
Popularity : 20.625
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/naIxoiikITirsPBKX10YC2Tb490.jpg)
Hortense's Brother
Trevor Laird
Popularity : 8.135
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/94qbiyDsn4JxERiGG7awkLw1Y0c.jpg)
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Popularity : 20.38
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/c1MrhdwIwKaYE86Dd9OeGSwAmoN.jpg)
Girl with Scar
Emma Amos
Popularity : 12.786
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/dXYJxqSowCeyEr03cWYzbA7a33.jpg)
Hortense's Sister in Law
Clare Perkins
Popularity : 11.59
Hortense's Nephew
Elias Perkins McCook
Popularity : 0.001
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Jane Mitchell
Popularity : 0.001
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/xmRdgv4rUT4APVeaQ6stUj5qVZr.jpg)
Junior Optician
Janice Acquah
Popularity : 6.918
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Keylee Jade Flanders
Popularity : 0.001
First Bride
Hannah Davis
Popularity : 0.323
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/p9gjpEFyW6V92sVcd1SF5kXY6rz.jpg)
First Bride's Father
Terence Harvey
Popularity : 16.222
Second Bride
Kate O'Malley
Popularity : 0.539
Groom
Joe Tucker
Popularity : 12.503
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/7jo5ZdaipbEC8dHgPdwKaaKcUBE.jpg)
Vicar
Richard Syms
Popularity : 7.218
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/gtk4vSQzXNb0f8qSZPp6t9vUcSJ.jpg)
Best Man
Grant Masters
Popularity : 15.278
Mother in Family Group
Annie Hayes
Popularity : 6.327
Grandmother
Jean Ainslie
Popularity : 3.56
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/tRjCvziOOLSPR8DSgEuTyVt1VW2.jpg)
Nurse
Lucy Sheen
Popularity : 7.095
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/rk6IcEyIonPGqWuTDYc6QTDxs9w.jpg)
Young Mother
Frances Ruffelle
Popularity : 8.97
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/gFvTl8vphafRHdqlEPWmVnV6DYT.jpg)
Potential Suitor
Nitin Ganatra
Popularity : 15.441
Conjuror
Metin Marlow
Popularity : 0.002
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/nPb1ycmLnDPZhIN9wCTJw72tuFL.jpg)
Raunchy Woman
Su Elliot
Popularity : 6.962
Raunchy Woman
Amanda Crossley
Popularity : 0.001
Raunchy Woman
Di Sherlock
Popularity : 0.001
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/kX8Lxno1fvHy1pjnZhdMhzo3x64.jpg)
Man in Suit
David Neilson
Popularity : 10.339
Man in Suit
Peter Waddington
Popularity : 3.642
Man in Suit
Peter Stockbridge
Popularity : 3.234
Graduate
Rachel Lewis
Popularity : 0.026
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/pujxgR8s6bP1SHlvKpKVZoY6TCF.jpg)
Grinning Husband
Paul Trussell
Popularity : 10.634
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/6PSW0qaoY3KSnWUUv6f54NOuPC0.jpg)
Fiance
Jonny Coyne
Popularity : 22.687
Uneasy Woman
Denise Orita
Popularity : 0.162
Elderly Lady
Margery Withers
Popularity : 7.379
Laughing Man
Gordon Winter
Popularity : 0.629
Daughter
Theresa Watson
Popularity : 3.274
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/6KTJTAIrZFrYxqiK8vSSm2zDYpg.jpg)
Father in Family Group
Peter Wight
Popularity : 17.839
Boxer
Gary McDonald
Popularity : 7.358
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/BY0jL3IrAx7TA2OlQhY03ISk9i.jpg)
Woman with Dog
Alison Steadman
Popularity : 24.191
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/nexS9F9J6v6mTqNv5cIUm9LfuNm.jpg)
Woman with Cat
Liz Smith
Popularity : 17.868
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/6e585hYQnYFGxsRbpArhsPbpgl8.jpg)
Fertile Mother
Sheila Kelley
Popularity : 3.539
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/AqFDvbVtDQYojX0ndD7vHi1gql3.jpg)
Little Boy's Mother
Angela Curran
Popularity : 10.345
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/9W1ICSuFS9Zrxqihah4LD9MzNEM.jpg)
Pin Up Housewife
Linda Beckett
Popularity : 4.297
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/sNJ9nFWxpGVmQYvq7rU9xqryu0F.jpg)
Man in Suit
Phil Davis
Popularity : 24.595
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/faYVKkTx8aVtPktWVf2MloDwhJ2.jpg)
Glum Woman
Wendy Nottingham
Popularity : 13.89
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/iwCt0It3IZQLiSxKbvWlNTsEhHv.jpg)
Uneasy Man
Anthony O'Donnell
Popularity : 1.667
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/tchnF80OCEiq3JXpGI4z7eMla8W.jpg)
Laughing Woman
Ruth Sheen
Popularity : 16.263
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/bU4Twfk4as290gPFouByj7Wjd2.jpg)
Fiancee
Mia Soteriou
Popularity : 4.181
![Cast](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w235_and_h235_face/v1J4YcwQKkfBJBnUytTaGXbhxQ5.jpg)
Man in Suit
Stephen Churchett
Popularity : 13.141