---
title: 'Mary Queen of Scots (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Josie Rourke'
released: '2018-12-07'
runtime_minutes: 125
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mary-queen-of-scots-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2328900/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

2018 · R · 125 min · History · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Mary Queen of Scots is a 2018 historical drama film directed by Josie Rourke and with a screenplay by Beau Willimon based on John Guy's 2004 biography Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Mary, Queen of Scots, and Margot Robbie as her cousin, the English monarch, Queen Elizabeth I. Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant, and Guy Pearce also star in supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Josie Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/josie-rourke)
- **Screenplay:** [Beau Willimon](https://cinepixo.com/people/beau-willimon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Richter](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-richter)
- **Producer:** [Eric Fellner](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-fellner), [Tim Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bevan), [Debra Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-hayward)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mathieson)
- **Editor:** [Chris Dickens](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-dickens)

## Cast

- [Simon Russell Beale](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-russell-beale) as Robert Beale
- [Ian Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-hart) as John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
- [Margot Robbie](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-robbie) as Elizabeth I of England
- [Joe Alwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-alwyn) as Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
- [Izuka Hoyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/izuka-hoyle) as Mary Seton
- [Jack Lowden](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lowden) as Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
- [David Tennant](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-tennant) as John Knox
- [Saoirse Ronan](https://cinepixo.com/people/saoirse-ronan) as Mary, Queen of Scots
- [James McArdle](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mcardle) as James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
- [Martin Compston](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-compston) as James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
- [Brendan Coyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-coyle) as Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
- [Ismaël Cruz Córdova](https://cinepixo.com/people/ismael-cruz-cordova) as David Rizzio
- [Gemma Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gemma-chan) as Bess of Hardwick
- [Alex Beckett](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-beckett) as Walter Mildmay
- [Maria-Victoria Dragus](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-victoria-dragus) as Mary Fleming

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mary-queen-of-scots-2018
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