Directed by:
Mike LeighScreenplay:
Mike LeighCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Andrew DicksonCast:
Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Richard Graham, Eddie Marsan, Anna Keaveney, Alex Kelly, Phil Davis, Lesley Manville, Lesley Sharp (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
London, 1950: Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton) lives with her husband Stan (Phil Davis) and their grown-up children, Sid (Daniel Mays) and Ethel (Alex Kelly). They are not rich, but they are a happy, close family. Vera cleans houses, Stan is a mechanic in his brother’s garage, Sid works for a tailor and Ethel works in a factory testing lightbulbs. But selfless Vera has a side-line which she keeps secret from all of those around her: without accepting payment, she helps young women to end unwanted pregnancies. When one of these girls is rushed to hospital following an abortion, the police investigation leads to Vera and her world comes crashing down. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
![Sinead Matthews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280420_3f2c11.jpg)
Sinead Matthews
UK
Best movies:
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Jellyfish (2018)
![Liz White](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/140/161140938_feafa8.jpg)
Liz White
UK
Best movies:
Pride (2014)
Vera Drake (2004)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Eileen Davies
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
Vera Drake (2004)
Martin Savage
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Rush (2013)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Paul Jesson
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Vera Drake (2004)
![Fenella Woolgar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/275/162275794_0c3512.jpg)
Fenella Woolgar
UK
Best movies:
War and Peace (2016) (series)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Anthony O'Donnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/321/158321535_0d2bc9.jpg)
Anthony O'Donnell
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Skyfall (2012)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
![Rosie Cavaliero](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/502/158502642_bf6ef5.jpg)
Rosie Cavaliero
UK
Best movies:
Jane Eyre (2011)
Green Wing (2004) (series)
Vera Drake (2004)
![Leo Bill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/774/163774114_874d6d.jpg)
Leo Bill
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Vera Drake (2004)
The Fall (2006)
Robert Putt
Best movies:
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
Lady Jane (1986)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Adrian Scarborough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712265_cad7e0.jpg)
Adrian Scarborough
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Cranford (2007) (series)
1917 (2019)
![Vincent Franklin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627653_bf861d.jpg)
Vincent Franklin
UK
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Illusionist (2006)
Vera Drake (2004)
Sandra Voe
UK
Best movies:
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Wallander (2008) (series)
The Winter Guest (1997)
![Vinette Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/015/162015779_6843e3.jpg)
Vinette Robinson
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
Boiling Point (2021)
Angela Curran
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Messiah (2001) (TV movie)
Tilly Vosburgh
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Boy A (2007)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Nicholas Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341698_fdc38a.jpg)
Nicholas Jones
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Hornblower: Mutiny (2001) (TV movie)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
Jane Wood
UK
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Vera Drake (2004)
![Nicky Henson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525222_55b2bc.jpg)
Nicky Henson
UK
Best movies:
Vera Drake (2004)
Me Without You (2001)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
![Alan Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433090_472127.png)
Alan Williams
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) (TV movie)