Shakespeare in Love (1998)

A Woman in a Man's Profession

The Queen (Judi Dench) saves Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) from arrest and Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) from being outed as a woman.

Directed by John Madden.

Released in 1998 by Universal.

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  • character-type: Actor
  • character-type: Queen
  • editors-choice: Female Performances
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  • mood: Quirky
  • prop: Costume
  • setting: Theater
  • theme: Love
  • theme: Character
  • actor: Daniel Brocklebank
  • actor: Geoffrey Rush
  • actor: Tom Wilkinson
  • actor: Joseph Fiennes
  • actor: Colin Firth
  • actor: Judi Dench
  • actor: Jim Carter
  • actor: Gwyneth Paltrow
  • director: John Madden
  • producer: Mark Cooper
  • producer: Edward Zwick
  • producer: Julie Goldstein
  • producer: Marc Norman
  • producer: Donna Gigliotti
  • producer: Linda Bruce
  • producer: David Parfitt
  • producer: Harvey Weinstein
  • producer: Bob Weinstein
  • cinematographer: Richard Greatrex
  • composer: Stephen Warbeck
  • editor: David Gamble
  • costume-designer: Sandy Powell
  • production-designer: Martin Childs
  • role-name: Hugh Fennyman
  • role-name: Lord Wessex
  • role-name: Viola De Lesseps
  • role-name: Ralph Bashford
  • role-name: Queen Elizabeth I
  • role-name: Philip Henslowe
  • role-name: William Shakespeare
  • role-name: Sam Gosse
  • screenwriter: Tom Stoppard
  • screenwriter: Marc Norman
  • year: 1998
  • studio: Universal