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Who Are The Main Characters in Crown Season 5?

Marina Daniel
The Crown Season 5 Characters

The Crown Season 5 Characters

The Crown Season 5 has arrived. All want to know who are the main cast members in this season. Here are all the details related to its star cast and many more.

What is the Story of Crown Season 5?

The Crown’s long-awaited fifth season arrived on November 9, 2022. The latest season of the Crown critically acclaimed Netflix show promises to be the most riveting one yet. The fifth season centers on the troubled 1990s.

When the royal family faced many challenges, most notably the end of Charles, Prince of Wales (Dominic West) and Diana, Princess of Wales’s (Hayley Atwell), marriage (Elizabeth Debicki). There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit cramped, Diana said in an interview.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at who will be playing which roles in season 5 of The Crown.

Who Are The Main Characters In The Crown Season 5?

Crown Season 5 Characters

However, as is the norm every two seasons, the whole cast will be replaced for the new episodes. A behind-the-scenes film comprising interviews from the new cast members and additional material from the fifth season, including Diana’s controversial interview was released by Netflix on November 2nd, 2022.

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton plays the role of  Queen Elizabeth II in Crown Season 5. For the first two seasons of The Crown, Claire Foy portrayed the Queen but Olivia Colman took over for seasons three and four.

In the fourth season, Foy appeared in a flashback scene. Several of Queen Elizabeth II’s children’s marriages ended in the 1990s. Windsor Castle burned down, there were major political shifts and republicanism was on the rise making it a difficult decade for the royal family.

Staunton, an Oscar nominee for her performance in Vera Drake, is a well-known stage and screen actor. She is best known for her role as Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films. But her acting resume also includes roles in Downton Abbey, Return to Cranford Pride and more.

Jonathan Pryce

 Matt Smith played the Duke of Edinburgh role in the first and second seasons before Tobias Menzies took over in the following two seasons. But Jonathan Pryce plays the role of Prince Philip in Crown Season 5.

Philip did everything in his power in the 1990s to support the Queen and save Charles and Diana’s marriage. His relationship with Penny Knatchbull and Lady Romsey will be explored throughout the series.

Sir Jonathan Pryce is a well-known stage and film actor who has acted in a wide variety of productions. Some of his most notable roles include in Brazil, the Pirates of the Caribbean films, The Two Popes, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Age of Innocence, Wolf Hall and Game of Thrones.

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville plays the role of Princess Margaret in Crown Season 5. Beginning with Vanessa Kirby, Helena Bonham Carter took on the role of Princess Margaret for seasons three and four.

Continued health problems plagued the Queen’s younger sister in her last years. She passed away in 2002. Additionally, in season five she will see her ex-lover, Group Captain Peter Townsend again.

Actress and director Mike Leigh’s frequent collaborator Manville is most known for her roles in the films Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and Phantom Thread for which she received an Academy Award nomination.

Jonny Lee Miller

Jonny Lee Miller plays the role of prime minister John Major in this season. John Major is a member of the Conservative Party who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and served in that role from 1990 to 1997.

Miller has starred in numerous films and television shows, including the critically acclaimed movie Trainspotting and its sequel, Hackers, Mansfield Park, The Flying Scotsman, Dark Shadows, Melinda & Melinda, Byzantium and the critically acclaimed series Elementary.

Dominic West

Dominic is cast in Crown Season 5 as Charles The Prince Of Wales. Actors Billy Jenkins and Julian Baring played young Prince Charles in the first two seasons of The Crown and then Josh O’Connor took over the role in seasons three and four.

Charles watches as his marriage to Diana completely collapses and his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles becomes public knowledge in Britain. Most people recognize West from his appearances on The Wire and The Affair.

But he also won a BAFTA for his performance as Fred West in Appropriate Adult. Chicago, 300 Punisher: War Zone, John Carter, The Square, Tomb Raider, and Colette are just a few of the films in which he has appeared.

Elizabeth Debicki

In the fourth season of The Crown, Emma Corrin played Lady Diana Spencer/Princess Diana. But in Crown Season 5 Elizabeth Debici Plays the role of Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana’s marriage to Charles ends as she seeks to find her place in the royal family and the wider world.

The arrival of these new males also brings the hope of a romantic relationship. The Australian actress has starred in several blockbuster films including The Great Gatsby, Widows, Tenet, The Burnt Orange Heresy, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Debicki co-stars with Tom Hiddleston in the TV series The Night Manager.

Olivia William

Olivia William is cast as Camilla Parker Bowles in this season. In seasons three and four of The Crown, Emerald Fennell played Camilla. When news of Camilla and Charles’s affair spreads, she will realize that her life has been irrevocably altered.

Emma, The Postman, Rushmore, The Sixth Sense, Lucky Break, An Education and The Father are some of the films in which the British actress shines.

Claudia Harrison

Claudia Harrison plays the role of Anne, Princess Royal in this season. Princess Anne’s mature portrayal was handled by Erin Doherty in Seasons 3 and 4 of The Crown. After their divorce, Anne and Commander Timothy Laurence wed each other. Harrison’s acting credits include Murphy’s Law, The IT Crowd and The Cat’s Meow.

Marcia Warren

Marcia Warren plays the role of Queen Elizabeth “The Queen Mother” in Crown Season 5. Before Marion Bailey took over for seasons 3 and 4, Victoria Hamilton played The Queen Mother.

As she ages, the Queen Mother must also adjust to dramatic shifts within the royal family. Warren has been in both the BBC’s No Place Like Home and the ITV’s Vicious and she has won two Olivier Awards for her work on stage.

Andrew Havill

Andrew Havill is cast as Robert Fellowes in Crown Season 5. He was the Queen’s Private Secretary from 1990 to 1999 and the brother-in-law of Princess Diana through his marriage to Lady Jane Spencer.

Havill is a seasoned British character actor who has starred in a number of notable costume dramas such as Nicholas Nickleby, The Iron Lady, Hyde Park on Hudson, The Imitation Game, The King, Downton Abbey, and The Duke.

James Murray

James Murray plays the role of Prince Andrew, Duke of York in Crown Season 5. In Season 4 of The Crown, Tom Byrne portrayed the Queen’s younger son, Prince Andrew. Unfortunately for the Duke of York, his marriage to Sarah Duchess of York will fail. The roles of Murray in the TV show Primeval, Defiance, Cucumber, and McDonald & Dodds have brought him the most fame.

Emma Laird Craig

Emma Laird Craig is cast as Sarah, Duchess of York in Crown Season 5. Sarah Ferguson was portrayed by Jessica Aquilina in Season 4 of The Crown. The marriage between Sarah, the Duchess of York and the Duke of York will end in divorce. Craig has only recently appeared on the scene and has had a little part in EastEnders before.

Theo Fraser Steele

Theo Fraser is cast as Commander Timothy Laurence in Crown Season 5. Laurence, a former navy commander and equerry to the queen eventually becomes Princess Anne’s lover and second husband. Theo Fraser Steele’s acting credits include The Golden Compass and Mrs. Brown as well as the TV shows Hex and The Thick of It.

Sam Woolf

Sam Woolf plays the role of Prince Edward in the season. Prince Edward was played by Angus Imrie in the fourth season of The Crown. Woolf has had supporting appearances on shows including Strike, Call the Midwife, and Humans before.

Senan West

Senan West as Prince William of Wales in Crown Season 5. In the fourth season of The Crown, Prince William was played by Lucas Barber-Grant. William will have to deal with the breakup of his parent’s marriage and boarding school all at the same time. Senan West is the son of Dominic West, who played Prince Charles. This part marks his debut as an actor.

Will Powell

Will Powell appears in the role of Prince Harry of Wales in the season. Season four saw Arran Tinker in the role. When can we expect the character’s primary arc to begin? The dissolution of his parent’s marriage is something Harry will have to go through. 

Humayun Saeed

Humayun Saeed plays the role of Dr. Hasnat Khan in this season. He is a British-Pakistani heart and lung surgeon who eventually becomes Diana, Princess of Wales’s boyfriend. Saeed, a Pakistani actor and producer has performed in a wide variety of Pakistani cinema and television productions.

Other Supporting actors appearing in  Crown Season 5 are: 

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