Milsom Street, Bath
Anne Elliot
“All the privilege I claim for my own sex … is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone.”
Their match: Captain Wentworth
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Jane Austen · 1817
Persuasion characters
Who’s who, from Anne Elliot to Louisa Musgrove
Eight years after she was persuaded to refuse him, Anne Elliot meets Captain Wentworth again.
Persuasion
The characters
Captain of the Laconia
Captain Wentworth
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.”
Their match: Anne Elliot
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Tenant of Kellynch
Admiral Croft
“Such a number of looking-glasses! oh Lord! there was no getting away from one's self.”
Their match: Mrs Croft
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The Admiral's Wife
Mrs Croft
“I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship.”
Their match: Admiral Croft
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Of Kellynch Hall
Sir Walter Elliot
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.”
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Camden Place, Bath
Elizabeth Elliot
“An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones.”
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Evening at Uppercross
Louisa Musgrove
“I am determined I will.”
Hoping for: Captain Wentworth
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For two
The couples
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Anne Elliot & Captain Wentworth
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Admiral Croft & Mrs Croft
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On screen
The Persuasion cast, on screen
Who played whom in three adaptations: the 1995 BBC film, the 2007 ITV film and Netflix’s 2022 film.
| Character | 1995 BBC film | 2007 ITV film | 2022 Netflix film |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elliot | Amanda Root | Sally Hawkins | Dakota Johnson |
| Captain Wentworth | Ciarán Hinds | Rupert Penry-Jones | Cosmo Jarvis |
| Sir Walter Elliot | Corin Redgrave | Anthony Head | Richard E. Grant |
| Elizabeth Elliot | Phoebe Nicholls | Julia Davis | Yolanda Kettle |
| Louisa Musgrove | Emma Roberts | Jennifer Higham | Nia Towle |
| Admiral Croft | John Woodvine | Peter Wight | Not in the film |
| Mrs Croft | Fiona Shaw | Marion Bailey | Not in the film |
The 1995 BBC film, with Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds, is often called the most faithful Persuasion. Fiona Shaw, its Mrs Croft, returns to Austen as Lady Catherine in Netflix’s 2026 Pride and Prejudice.
The 2007 ITV film starred Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones. Netflix’s 2022 film, directed by Carrie Cracknell, starred Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis and Henry Golding as Mr Elliot.
Four questions
Which Persuasion character are you?
Four questions from the novels. Find your match among the characters of Persuasion, then sit for their portrait.
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Question 1 of 4
At a ball, you…
- Dance every single dance
- Stand apart and judge the company
- Make sure the grandest person there knows you
- Look after whoever has been left out
- Hope one particular person notices you
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Who was in the cast of Persuasion?
Anne Elliot has been played by Amanda Root (1995 BBC film), Sally Hawkins (2007 ITV film) and Dakota Johnson (Netflix’s 2022 film), with Ciarán Hinds, Rupert Penry-Jones and Cosmo Jarvis as Captain Wentworth.
Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage…
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