| Antonia Marceline | Adams | A daughter of an aspiring actress and a businessman. |
| Brandon | Adams | A businessman. Fabienne's husband. |
| Fabienne | Basquet | Antonia's mother. |
| Jeff | Blake | A drama student at Northwestern. |
| Jake | Burton | Antonia's dorm mate. |
| Edgar | Degas | A French painter, sculptor, and printmaker. |
| Dashiell | Hammett | American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. |
| Audrey | Hepburn | A British-Dutch actress and humanitarian. |
| Brian | Kelly | A major Hollywood producer. |
| Mona | Lisa | Oil painting by Leonardo di Vinci. |
| Boden | Locke | A new assistant director. |
| Betty | McCabe | Antonia's roommate. |
| Hamish | Quist | A British producer and director. |
| Jean | Renoir | A French film director and screenwriter. |
| Mrs. | Schmidt | Antonia's new baby sitter. |
| Jimmy | Smith | A young American soldier. |
| Jennifer | Stratton | A drama coach. |
| Andy | Warhol | Fabienne's acquaintance. |
| Fred | Warner | Hamish's trusted friend. |
| George | Washington | Founding Father who served as the first president of the U.S. |
| Alva | | A housekeeper. |
| Angie | | A local talent. |
| Bob | | Jake's father. |
| Brigid | | One of Hamish's staffs. |
| Dashiell | | Antonia and Hamish's son. aka: Dash. |
| Eloisa | | Jake's sister. |
| Genevieve | | Jake's stepmother. |
| Ian | | A novelist. Jake's stepfather. |
| Jamie | | One of Jake's half-brothers. |
| John | | Eloisa's boyfriend. |
| Judith | | Antonia's baby sitter. |
| Lara | | Brandon's second wife. |
| Lea | | Jake's mother. |
| Marceline | | Fabienne's mother. |
| Margaret | | One of Hamish's staffs. |
| Olympia Lara | | Antonia's daughter. |
| Seth | | One of Jake's half-brothers. |
| Tom | | A second assistant director. |
| Zane | | One of Bob's sons. |
| Zyrus | | One of Bob's sons. |
