Carlos | Acosta | A ballet dancer. |
Janet | Allen | Sue's friend. |
Salvador | Allende | 28th president of Chile. |
Elizabeth | Arden | Founder of American cosmetics, and fragrance company. |
Martha | Argerich | An Argentine/Swiss pianist. |
Vladimir | Ashkenazy | A Russian-born Icelandic pianist and conductor. |
Laura | Ashley | A Welsh designer of textiles, clothing, and home furnishings. |
Kate | Atkinson | An English writer of novels, plays and short stories. |
Francis | Bacon | An Irish-born British painter. |
Cecilia | Bartoli | An Italian singer. |
Sean | Bean | An English actor. |
David | Beckham | One of Britain's most iconic athletes. |
Frank | Berger | Ella's new client. |
Marion | Berger | Frank's wife. |
Ted | Blake | Honey's father. |
Cate | Blanchett | Australian actress. |
Marc | Bohan | A French fashion designer. |
Alfred | Brendel | An Austrian pianist, poet, and author. |
Pierce | Brosnan | An Irish actor and film producer. |
Ken | Bruce | A Scottish broadcaster. |
Celine | Burke | Ella's client. |
Victor | Burke | Celine's husband. |
Iris | Carr | Sophia's mother. |
Helena B. | Carter | A British actress. |
Caroline | Charles | A British fashion designer. |
Winston | Churchill | British statesman served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
Eric | Clapton | English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. |
Ossie | Clark | A British fashion designer. |
Grace | Clarke | A cyclist. |
Joan | Collins | An English actress, author and columnist. |
Sean | Connery | A Scottish actor. |
Leonardo | da Vinci | An Italian polymath who was active as a painter. |
Edgar | Degas | A French artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. |
Christian | Dior | A French fashion designer. |
John | Donne | An English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary. |
Miss | Drake | Polly's acquaintance. |
Albrecht | Dürer | A German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist. |
Sarah | Ferguson | A British-Australian journalist. aka: Fergie. |
Lucian | Freud | A British painter and engraver. |
Eva | Frost | Chloe's friend. |
Indira | Gandhi | Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. |
Francisco | Goya | A Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. |
Maria | Grachvogel | A fashion designer. |
Chloe Susan | Graham | Ella's sister. |
Ella | Graham | A painter. |
Gabriella | Graham | An outstanding young artist. |
Roy | Graham | An orthopedic surgeon. |
Sue | Graham | Ella's mother. |
Ruth | Grant | Chloe's grandmother. |
Baroness | Hale | The first woman Law Lord. |
Norman | Hartnell | A leading British fashion designer. |
Vladimir | Horowitz | A Russian-born American classical pianist and composer. |
Reverend | Hughes | The vicar. |
Elizabeth | Hurley | An English model and actress. |
P. D. | James | An English crime writer. |
Mike | Johns | Ella's client. |
Angelina | Jolie | American actress and filmmaker. |
Gareth | Jones | One of Sue's acquaintances. |
Keira | Knightley | A British actress. |
Guy | Lennox | A successful portraitist. |
Peter | Loden | An oil trader. |
Paul | McCartney | An English singer-songwriter, bassist of The Beatles. |
June | Mendoza | A portrait painter. |
Gamal Abdel | Nasser | The Second president of Egypt. |
Clive | Owen | A British actor. |
Camilla | Parker Bowles | Second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. |
Ginny | Parks | A solicitor for a City law firm. |
Charles | Perrault | A French author. |
Henry | Purcell | An English composer. |
Marc | Quinn | A British sculptor. |
Gordon | Ramsay | A British chef. |
Simon | Rattle | A British conductor. |
Paula | Rego | A Portuguese visual artist. |
Edith | Roche | Guy's wife. |
Nathan Roberto | Rossi | Chloe's boyfriend. aka: Nate. |
Vittoria | Rossi | Nate's mother. |
Gioachino | Rossini | An Italian opera composer. |
Franz | Schubert | An Austrian composer. |
John | Sharp | Ella's father. |
Sylvia | Shaw | An American artist. |
Katarina | Sopuchova | A soprano. |
Philip | Treacy | An Irish designer and milliner. |
Euan | Uglow | A British painter. |
Diego | Velazquez | A Spanish painter. |
Amanda | Wakeley | A British fashion designer. |
Fats | Waller | American jazz pianist and composer. |
David | Walliams | A British actor, comedian and writer. |
Thomas | Wallis | A young aspiring novelist. |
Gok | Wan | A British fashion consultant, author and television presenter. |
Hamish | Watt | A journalist. |
Philip | Watts | The former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell. |
Jonathan | Yeo | A British painter. |
Agnes | | Iris' older sister. |
Agnes | | Iris's sister. |
Al | | John's old colleague. |
Alessandra | | Ted Blake's wife. |
Alison | | Worked at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. |
Annie | | A shop owner. |
Ben | | Lola's father. |
Bertie | | A Norfolk terrier. |
Brett | | Lydia's husband. |
Caravaggio | | An Italian painter. |
Chopsy | | Nate's dog. |
Clare | | A radio reporter. |
Claudia | | Nate's niece. |
David | | Ella's ex-boyfriend. |
Don | | Trish's husband. |
Doug | | Honey's husband. |
Eleanor | | One of Sue's acquaintances. |
Federica | | One of Nate's sisters. |
Frances | | John Sharp's other woman. |
Gabriel | | Sue's father. |
George III | | King of Great Britain and King of Ireland. |
Hannah | | Berger's daughter. |
Henry | | Berger's son. |
Honeysuckle | | Nate's first cousin. aka: Honey. |
Hugh | | Iris' neighbor. |
Ian | | Polly's new boyfriend. |
Jack | | Pam's boyfriend. |
James | | Nate's friend. |
Jane | | One of Chloe's friends. |
Jason | | Polly's acquaintance. |
Katisha | | A cat. |
Kay | | James' wife. |
Keith | | Janet's husband. |
Lara | | Ella's neighbor. |
Livia | | One of Nate's sisters. |
Lola | | Ella's goddaughter. |
Lucy | | The gallery assistant. |
Lydia | | Ella's half-sister. |
Marcelle | | Celine's friend. |
Maria | | One of Nate's sisters. |
Mary | | Mrs. Carr's younger daughter. |
Max | | Chloe's ex-boyfriend. |
Michelangelo | | One of its greatest painters and architects. |
Pam | | Chloe's neighbor. |
Patrick | | Ella's ex-boyfriend. |
Penny | | A baby sitter. |
Polly | | Ella's best friend. |
Rafael | | A cab driver. |
Ralph | | Mrs. Carr's husband. |
Raphael | | An Italian painter and architect. |
Rembrandt | | Dutch painter and etcher. |
Roberto | | Nate's father. |
Sarah | | Mike John's wife. |
Simonetta | | One of Nate's sisters. |
Sophia | | Ella's acquaintance. |
Suzanne | | Nate's first girlfriend. aka: Suze. |
Tantalus | | A Greek mythological figure. |
Trish | | One of Chloe's friends. |
Twiggy | | A British model, actress and singer. |
Valentina | | One of Nate's sisters. |