<P> The White Princess is a British - American historical fiction television series for Starz, based on Philippa Gregory's 2013 novel of the same name . It is a sequel to The White Queen, a 2013 BBC - produced miniseries adapting three of Gregory's previous novels . </P> <P> In the eight episode series, the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York effectively ends the Wars of the Roses by uniting houses of Lancaster and York . However, their mutual enmity and distrust--as well as the political plots of their mothers--threaten to tear both the marriage and the kingdom apart . </P> <Ul> <Li> Jodie Comer as Elizabeth "Lizzie" of York, the Queen of England </Li> <Li> Rebecca Benson as Margaret "Maggie" Plantagenet, the Queen's paternal cousin, sister of Teddy </Li> <Li> Jacob Collins - Levy as Henry VII, the King of England, Elizabeth's husband </Li> <Li> Kenneth Cranham as Bishop (later Cardinal) John Morton, a confidant of the King's mother </Li> <Li> Essie Davis as Dowager Queen Elizabeth Woodville, the Queen's mother </Li> <Li> Rossy de Palma as Isabella I of Castile, the Queen of Castile </Li> <Li> Richard Dillane as Thomas Stanley, Margaret Beaufort's husband </Li> <Li> Anthony Flanagan as Francis Lovell, a Yorkist supporter </Li> <Li> Patrick Gibson as Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English crown and husband of Cathy Gordon </Li> <Li> Caroline Goodall as Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, the Queen's paternal grandmother . Goodall is the only actor appearing in both The White Queen and The White Princess . </Li> <Li> Amy Manson as Catherine "Cathy" Gordon, wife of Perkin Warbeck </Li> <Li> Adrian Rawlins as John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, husband of Eliza de la Pole </Li> <Li> Vincent Regan as Jasper Tudor, the King's uncle </Li> <Li> Suki Waterhouse as Cecily of York, the Queen's sister </Li> <Li> Joanne Whalley as Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, the Queen's paternal aunt </Li> <Li> Andrew Whipp as Sir Richard Pole, husband of Maggie Plantagenet </Li> <Li> Michelle Fairley as Margaret Beaufort, the King's mother </Li> </Ul> <Li> Jodie Comer as Elizabeth "Lizzie" of York, the Queen of England </Li>

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