| 1 | Joachim von | Hartmann | A butler. |
| | Liese | | Joachim's mother. |
| | Javier | | Joachim's twin brother. |
| | Gunther von | Hartmann | Liese's father. |
| | Alejandro | Canal | Liese's husband. |
| | Francois | Legrand | Liese's second husband. |
| 3 | Olivia | White | American decorator. |
| | Margaret | | Olivia's mother. |
| | George | Lawrence | The star best selling author. |
| 4 | Felipe | McPherson | One of Joachim's old friends. |
| | Claire | Smith | Olivia's former assistant. |
| | Claude | Monet | French impressionist painter. |
| 6 | Marie | Antoinette | Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution. |
| 7 | Edgar | Degas | French Impressionist artist. |
| | Alphonsine | | A cleaning woman. |
| 8 | Audrey | Wellington | American decorator. |
| | Jean | Beaulieu | Audrey's friend. |
| | Fatima | | Olivia's new maid. |
| | John | Lobb | English shoemaker and the founder of the company John Lobb. |
| 10 | Nikolai | Petrov | A Russian owner of the chateau. |
| 11 | Erik | Parks | Olivia's lawyer. |
| | Charles de | Prex | An architect. |
| 12 | Camille | Pissarro | Danish-French painter. |
| | Pablo | Picasso | Spanish artist. |
| | Meryl | Streep | American actress. |
| | Robert | De Niro | American actor. |
| 14 | Anatole | | Olivia's new assistant. |
| 15 | Halsey Mount | Williams | Joachim's new employer. |
| 17 | Guy | Fellowes | Olivia's new client. |
