| Pro | | | Richmond, 23 July 1986 |
| | Ella | Graham | A painter. |
| | Chloe Susan | Graham | Ella's sister. |
| | Sarah | Ferguson | A British-Australian journalist. aka: Fergie. |
| | Roy | Graham | An orthopedic surgeon. |
| | John | Sharp | Ella's father. |
| 1 | Clare | | A radio reporter. |
| | Rembrandt | | Dutch painter and etcher. |
| | Diego | Velazquez | A Spanish painter. |
| | Lucian | Freud | A British painter and engraver. |
| | David | Walliams | A British actor, comedian and writer. |
| | Caravaggio | | An Italian painter. |
| | Polly | | Ella's best friend. |
| | Baroness | Hale | The first woman Law Lord. |
| | Philip | Watts | The former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell. |
| | Paula | Rego | A Portuguese visual artist. |
| | Edgar | Degas | A French artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. |
| | Cecilia | Bartoli | An Italian singer. |
| | Hamish | Watt | A journalist. |
| | Mike | Johns | Ella's client. |
| | Iris | Carr | Sophia's mother. |
| | Sophia | | Ella's acquaintance. |
| | Carlos | Acosta | A ballet dancer. |
| | Gok | Wan | A British fashion consultant, author and television presenter. |
| | Gordon | Ramsay | A British chef. |
| | Maria | Grachvogel | A fashion designer. |
| | Paul | McCartney | An English singer-songwriter, bassist of The Beatles. |
| | Gabriella | Graham | An outstanding young artist. |
| | Sue | Graham | Ella's mother. |
| | Nathan Roberto | Rossi | Chloe's boyfriend. aka: Nate. |
| | Max | | Chloe's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Cate | Blanchett | Australian actress. |
| | Angelina | Jolie | American actress and filmmaker. |
| 2 | Keira | Knightley | A British actress. |
| | Elizabeth | Hurley | An English model and actress. |
| | Sylvia | Shaw | An American artist. |
| | Lola | | Ella's goddaughter. |
| | Ben | | Lola's father. |
| | Miss | Drake | Polly's acquaintance. |
| | Ginny | Parks | A solicitor for a City law firm. |
| | Camilla | Parker Bowles | Second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. |
| | Laura | Ashley | A Welsh designer of textiles, clothing, and home furnishings. |
| | Ossie | Clark | A British fashion designer. |
| | Grace | Clarke | A cyclist. |
| | Celine | Burke | Ella's client. |
| | Christian | Dior | A French fashion designer. |
| | Sarah | | Mike John's wife. |
| | Ken | Bruce | A Scottish broadcaster. |
| | Eric | Clapton | English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. |
| 3 | Alison | | Worked at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. |
| | Mary | | Mrs. Carr's younger daughter. |
| | Ralph | | Mrs. Carr's husband. |
| | Simon | Rattle | A British conductor. |
| | P. D. | James | An English crime writer. |
| | Jason | | Polly's acquaintance. |
| | Indira | Gandhi | Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. |
| | Gamal Abdel | Nasser | The Second president of Egypt. |
| | Salvador | Allende | 28th president of Chile. |
| | Agnes | | Iris' older sister. |
| | Hugh | | Iris' neighbor. |
| | Guy | Lennox | A successful portraitist. |
| | Edith | Roche | Guy's wife. |
| | Peter | Loden | An oil trader. |
| 4 | Honeysuckle | | Nate's first cousin. aka: Honey. |
| | Ted | Blake | Honey's father. |
| | Alessandra | | Ted Blake's wife. |
| | Maria | | One of Nate's sisters. |
| | Livia | | One of Nate's sisters. |
| | Valentina | | One of Nate's sisters. |
| | Federica | | One of Nate's sisters. |
| | Simonetta | | One of Nate's sisters. |
| | Vittoria | Rossi | Nate's mother. |
| | Charles | Perrault | A French author. |
| | Clive | Owen | A British actor. |
| | Victor | Burke | Celine's husband. |
| | David | | Ella's ex-boyfriend. |
| 5 | Henry | Purcell | An English composer. |
| | Franz | Schubert | An Austrian composer. |
| | Amanda | Wakeley | A British fashion designer. |
| | Caroline | Charles | A British fashion designer. |
| | Philip | Treacy | An Irish designer and milliner. |
| 6 | Annie | | A shop owner. |
| | Norman | Hartnell | A leading British fashion designer. |
| | Marc | Bohan | A French fashion designer. |
| | Pam | | Chloe's neighbor. |
| | Jack | | Pam's boyfriend. |
| | Chopsy | | Nate's dog. |
| | Suzanne | | Nate's first girlfriend. aka: Suze. |
| | Patrick | | Ella's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Frances | | John Sharp's other woman. |
| | Jane | | One of Chloe's friends. |
| | Trish | | One of Chloe's friends. |
| | Don | | Trish's husband. |
| | Elizabeth | Arden | Founder of American cosmetics, and fragrance company. |
| | Fats | Waller | American jazz pianist and composer. |
| | Doug | | Honey's husband. |
| | Tantalus | | A Greek mythological figure. |
| | James | | Nate's friend. |
| | Kay | | James' wife. |
| | Francis | Bacon | An Irish-born British painter. |
| | Albrecht | Dürer | A German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist. |
| | Roberto | | Nate's father. |
| | Vladimir | Ashkenazy | A Russian-born Icelandic pianist and conductor. |
| | Vladimir | Horowitz | A Russian-born American classical pianist and composer. |
| | Martha | Argerich | An Argentine/Swiss pianist. |
| | Alfred | Brendel | An Austrian pianist, poet, and author. |
| | Gioachino | Rossini | An Italian opera composer. |
| | Frank | Berger | Ella's new client. |
| | Marion | Berger | Frank's wife. |
| 7 | Janet | Allen | Sue's friend. |
| | Keith | | Janet's husband. |
| | Marc | Quinn | A British sculptor. |
| | Jonathan | Yeo | A British painter. |
| | June | Mendoza | A portrait painter. |
| | Lara | | Ella's neighbor. |
| | Penny | | A baby sitter. |
| | Eva | Frost | Chloe's friend. |
| | Gabriel | | Sue's father. |
| | Ruth | Grant | Chloe's grandmother. |
| | Lydia | | Ella's half-sister. |
| | Al | | John's old colleague. |
| | Brett | | Lydia's husband. |
| | Pierce | Brosnan | An Irish actor and film producer. |
| | Sean | Connery | A Scottish actor. |
| | Sean | Bean | An English actor. |
| | David | Beckham | One of Britain's most iconic athletes. |
| 8 | Marcelle | | Celine's friend. |
| 9 | George III | | King of Great Britain and King of Ireland. |
| | Thomas | Wallis | A young aspiring novelist. |
| | Kate | Atkinson | An English writer of novels, plays and short stories. |
| | Euan | Uglow | A British painter. |
| | Bertie | | A Norfolk terrier. |
| | Agnes | | Iris's sister. |
| 10 | John | Donne | An English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary. |
| | Francisco | Goya | A Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. |
| | Katisha | | A cat. |
| | Hannah | | Berger's daughter. |
| | Henry | | Berger's son. |
| 11 | Rafael | | A cab driver. |
| | Gareth | Jones | One of Sue's acquaintances. |
| | Eleanor | | One of Sue's acquaintances. |
| | Raphael | | An Italian painter and architect. |
| | Leonardo | da Vinci | An Italian polymath who was active as a painter. |
| | Michelangelo | | One of its greatest painters and architects. |
| | Katarina | Sopuchova | A soprano. |
| | Reverend | Hughes | The vicar. |
| | Claudia | | Nate's niece. |
| Epi | | | 15 September 2010 |
| | Lucy | | The gallery assistant. |
| | Winston | Churchill | British statesman served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| | Helena B. | Carter | A British actress. |
| | Twiggy | | A British model, actress and singer. |
| | Joan | Collins | An English actress, author and columnist. |
| | Ian | | Polly's new boyfriend. |
