Love Actually Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Set in contemporary London in the weeks before Christmas, "Love Actually" tells one story which weaves together a spectacular number of love stories-sometimes romantic, sometimes sad, sometimes stupid-all funny in their own way. Everywhere you look, love is causing chaos. From the new bachelor Prime Minister who falls in love 30 seconds after entering Downing Street to a loser sandwich delivery guy who doesn't have a hope with the girls in the UK, so heads for Wisconsin; from a jilted writer who escapes to the south of France to nurse his broken heart to an aging rock star trying to make a comeback at any price; from a bride having problems with her husband's best man to a married woman having trouble with her husband; from a schoolboy with a crush on the prettiest girl in the school to his architect step-father with a crush on Claudia Schiffer. These London lives and loves collide, mingle and finally climax on Christmas Eve-again and again and again-with romantic, poignant and funny consequences for all.

Comedy Romance

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Love Actually.

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  Hugh Grant

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E

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  Rowan Atkinson

  Johnny English Reborn, Wonka

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  Colin Firth

  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Steven Spielberg 2026 Project

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  Laura Linney

  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, The Fifth Estate

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  Liam Neeson

  The Naked Gun, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

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  Alan Rickman

  Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lee Daniels' The Butler

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  Emma Thompson

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie

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  Martin Freeman

  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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  January Jones

  Unknown, The Shuddering

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  Keira Knightley

  Anna Karenina, Black Doves (series)

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  Andrew Lincoln

  The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (series), Penguin Bloom

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  Martine McCutcheon

Crew Behind the Film

The Love Actually behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Richard Curtis last directed About Time and Pirate Radio. The film's writer Richard Curtis last wrote That Christmas and Genie.

Director

Richard Curtis

Screenwriter

Richard Curtis

Producers

Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Duncan Kenworthy

Production Details

What we know about the Love Actually movie production.

Production Updates for Love Actually

Dec 2004

Completed

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