Ruth Wilson stated this mini-series as being her first big break out role since graduating drama school.
Toby Stephens previously played Anne Bronte's lead male character, Gilbert Markham in "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)." Tara Fitzgerald, who played Jane's aunt Mrs. Reed, portrayed the 'tenant' and Gilbert's love interest, Helen Graham.
Eglantine Rembauville-Nicolle, who portrays Celiné Varens, Adéle's mother, in this 2007 production, portrayed Sophie, Adéle's nurse, in the 2011 production.
The lavender dress Jane wears when she prepares for Mary and Diana's return is the same dress Esther Summerson wears in 2005's "Bleak House (2005)." In "Jane Eyre" it is worn without a lace collar.