Carnival Row follows "mythical creatures who have fled their war-torn homeland and gathered in the city as tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing immigrant population." At the center of the drama is the investigation into a string of unsolved murders, madness of power, unresolved love, and social adjustments eating away at whatever uneasy peace exists.
Orlando Bloom as Rycroft Philostrate ("Philo"), an Inspector of the Burgue Constabulary, investigating a dark conspiracy at the heart of the city
Cara Delevingne as Vignette Stonemoss a fae and Philo's former lover
Simon McBurney as Runyon Millworthy a human street performer and master of a troupe of kobolds
Tamzin Merchant as Imogen Spurnrose an heiress
David Gyasi as Agreus Astrayon a wealthy faun (also known by their derogatory name of "Puck") shunned by Burgue high society for his appearance and origin
Andrew Gower as Ezra Spurnrose Imogen's brother whom she blames for mishandling the family finances and driving them into debt
Karla Crome as Tourmaline Larou Vignette's friend and former lover, Poet Laureate of Tirnanoc (Tir na nÓg being the "Land of the Youth", of the Tuatha Dé Danaan, or "People of the Goddess Danu", a legendary ancient fae race), and a courtesan at the Tetterby Hotel in Carnival Row
Arty Froushan as Jonah Breakspear Absalom's son
Indira Varma as Piety Breakspear (season 1), Absalom's manipulative wife
Jared Harris as Absalom Breakspear (season 1), the Chancellor of the Republic of the Burgue
Caroline Ford as Sophie Longerbane the power-seeking daughter of Ritter Longerbane
Alice Krige as Aoife Tsigani a Haruspex (or witch) in the service of Piety Breakspear
Maeve Dermody as Portia Fyfe Philo's landlady whose romantic advances he frequently rebuffs
Jamie Harris as Sergeant Dombey a constable under the rank of sergeant known to harbor racist beliefs against the Fae and despises Philo for sympathizing with them
Ariyon Bakare as Darius Sykes Philo's old friend and a former soldier of the Burgue now held in captive luxury due to having been bitten by a Marrok (a type of wolf-man) during the war
Waj Ali as Constable Berwick Philo's timid partner
Tracey Wilkinson as Afissa the "Puck" housemaid and cook to the Spurnroses
James Beaumont as Constable Cuppins a constable
Anna Rust as Fleury a Pix courtesan at Moira's brothel
Leanne Best as Madame Moira the proprietor of The Tetterby Hotel, which she uses as a brothel
Mark Lewis Jones as Magistrate Flute the head constable in the Burgue
Sinead Phelps as Jenila Sophie Longerbane's "Puck" lady's maid
Scott Reid as Quilliam ("Quill"), a "Puck" footman, unjustly dismissed by the Chancellor
Theo Barklem-Biggs as Cabal a "Puck" malcontent seeking to bring his brethren together
Ronan Vibert as Ritter Longerbane Sophie's father, Absalom Breakspear's primary political opponent, and longtime advocate of Fae subjugation
Jim High as Fergus a human servant in Mr. Agreus' household
Chloe Pirrie as Dahlia the ruthless Fae leader of the Black Raven
Jay Ali as Kaine
Brian Caspe as Nigel Winetrout
Kevin Michael Clarke as Constable Allerton
Jacqueline Boatswain as Mima Blodwen
George Georgiou as Kastor
Amira Ghazalla as Mima Danu
Cornelius Booth as Bagstock
Anthony Kaye as Bolero
Xander Turian as Arrested Puck
Paul Dean as Chopper Speaker
Dejan Bucin as Hamlyn
Dan Cade as Sykes
Badria Timimi as Mima Roosan
John Poston as Cell Block Guard
Issy Stewart as Louisa Pembroke
Mina Andala as Mima Sawsaan
Ian Hanmore as Master Thorne
Christian Dunckley Clark as Injured Puck
Gregory Gudgeon as Morange
John Comer as Master Symes
Jared Doreck as Grayson
Ryan Hayes as Constable Thatch
Veronika Mackova as Young Aisling
David Nykl as Constable Boggs
Sam Barlien as Drell
Michael Pitthan as Fennimore
Ben Bradshaw as Constabulary Clerk
Livia Coyle as Fae Prostitute
Nigel David Young as Breakspear Backer
Dan Bradford as Chancery Guard
Julian Stone as Loop Group
Jeremy Tichy as Guard 1
Roger Barclay as Winshaw
Denis Lyons as Bligh
Matthew Gravelle as Unseelie Jack
Logan Hillier as Crabbe
Patrick Brennan as Captain
Michael Ford-FitzGerald as Ivos
Marek Adamczyk as Arturo
Iola Evans as Ryma
Gabriel Cohen as Bruno
Ephraim Goldin as Skipper
David Fisher as Factory Foreman
Ross Green as Leonid Penbroke
Josef Karas as Hector
William Valerián as Deckhand
Anna Koval as Oona
Sandra Veronica Stanczyk as Wren
Monika Foris Kvasnicková as Puck Lixer Junkie
Daniel Brown as Ticket Clerk
Andrew Bicknell as Magister Hood
Sam Hoare as Leslie Boythorne
Lukwesa Mwamba as Callie
Leon Ajikawo as Port Authority Officer
Adam McNab as Arrested Male Fae
Emma Zamburkova as Young Refugee Girl
Brendan Douglas as Auctioneer
John Malafronte as Foundling Headmaster
Roy McCrerey as Solicitor Wigsby
Stepánka Pencová as Female Hob
Gordon Truefitt as Swan Captain
Leon Herbert as Pierce Guilfoyle
Patrick M. Bentley as Advisor
Robinah Kironde as Hortensia
Robert Mitchell as Young Absalom
Theo Preston as Orphan Boy
Joseph Riley as Peter
Ollie Horsfall as Chopper #1
Ethan Kamula as Young Darius
Jan Nemejovský as Crier
Olivia Grace Tennant as Franny
Bethany Adams as Puck Nanny
Zuzana Hodkova as Lady Tripplethorne
Leos Jurácek as Chopper #2
Petr Nacovsky as Chopper #3
Abigail Rice as Museum Docent
Ilian Gergisák as Young Philo
Maggie Maxwell as Toothless Old Woman
El Anthony as Kardeiz
Wil Johnson as Puck Butcher
Jake Zahradnik as Younger Finch
Petra Buckova as Female Centaur
Lorraine Burroughs as Magrite
Matthew Burt as Sailor
Travis O'Neill as Puck Vendor
Pavel Ponocný as Brothel Eunuch
Jirí Stanislav as Sir Elgenai
Sean Cernow as Drunk Puck
Andrea Miltner as Female Mourner
Simon Wolfe as Barker
Kassu Haileloul as Merchant
Robert Russell as Longerbane Ally
Lee Andrew Davison as Older Park Man
Shane Attwooll as Marlow
Martina Babisova as Young Mother
David Bowles as New Dawn Corporal
David Crowley as Elgo
Trent Garrett as Akos
Carla Langley as Zelina
Jamie Marshall as Photographer
Sofia Novakova as Villager
Giselle Scantlebury
Stewart Scudamore as Boz Ghaidos
Enzo Squillino Jr. as Polsted
Erika Starkova as Aisling Querelle Philo's mother and a once-famous Pix singer turned to the life of a scavenger
The average duration of each episode is 50 - 67 minutes. Country of origin: United States. Original language: English.