10 Actresses We Can Totally See Playing Princess Diana on The Crown

You only need to watch one film featuring Imogen Poots to realise just how charming she is. The 28-year-old has starred in everything from rom-coms like That Awkward Moment to dark thrillers like Green Room, proving there's nothing she can't handle.

Florence Pugh earned rave reviews for her performance in Lady Macbeth, and she's already signed on for a TV adaptation of King Lear. Why not throw another period piece into the mix?

Ella Purnell might be busy with the Sweetbitter adaptation, but since it's a miniseries, she should have plenty of time to squeeze in an appearance on The Crown. The talented 21-year-old has popped up in everything from Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children to Never Let Me Go and has a role in the upcoming drama UFO, due out sometime this year.

Lily James's career is blowing up thanks to starring roles in Cinderella, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and the upcoming Mamma Mia sequel. She has more than enough star power to hold her own next to the new Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Colman).

In Kingsman: Secret Service (and briefly in its sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle), Sophie Cookson plays the spirited Roxy, whose intelligence and moxie make her one of the film's bright spots. We can definitely see her delivering the same kind of performance as Princess Diana. On top of that, she already has a strong Netflix connection: she starred in the now-cancelled Gypsy alongside Naomi Watts.

The 39-year-old Gone Girl star is pretty much perfect in everything we've ever seen her in, and we have no doubt she'd be just as excellent as an older version of Princess Diana.

Lately Jodie Whittaker has been making waves as the first female Doctor on Doctor Who, but we've been floored by her nuanced performances for years in shows like Broadchurch and The Smoke. If she played Diana in season four or five, there's a chance it could line up perfectly with the end of her run on Doctor Who.

Annabelle Wallis is not only immensely talented — we're still not over her role as Grace on Peaky Blinders, if we're being honest — but there's a definite physical similarity between her and Diana. Can you see it?

Sure, Carey Mulligan tends to choose highbrow film projects like Mudbound and Suffragette, but The Crown seems like the perfect prestige TV role for her. Do you hear that, Netflix? Get her on the phone.