The series deals with French-Italian singer Dalida, from her birth to Italian parents in Cairo, Egypt, to her long and successful singing career in Europe, Asia, America and Africa, until her tragic death in Paris, France.

• Sabrina Ferilli as Iolanda Gigliotti, also known as Dalida
• Charles Berling as Lucien Morisse
• Michel Jonasz as Bruno Coquatrix
• Christopher Lambert as Richard Chanfray
• Arnaud Giovaninetti as Bruno / Orlando
• Alessandro Gassman as Luigi Tenco
• Fanny Gilles [fr] as Rosy
• Vincent Lecœur [fr] as Jean Sobieski [fr]
• Carole Richert as Solange
• Stephan Spassov as Claudio
• Fabrice Deville [fr] as Eddie Barclay
• Marie-Noëlle Bordeaux as Peppina
• Guillaume Adam as The receptionist
• Roberto Bestazzoni as Mario, an Italian producer
• Jeff Bigot as journalist at the wedding
• Bruno Delahaye as The casting director
• Maria Ducceschi [fr] as Andréa
• Silvana Gasparini as Dalida's sister-in-law
• Nabil Massad [fr] as Matouk
• Patrick Massiah [fr] as Orlando the Elder
• Solange Milhaud [fr] as The maid in Ankara
• Laurent Olmedo [fr] as Paulo de Sena
• Laurent Savard [fr] as The taxi driver
• Nikolai Urumov as Pietro Gilliotti
• Eric Verdin [fr] as Pascal Sevran
• Pascal Lopez as The bar man

• Dalida at IMDb