Lindsay Duncan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 7, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
Lindsay Vere Duncan, CBE (born November 7, 1950) is a Scottish stage and television actress. She is the recipient of three BAFTA nominations and one Scottish BAFTA nomination, as well as two Olivier Awards and a Tony Award for her work on stage. She has starred in several plays by Harold Pinter. Duncan's film credits include Prick Up Your Ears (1987), The Reflecting Skin (1990), City Hall (1996), An Ideal Husband, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Mansfield Park (all 1999), Under the Tuscan Sun, AfterLife (both 2003), Starter for 10 (2006), Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), About Time (2013), Birdman (2014), and Blackbird (2019). Outside of stage and film, Duncan appeared as Barbara Douglas in Alan Bleasdale's critically acclaimed G.B.H. (1991), Servilia of the Junii on the HBO historical drama series Rome (2005–2007), Adelaide Brooke in the Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars" (2009), Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle in the BBC Two miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014), and Lady Smallwood on BBC One's Sherlock (2014–2017). She also portrayed Elizabeth Longford and Margaret Thatcher in the television films Longford (2006) and Margaret (2009), respectively.
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Filmography
These Foolish Things
Movie
Alma
Movie
Daughter of Eden
Movie · as Emer
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Movie · as Self
The Entertainment System Is Down
Movie
Mint
TV · as Ollie · 8 eps
H Is for Hawk
Movie · as Mum
The Death of Bunny Munro
TV · as Doris Pennington · 6 eps
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Movie · as Dora
Truelove
TV · as Phil · 6 eps
Last Call
Movie · as Kate
Call Me Back
Movie · as Grace
Doctor Jekyll
Movie · as Sandra Poole
A Banquet
Movie · as June
Sherwood
TV · as Jennifer Hale · 1 ep
No Ordinary Joe
Movie · as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Jane Digby · 1 ep
The Wheel of Time
TV · as Anvaere Damodred · 5 eps
Made in Italy
Movie · as Kate
My Zoe
Movie · as Kathy
Blackbird
Movie · as Liz
Little Joe
Movie · as Psychotherapist
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Movie · as Diana Hesketh
November 1st
Movie · as Bonnie
The Morning Show
TV · as Martha Ellison · 3 eps
His Dark Materials
TV · as Octavia (voice) · 3 eps
A Discovery of Witches
TV · as Ysabeau de Clermont · 15 eps
Gifted
Movie · as Evelyn Adler
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Movie · as Maude
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie · as Helen Kingsleigh
Churchill's Secret
Movie · as Clemmie Churchill
He Does Not Want Peace
Movie · as Rachel Englebright
Close to the Enemy
TV · as Frau Bellinghausen · 4 eps
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Movie · as Tabitha
Inside No. 9
TV · as Loretta Lamb · 1 ep
The Honourable Woman
TV · as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle · 8 eps
The Leftovers
TV · as Grace Playford · 5 eps
Last Passenger
Movie · as Elaine Middleton
About Time
Movie · as Mum
Le Week-End
Movie · as Meg Burrows
Lawless
Movie · as Lady Justice MacNeil
Count Arthur Strong
TV · as Dame Agnes · 1 ep
Toast of London
TV · 1 ep
Amish: A Secret Life
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
White Heat
TV · as Lilly (present day) · 6 eps
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Duchess of York · 1 ep
Playhouse Presents
TV · as Mrs Dalloway · 1 ep
Christopher and His Kind
Movie · as Kathleen Isherwood
Spy
TV · as The Director · 2 eps
Black Mirror
TV · as Alex Cairns · 1 ep
Against the Wall
TV · as Faith Kowalski · 1 ep
The Sinking of the Laconia
TV · as Elisabeth Fullwood · 2 eps
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Helen Kingsleigh
Burlesque Fairytales
Movie · as Ice Queen
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Movie · as Self
Sherlock
TV · as Lady Smallwood · 3 eps
Mission 2110
TV · as Neuros/Cybele · 26 eps
Margot
Movie · as Madam
Margaret
Movie · as Margaret Thatcher
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Movie · as Captain Adelaide Brooke
Criminal Justice
TV · as Alison Slaughter · 5 eps
Merlin
TV · as Queen Annis · 2 eps
Lost in Austen
TV · as Lady Catherine de Bourgh · 2 eps
Frankenstein
Movie · as Jane Pretorius
Longford
Movie · as Lady Elizabeth Longford
Starter for 10
Movie · as Rose Harbison
Rome
TV · as Servilia of the Junii · 22 eps
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Movie · as Audrey Pretty
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Marina Gregg · 1 ep
Under the Tuscan Sun
Movie · as Katherine
AfterLife
Movie
Working Shakespeare
TV · 5 eps
Hamilton Mattress
Movie · as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
Spooks
TV · as Angela Wells · 2 eps
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Movie · as Narrator
Perfect Strangers
TV · as Alice · 3 eps
Dirty Tricks
Movie · as Alison
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as Pauline
A History of Britain
TV · as Reader · 15 eps
Mansfield Park
Movie · as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie · as TC-14 (voice)
An Ideal Husband
Movie · as Lady Markby
Expelling the Demon
Movie · as Woman
Oliver Twist
TV · as Elizabeth Leeford · 4 eps
Shooting the Past
TV · as Marilyn Truman · 3 eps
Get Real
TV · as Louise · 7 eps
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TV · as Lady Bellaston · 3 eps
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Hippolyta / Titania
City Hall
Movie · as Sydney Pappas
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
Movie · as Narrator
Jake's Progress
TV · as Monica · 6 eps
The Rector's Wife
TV · as Anna Bouverie · 4 eps
A Year in Provence
TV · as Annie Mayle · 12 eps
Absolutely Fabulous
TV · as Jeanne Durand · 1 ep
Body Parts
Movie · as Dr. Agatha Webb
Redemption
Movie · as Kath Peachey
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
Movie · as Medea
G.B.H.
TV · as Barbara Douglas · 7 eps
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
TV · as Medea · 1 ep
The Reflecting Skin
Movie · as Dolphin Blue
TECX
TV · as Laura Pellin · 1 ep
These Foolish Things
Movie · as Gutrune Day
The Childeater
Movie · as Eirwen
Traffik
TV · as Helen Rosshalde · 6 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Lady Tamplin · 1 ep
Manifesto
Movie · as Lily Sachor
Alas Sage & Onion
Movie
Colin's Sandwich
TV · as Rosemary · 12 eps
The Play on One
TV · as Gutrune Day · 1 ep
Prick Up Your Ears
Movie · as Anthea Lahr
Dead Head
TV · as Dana Cass · 3 eps
ScreenPlay
TV · as Kath Peachey · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Dolphin Blue · 1 ep
Loose Connections
Movie · as Sally
Rainy Day Women
Movie · as Karen Miller
Samson and Delilah
Movie · as Alice
The Kit Curran Radio Show
TV · as Pamela Scott · 6 eps
Travelling Man
TV · as Andrea · 2 eps
The Brief
TV · as Carol Barnes · 1 ep
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV · as Alexandra · 1 ep
On Approval
Movie · as Helen
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Muck and Brass
TV · as Jean Torrode · 6 eps
Grown-Ups
Movie · as Mrs Butcher
The Winkler
Movie · as Diane
Dick Turpin
TV · as Catherine Langford · 1 ep
The New Avengers
TV · as Jane · 1 ep
One-Upmanship
TV · 1 ep
Further Up Pompeii
Movie · as Scrubba
Playhouse
TV · as Christine Butcher · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Diane · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Helen Hayle · 1 ep