Lindsay Duncan
Acting
Born: November 7, 1950 (age 75) · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
About Time
2013
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Sherlock
2010
Black Mirror
2011
Gifted
2017
The Wheel of Time
2021
His Dark Materials
2019
Rome
2005
The Leftovers
2014
Photos (4)
Movies (58)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha
Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
TC-14 (voice)
About Time
Mum
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
Gifted
Evelyn Adler
City Hall
Sydney Pappas
Made in Italy
Kate
Starter for 10
Rose Harbison
H Is for Hawk
Mum
Little Joe
Psychotherapist
An Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
Mansfield Park
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
The Reflecting Skin
Dolphin Blue
Blackbird
Liz
Body Parts
Dr. Agatha Webb
Prick Up Your Ears
Anthea Lahr
Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hippolyta / Titania
Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Maude
Last Passenger
Elaine Middleton
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
Medea
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Captain Adelaide Brooke
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Diana Hesketh
He Does Not Want Peace
Rachel Englebright
Doctor Jekyll
Sandra Poole
A Banquet
June
Expelling the Demon
Woman
The Childeater
Eirwen
My Zoe
Kathy
Margot
Madam
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Dora
Longford
Lady Elizabeth Longford
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Pauline
Churchill's Secret
Clemmie Churchill
Frankenstein
Jane Pretorius
Rainy Day Women
Karen Miller
Grown-Ups
Mrs Butcher
AfterLife
2003
Loose Connections
Sally
Amish: A Secret Life
Narrator (voice)
Manifesto
Lily Sachor
November 1st
Bonnie
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Audrey Pretty
Redemption
Kath Peachey
Last Call
Kate
Hamilton Mattress
Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
Margaret
Margaret Thatcher
Further Up Pompeii
Scrubba
Dirty Tricks
Alison
Call Me Back
Grace
Burlesque Fairytales
Ice Queen
Lawless
Lady Justice MacNeil
These Foolish Things
Gutrune Day
Alas Sage & Onion
1988
No Ordinary Joe
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
TV Shows (58)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Tamplin · 1 eps
Black Mirror
Alex Cairns · 1 eps
Sherlock
Lady Smallwood · 3 eps
The Wheel of Time
Anvaere Damodred · 5 eps
Spooks
Angela Wells · 2 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Helen Hayle · 1 eps
Rome
Servilia of the Junii · 22 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Marina Gregg · 1 eps
The Leftovers
Grace Playford · 5 eps
The Morning Show
Martha Ellison · 3 eps
Merlin
Queen Annis · 2 eps
ITV Playhouse
Diane · 1 eps
His Dark Materials
Octavia (voice) · 3 eps
Screen Two
Dolphin Blue · 1 eps
Inside No. 9
Loretta Lamb · 1 eps
Playhouse
Christine Butcher · 1 eps
A Discovery of Witches
Ysabeau de Clermont · 15 eps
Absolutely Fabulous
Jeanne Durand · 1 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
Jane Digby · 1 eps
The Hollow Crown
Duchess of York · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Kath Peachey · 1 eps
Playhouse Presents
Mrs Dalloway · 1 eps
The New Avengers
Jane · 1 eps
The Play on One
Gutrune Day · 1 eps
Against the Wall
Faith Kowalski · 1 eps
Toast of London
1 eps
Dick Turpin
Catherine Langford · 1 eps
Sherwood
Jennifer Hale · 1 eps
Criminal Justice
Alison Slaughter · 5 eps
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Alexandra · 1 eps
The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle · 8 eps
A Year in Provence
Annie Mayle · 12 eps
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Lady Bellaston · 3 eps
Travelling Man
Andrea · 2 eps
Spy
The Director · 2 eps
Mint
Ollie · 8 eps
Lost in Austen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh · 2 eps
The Death of Bunny Munro
Doris Pennington · 6 eps
The Sinking of the Laconia
Elisabeth Fullwood · 2 eps
Close to the Enemy
Frau Bellinghausen · 4 eps
G.B.H.
Barbara Douglas · 7 eps
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medea · 1 eps
Oliver Twist
Elizabeth Leeford · 4 eps
A History of Britain
Reader · 15 eps
Truelove
Phil · 6 eps
White Heat
Lilly (present day) · 6 eps
Traffik
Helen Rosshalde · 6 eps
Colin's Sandwich
Rosemary · 12 eps
Count Arthur Strong
Dame Agnes · 1 eps
Working Shakespeare
5 eps
Dead Head
Dana Cass · 3 eps
Muck and Brass
Jean Torrode · 6 eps
The Rector's Wife
Anna Bouverie · 4 eps
Perfect Strangers
Alice · 3 eps
Shooting the Past
Marilyn Truman · 3 eps
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Pamela Scott · 6 eps
Jake's Progress
Monica · 6 eps
Mission 2110
Neuros/Cybele · 26 eps
