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 (57)
Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
About Time
Mum
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
TC-14 (voice)
Gifted
Evelyn Adler
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
City Hall
Sydney Pappas
Made in Italy
Kate
H Is for Hawk
Mum
Blackbird
Liz
A Banquet
June
An Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
Starter for 10
Rose Harbison
Little Joe
Psychotherapist
Mansfield Park
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
The Reflecting Skin
Dolphin Blue
Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood
Last Passenger
Elaine Middleton
Body Parts
Dr. Agatha Webb
Prick Up Your Ears
Anthea Lahr
Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
My Zoe
Kathy
Churchill's Secret
Clemmie Churchill
Longford
Lady Elizabeth Longford
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Captain Adelaide Brooke
Manifesto
Lily Sachor
The Childeater
Eirwen
Redemption
Kath Peachey
Last Call
Kate
Dirty Tricks
Alison
AfterLife
2003
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Pauline
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Audrey Pretty
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Maude
Doctor Jekyll
Sandra Poole
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hippolyta / Titania
Frankenstein
Jane Pretorius
Call Me Back
Grace
Margaret
Margaret Thatcher
Grown-Ups
Mrs Butcher
These Foolish Things
Gutrune Day
Amish: A Secret Life
Narrator (voice)
Further Up Pompeii
Scrubba
He Does Not Want Peace
Rachel Englebright
Rainy Day Women
Karen Miller
Burlesque Fairytales
Ice Queen
Hamilton Mattress
Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
Margot
Madam
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Diana Hesketh
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Dora
Loose Connections
Sally
Expelling the Demon
Woman
November 1st
Bonnie
Lawless
Lady Justice MacNeil
Alas Sage & Onion
1988
No Ordinary Joe
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
TV Shows (57)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Tamplin · 1 eps
Black Mirror
Alex Cairns · 1 eps
The Wheel of Time
Anvaere Damodred · 5 eps
Merlin
Queen Annis · 2 eps
Spooks
Angela Wells · 2 eps
Sherlock
Lady Smallwood · 3 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Helen Hayle · 1 eps
The Morning Show
Martha Ellison · 3 eps
The Leftovers
Grace Playford · 5 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Marina Gregg · 1 eps
Screen Two
Dolphin Blue · 1 eps
His Dark Materials
Octavia (voice) · 3 eps
ITV Playhouse
Diane · 1 eps
Rome
Servilia of the Junii · 22 eps
Inside No. 9
Loretta Lamb · 1 eps
Absolutely Fabulous
Jeanne Durand · 1 eps
A Discovery of Witches
Ysabeau de Clermont · 15 eps
Playhouse Presents
Mrs Dalloway · 1 eps
Playhouse
Christine Butcher · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Kath Peachey · 1 eps
The Hollow Crown
Duchess of York · 1 eps
The New Avengers
Jane · 1 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
Jane Digby · 1 eps
The Play on One
Gutrune Day · 1 eps
Sherwood
Jennifer Hale · 1 eps
Toast of London
1 eps
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Alexandra · 1 eps
Against the Wall
Faith Kowalski · 1 eps
Travelling Man
Andrea · 2 eps
Criminal Justice
Alison Slaughter · 5 eps
The Sinking of the Laconia
Elisabeth Fullwood · 2 eps
Dick Turpin
Catherine Langford · 1 eps
Close to the Enemy
Frau Bellinghausen · 4 eps
Spy
The Director · 2 eps
White Heat
Lilly (present day) · 6 eps
Oliver Twist
Elizabeth Leeford · 4 eps
Truelove
Phil · 6 eps
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Lady Bellaston · 3 eps
Lost in Austen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh · 2 eps
The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle · 8 eps
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medea · 1 eps
Traffik
Helen Rosshalde · 6 eps
The Death of Bunny Munro
Doris Pennington · 6 eps
A Year in Provence
Annie Mayle · 12 eps
G.B.H.
Barbara Douglas · 7 eps
Mint
Ollie · 8 eps
Working Shakespeare
5 eps
Count Arthur Strong
Dame Agnes · 1 eps
A History of Britain
Reader · 15 eps
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Pamela Scott · 6 eps
Perfect Strangers
Alice · 3 eps
Colin's Sandwich
Rosemary · 12 eps
The Rector's Wife
Anna Bouverie · 4 eps
Dead Head
Dana Cass · 3 eps
Jake's Progress
Monica · 6 eps
Shooting the Past
Marilyn Truman · 3 eps
Muck and Brass
Jean Torrode · 6 eps
