Actor

Lindsay Duncan

Born 7 November 1950 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026Mint1 seasonOllie
  2. 2025H Is for Hawk2hMum
  3. 2025The Death of Bunny Munro1 seasonDoris Pennington
  4. 2024Truelove1 seasonPhil
  5. 2024National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus2h 31mDora
  6. 2023Call Me Back15mGrace
  7. 2023Doctor Jekyll1h 29mSandra Poole
  8. 2023Last Call19mKate
  9. 2022A Banquet1h 37mJune
  10. 2021No Ordinary Joe15mMarion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
  11. 2020Made in Italy1h 34mKate
  12. 2019November 1st25mBonnie
  13. 2019National Theatre Live: Hansard1h 34mDiana Hesketh
  14. 2019Blackbird1h 38mLiz
  15. 2019My Zoe1h 40mKathy
  16. 2019Little Joe1h 46mPsychotherapist
  17. 2017Gifted1h 41mEvelyn Adler
  18. 2017Carnage: Swallowing the Past1h 5mMaude
  19. 2016He Does Not Want Peace30mRachel Englebright
  20. 2016Churchill's Secret1h 41mClemmie Churchill
  21. 2016Alice Through the Looking Glass1h 53mHelen Kingsleigh
  22. 2014The Honourable Woman1 seasonAnjelica Hayden-Hoyle
  23. 2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2hTabitha
  24. 2013Lawless45mLady Justice MacNeil
  25. 2013Le Week-End1h 33mMeg Burrows
  26. 2013Last Passenger1h 36mElaine Middleton
  27. 2013About Time2h 3mMum
  28. 2012Amish: A Secret Life1hNarrator (voice)
  29. 2012White Heat1 seasonLilly (present day)
  30. 2011Christopher and His Kind1h 30mKathleen Isherwood
  31. 2011The Sinking of the Laconia1 seasonElisabeth Fullwood
  32. 2010Burlesque Fairytales1h 23mIce Queen
  33. 2010Mission 21102 seasonsNeuros/Cybele
  34. 2010Harold Pinter: A Celebration1h 35mSelf
  35. 2010Alice in Wonderland1h 48mHelen Kingsleigh
  36. 2009Margaret1h 53mMargaret Thatcher
  37. 2009Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars1h 2mCaptain Adelaide Brooke
  38. 2009Margot1h 25mMadam
  39. 2007Frankenstein1h 30mJane Pretorius
  40. 2006Longford1h 28mLady Elizabeth Longford
  41. 2006Starter for 101h 36mRose Harbison
  42. 2005Rome2 seasonsServilia of the Junii
  43. 2004The Queen of Sheba's Pearls2h 3mAudrey Pretty
  44. 2003Under the Tuscan Sun1h 53mKatherine
  45. 2003Working Shakespeare1 season
  46. 2003AfterLife1h 40m
  47. 2002Hamilton Mattress31mBeryl / Gertrude (voice)
  48. 2001Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders50mNarrator
  49. 2001Perfect Strangers1 seasonAlice
  50. 2000A History of Britain3 seasonsReader
  51. 2000Dirty Tricks2h 42mAlison
  52. 2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings50mPauline
  53. 1999Expelling the Demon5mWoman
  54. 1999Shooting the Past1 seasonMarilyn Truman
  55. 1999Mansfield Park1h 52mMrs. Price / Lady Bertram
  56. 1999Oliver Twist1 seasonElizabeth Leeford
  57. 1999An Ideal Husband1h 37mLady Markby
  58. 1998Get Real1 seasonLouise
  59. 1996A Midsummer Night's Dream1h 45mHippolyta / Titania
  60. 1996City Hall1h 51mSydney Pappas
  61. 1995Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair59mNarrator
  62. 1995Jake's Progress1 seasonMonica
  63. 1994The Rector's Wife1 seasonAnna Bouverie
  64. 1993A Year in Provence1 seasonAnnie Mayle
  65. 1991Body Parts1h 28mDr. Agatha Webb
  66. 1991Redemption1h 30mKath Peachey
  67. 1991G.B.H.1 seasonBarbara Douglas
  68. 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur24mMedea
  69. 1990The Reflecting Skin1h 35mDolphin Blue
  70. 1989These Foolish ThingsGutrune Day
  71. 1989Traffik1 seasonHelen Rosshalde
  72. 1989The Childeater13mEirwen
  73. 1988Manifesto1h 36mLily Sachor
  74. 1988Alas Sage & Onion40m
  75. 1988Colin's Sandwich2 seasonsRosemary
  76. 1987Prick Up Your Ears1h 51mAnthea Lahr
  77. 1984Loose Connections1h 36mSally
  78. 1984Samson and Delilah24mAlice
  79. 1984The Kit Curran Radio Show2 seasonsPamela Scott
  80. 1984Rainy Day Women1h 15mKaren Miller
  81. 1982On Approval2hHelen
  82. 1982Muck and Brass1 seasonJean Torrode
  83. 1982Mike Leigh: Making Plays1h 20mSelf (archive footage)
  84. 1980Grown-Ups1h 33mMrs Butcher
  85. 1979The WinklerDiane
  86. 1975Further Up Pompeii44mScrubba
  87. Daughter of EdenEmer
  88. RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare7h 29mSelf
  89. Alma
  90. The Entertainment System Is Down
  91. These Foolish Things18m