Lindsay Duncan
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
Credits
- 2025 · H Is for Hawk as
- 2025 · The Death of Bunny Munro as Doris Pennington
- 2024 · Truelove as Phil
- 2022 · Sherwood as Jennifer Hale
- 2022 · A Banquet as June
- 2021 · Around the World in 80 Days as Jane Digby
- 2021 · The Wheel of Time as Anvaere Damodred
- 2020 · Made in Italy as Kate
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Octavia (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Martha Ellison
- 2019 · Blackbird as Liz
- 2018 · A Discovery of Witches as Ysabeau de Clermont
- 2017 · Gifted as Evelyn Adler
- 2016 · Close to the Enemy as Frau Bellinghausen
- 2016 · He Does Not Want Peace as Rachel Englebright
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Helen Kingsleigh
- 2014 · Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Tabitha
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
- 2014 · The Leftovers as Grace Playford
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Loretta Lamb
- 2013 · Toast of London as
- 2013 · About Time as Mum
- 2013 · Count Arthur Strong as Dame Agnes
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Duchess of York
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Mrs. Dalloway
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Alex Cairns
- 2011 · Spy as The Director
- 2011 · Against the Wall as Faith Kowalski
- 2011 · The Sinking of the Laconia as Elisabeth Fullwood
- 2010 · Sherlock as Lady Smallwood
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Helen Kingsleigh
- 2009 · Margot as Madam
- 2008 · Merlin as Queen Annis
- 2008 · Lost in Austen as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Alison Slaughter
- 2005 · Rome as Servilia of the Junii
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Marina Gregg
- 2003 · Under the Tuscan Sun as Katherine
- 2003 · Working Shakespeare as
- 2002 · Spooks as Angela Wells
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Pauline
- 2000 · A History of Britain as Reader
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as TC-14 (voice)
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Lady Bellaston
- 1996 · City Hall as Sydney Pappas
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Jeanne Durand
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medea
- 1991 · Body Parts as Dr. Agatha Webb
- 1991 · Redemption as Kath Peachey
- 1991 · G.B.H. as Barbara Douglas
- 1990 · TECX as Laura Pellin
- 1989 · Traffik as Helen Rosshalde
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lady Tamplin
- 1988 · Colin's Sandwich as Rosemary
- 1988 · The Play on One as Gutrune Day
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Alexandra
- 1979 · The Winkler as Diane
- 1979 · Dick Turpin as Catherine Langford
- 1976 · The New Avengers as Jane
- 1974 · Playhouse as Christine Butcher
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Helen Hayle
- Future · Alma as
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus as Dora
- 2023 · Doctor Jekyll as Sandra Poole
- 2023 · Call Me Back as Grace
- 2023 · Last Call as Kate
- 2021 · No Ordinary Joe as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
- 2019 · My Zoe as Kathy
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: Hansard as Diana Hesketh
- 2019 · November 1st as Bonnie
- 2019 · Little Joe as Psychotherapist
- 2017 · Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Maude
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Clemmie Churchill
- 2013 · Last Passenger as Elaine Middleton
- 2013 · Le Week-End as Meg Burrows
- 2013 · Lawless as Lady Justice MacNeil
- 2012 · Amish: A Secret Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · White Heat as Lilly (present day)
- 2011 · Christopher and His Kind as Kathleen Isherwood
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2010 · Burlesque Fairytales as Ice Queen
- 2009 · Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars as Captain Adelaide Brooke
- 2009 · Margaret as Margaret Thatcher
- 2007 · Frankenstein as Jane Pretorius
- 2006 · Longford as Lady Elizabeth Longford
- 2006 · Starter for 10 as Rose Harbison
- 2004 · The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as Audrey Pretty
- 2003 · AfterLife as
- 2002 · Hamilton Mattress as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
- 2001 · Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders as Narrator
- 2001 · Perfect Strangers as Alice
- 2000 · Dirty Tricks as Alison
- 1999 · Oliver Twist as Elizabeth Leeford
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
- 1999 · Expelling the Demon as Woman
- 1999 · An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby
- 1999 · Shooting the Past as Marilyn Truman
- 1998 · Get Real as Louise
- 1996 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hippolyta / Titania
- 1995 · Jake's Progress as Monica
- 1995 · Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair as Narrator
- 1994 · The Rector's Wife as Anna Bouverie
- 1993 · A Year in Provence as Annie Mayle
- 1990 · The Reflecting Skin as Dolphin Blue
- 1989 · These Foolish Things as Gutrune Day
- 1989 · The Childeater as Eirwen
- 1988 · Manifesto as Lily Sachor
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Anthea Lahr
- 1986 · Dead Head as Dana Cass
- 1984 · Travelling Man as Andrea
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Sally
- 1984 · Rainy Day Women as Karen Miller
- 1984 · The Kit Curran Radio Show as Pamela Scott
- 1984 · Samson and Delilah as Alice
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · On Approval as Helen
- 1982 · Muck and Brass as Jean Torrode
- 1980 · Grown-Ups as Mrs Butcher
- 1976 · One-Upmanship as
- 1975 · Further Up Pompeii as Scrubba
- Future · Mint as Ollie
- Future · The Entertainment System Is Down as
- Future · These Foolish Things as