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
- 2026 · Mint as Ollie
- 2025 · H Is for Hawk as Mum
- 2025 · The Death of Bunny Munro as Doris Pennington
- 2024 · Truelove as Phil
- 2023 · Doctor Jekyll as Sandra Poole
- 2023 · Last Call as Kate
- 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 · My Zoe as Kathy
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Octavia (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Martha Ellison
- 2019 · Little Joe as Psychotherapist
- 2019 · November 1st as Bonnie
- 2019 · Blackbird as Liz
- 2018 · A Discovery of Witches as Ysabeau de Clermont
- 2017 · Gifted as Evelyn Adler
- 2017 · Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Maude
- 2016 · Close to the Enemy as Frau Bellinghausen
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Helen Kingsleigh
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Clemmie Churchill
- 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 · Last Passenger as Elaine Middleton
- 2013 · Le Week-End as Meg Burrows
- 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
- 2012 · White Heat as Lilly (present day)
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Alex Cairns
- 2011 · Spy as The Director
- 2011 · Against the Wall as Faith Kowalski
- 2011 · Christopher and His Kind as Kathleen Isherwood
- 2011 · The Sinking of the Laconia as Elisabeth Fullwood
- 2010 · Sherlock as Lady Smallwood
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Helen Kingsleigh
- 2009 · Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars as Captain Adelaide Brooke
- 2009 · Margaret as Margaret Thatcher
- 2008 · Merlin as Queen Annis
- 2008 · Lost in Austen as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Alison Slaughter
- 2007 · Frankenstein as Jane Pretorius
- 2006 · Starter for 10 as Rose Harbison
- 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
- 2001 · Perfect Strangers as Alice
- 2000 · A History of Britain as Reader
- 2000 · Dirty Tricks as Alison
- 1999 · Oliver Twist as Elizabeth Leeford
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as TC-14 (voice)
- 1999 · An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Lady Bellaston
- 1996 · City Hall as Sydney Pappas
- 1995 · Jake's Progress as Monica
- 1994 · The Rector's Wife as Anna Bouverie
- 1993 · A Year in Provence as Annie Mayle
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Jeanne Durand
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medea
- 1991 · Body Parts as Dr. Agatha Webb
- 1991 · G.B.H. as Barbara Douglas
- 1990 · The Reflecting Skin as Dolphin Blue
- 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
- 1986 · ScreenPlay as Kath Peachey
- 1985 · Screen Two as Dolphin Blue
- 1984 · Travelling Man as Andrea
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Alexandra
- 1979 · Dick Turpin as Catherine Langford
- 1976 · The New Avengers as Jane
- 1974 · Playhouse as Christine Butcher
- 1967 · ITV Playhouse as Diane
- Future · The Entertainment System Is Down as
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus as Dora
- 2023 · Call Me Back as Grace
- 2021 · No Ordinary Joe as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: Hansard as Diana Hesketh
- 2016 · He Does Not Want Peace as Rachel Englebright
- 2013 · Lawless as Lady Justice MacNeil
- 2012 · Amish: A Secret Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2010 · Burlesque Fairytales as Ice Queen
- 2009 · Margot as Madam
- 2006 · Longford as Lady Elizabeth Longford
- 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
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Pauline
- 1999 · Expelling the Demon as Woman
- 1999 · Shooting the Past as Marilyn Truman
- 1998 · Get Real as Louise
- 1996 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hippolyta / Titania
- 1989 · These Foolish Things as Gutrune Day
- 1989 · The Childeater as Eirwen
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Sally
- 1984 · Rainy Day Women as Karen Miller
- 1975 · Further Up Pompeii as Scrubba
- Future · RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare as Self
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · On Approval as Helen
- Future · Daughter of Eden as Emer
- Future · Alma as
- 1995 · Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair as Narrator
- 1991 · Redemption as Kath Peachey
- 1988 · Manifesto as Lily Sachor
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Anthea Lahr
- 1986 · Dead Head as Dana Cass
- 1984 · The Kit Curran Radio Show as Pamela Scott
- 1984 · Samson and Delilah as Alice
- 1982 · Muck and Brass as Jean Torrode
- 1980 · Grown-Ups as Mrs Butcher
- 1979 · The Winkler as Diane
- 1976 · One-Upmanship as
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Helen Hayle
- Future · These Foolish Things as