
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
- 2024 · Truelove as Phil
- 2022 · Sherwood as Jennifer Hale
- 2021 · Around the World in 80 Days as Jane Digby
- 2021 · The Wheel of Time as Anvaere Damodred
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Octavia (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Martha Ellison
- 2018 · A Discovery of Witches as Ysabeau de Clermont
- 2017 · Gifted as Evelyn Adler
- 2016 · Close to the Enemy as Frau Bellinghausen
- 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
- 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 · The Sinking of the Laconia as Elisabeth Fullwood
- 2010 · Sherlock as Lady Smallwood
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Helen Kingsleigh
- 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 · A History of Britain as Reader
- 1999 · Oliver Twist as Elizabeth Leeford
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as TC-14 (voice)
- 1999 · Shooting the Past as Marilyn Truman
- 1998 · Get Real as Louise
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Lady Bellaston
- 1994 · The Rector's Wife as Anna Bouverie
- 1993 · A Year in Provence as Annie Mayle
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medea
- 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
- 1986 · Dead Head as Dana Cass
- 1984 · Travelling Man as Andrea
- 1984 · The Kit Curran Radio Show as Pamela Scott
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Alexandra
- 1982 · Muck and Brass as Jean Torrode
- 1979 · Dick Turpin as Catherine Langford
- 1976 · The New Avengers as
- 1974 · Playhouse as Christine Butcher
- Future · Mint as Ollie
- Future · The Death of Bunny Munro as Doris Pennington
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus as Dora
- 2023 · Doctor Jekyll as
- 2023 · Call Me Back as Grace
- 2023 · Last Call as Kate
- 2022 · A Banquet as June
- 2021 · No Ordinary Joe as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
- 2020 · Made in Italy as Kate
- 2019 · My Zoe as Kathy
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: Hansard as Diana Hesketh
- 2019 · Little Joe as Psychotherapist
- 2019 · November 1st as Bonnie
- 2019 · Blackbird as Liz
- 2017 · Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Maude
- 2016 · He Does Not Want Peace as Rachel Englebright
- 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)
- 2011 · Christopher and His Kind as Kathleen Isherwood
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2010 · Burlesque Fairytales as Ice Queen
- 2009 · Margot as Madam
- 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 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Pauline
- 2000 · Dirty Tricks as Alison
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
- 1999 · Expelling the Demon as Woman
- 1999 · An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby
- 1996 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hippolyta / Titania
- 1996 · City Hall as Sydney Pappas
- 1995 · Jake's Progress as Monica
- 1995 · Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair as Narrator
- 1991 · Body Parts as Dr. Agatha Webb
- 1991 · Redemption as Kath Peachey
- 1990 · The Reflecting Skin as Dolphin Blue
- 1989 · The Childeater as Eirwen
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Anthea Lahr
- Future · The Entertainment System Is Down as
- 1988 · Manifesto as Lily Sachor
- Future · Alma as
- 1989 · These Foolish Things as Gutrune Day
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Sally
- 1984 · Rainy Day Women as Karen Miller
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · On Approval as Helen
- 1980 · Grown-Ups as Mrs Butcher
- 1979 · The Winkler as Diane
- 1975 · Further Up Pompeii as Scrubba
- Future · These Foolish Things as