Lindsay Duncan
Known for Acting · 128 credits
- Born
- 1950-11-07 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Lindsay Vere Duncan
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
TV Shows (60)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Lady Tamplin
Black Mirror
2011
as Alex Cairns
Sherlock
2010
as Lady Smallwood
Merlin
2008
as Queen Annis
His Dark Materials
2019
as Octavia (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Marina Gregg
Screen Two
1985
as Dolphin Blue
Rome
2005
as Servilia of the Junii
Spooks
2002
as Angela Wells
The Wheel of Time
2021
as Anvaere Damodred
Playhouse
1974
as Christine Butcher
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Helen Hayle
The Morning Show
2019
as Martha Ellison
The Leftovers
2014
as Grace Playford
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Diane
A Discovery of Witches
2018
as Ysabeau de Clermont
Inside No. 9
2014
as Loretta Lamb
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Jeanne Durand
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Mrs Dalloway
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Alexandra
ScreenPlay
1986
as Kath Peachey
The New Avengers
1976
as Jane
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Duchess of York
Close to the Enemy
2016
as Frau Bellinghausen
The Play on One
1988
as Gutrune Day
Around the World in 80 Days
2021
as Jane Digby
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
as Elisabeth Fullwood
Against the Wall
2011
as Faith Kowalski
Travelling Man
1984
as Andrea
Sherwood
2022
as Jennifer Hale
Criminal Justice
2008
as Alison Slaughter
Toast of London
2013
Dick Turpin
1979
as Catherine Langford
TECX
1990
as Laura Pellin
A Year in Provence
1993
as Annie Mayle
Spy
2011
as The Director
Truelove
2024
as Phil
The Honourable Woman
2014
as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
Working Shakespeare
2003
Traffik
1989
as Helen Rosshalde
Lost in Austen
2008
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Oliver Twist
1999
as Elizabeth Leeford
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Medea
G.B.H.
1991
as Barbara Douglas
Mint
2026
as Ollie
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Lady Bellaston
A History of Britain
2000
as Reader
White Heat
2012
as Lilly (present day)
Perfect Strangers
2001
as Alice
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
as Doris Pennington
Count Arthur Strong
2013
as Dame Agnes
The Kit Curran Radio Show
1984
as Pamela Scott
Colin's Sandwich
1988
as Rosemary
The Rector's Wife
1994
as Anna Bouverie
Muck and Brass
1982
as Jean Torrode
Dead Head
1986
as Dana Cass
One-Upmanship
1976
Shooting the Past
1999
as Marilyn Truman
Jake's Progress
1995
as Monica
Get Real
1998
as Louise
Movies (68)
About Time
2013
as Mum
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Helen Kingsleigh
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Tabitha
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Helen Kingsleigh
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as TC-14 (voice)
Gifted
2017
as Evelyn Adler
H Is for Hawk
2025
as Mum
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
as Katherine
A Banquet
2022
as June
Made in Italy
2020
as Kate
Blackbird
2019
as Liz
Redemption
1991
as Kath Peachey
Christopher and His Kind
2011
as Kathleen Isherwood
Last Passenger
2013
as Elaine Middleton
Mansfield Park
1999
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
Starter for 10
2006
as Rose Harbison
Little Joe
2019
as Psychotherapist
Le Week-End
2013
as Meg Burrows
An Ideal Husband
1999
as Lady Markby
City Hall
1996
as Sydney Pappas
The Childeater
1989
as Eirwen
The Entertainment System Is Down
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
as Ice Queen
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009
as Captain Adelaide Brooke
The Reflecting Skin
1990
as Dolphin Blue
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
as Self
My Zoe
2019
as Kathy
AfterLife
2003
Daughter of Eden
as Emer
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
as Maude
Hamilton Mattress
2002
as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Clemmie Churchill
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
Manifesto
1988
as Lily Sachor
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Anthea Lahr
Call Me Back
2023
as Grace
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
as Audrey Pretty
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Pauline
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
as Hippolyta / Titania
No Ordinary Joe
2021
as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
These Foolish Things
1989
as Gutrune Day
Body Parts
1991
as Dr. Agatha Webb
Loose Connections
1984
as Sally
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
as Diana Hesketh
Expelling the Demon
1999
as Woman
Doctor Jekyll
2023
as Sandra Poole
Amish: A Secret Life
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Samson and Delilah
1984
as Alice
Grown-Ups
1980
as Mrs Butcher
Further Up Pompeii
1975
as Scrubba
On Approval
1982
as Helen
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024
as Dora
He Does Not Want Peace
2016
as Rachel Englebright
Longford
2006
as Lady Elizabeth Longford
The Winkler
1979
as Diane
Margaret
2009
as Margaret Thatcher
Dirty Tricks
2000
as Alison
These Foolish Things
Margot
2009
as Madam
Last Call
2023
as Kate
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2001
as Narrator
Frankenstein
2007
as Jane Pretorius
Alma
Rainy Day Women
1984
as Karen Miller
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1995
as Narrator
November 1st
2019
as Bonnie
Lawless
2013
as Lady Justice MacNeil
About 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 (… With 128 credits spanning from 1965 to 2026, Lindsay Duncan has appeared in 68 films and 60 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lindsay Duncan Movies
- About Time (2013) — as Mum
- Alice in Wonderland (2010) — as Helen Kingsleigh
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) — as Tabitha
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) — as Helen Kingsleigh
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — as TC-14 (voice)
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