Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay 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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
119
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-11-07 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Acting

2024

Truelove as Phil

2023

Call Me Back as Grace

2023

Last Call as Kate

2023

Doctor Jekyll as Not available

2022

Sherwood as Jennifer Hale

2022

A Banquet as June

2021

The Wheel of Time as Anvaere Damodred

2021

Around the World in 80 Days as Jane Digby

2021

No Ordinary Joe as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

2020

Made in Italy as Kate

2019

The Morning Show as Martha Ellison

2019

His Dark Materials as Octavia (voice)

2019

Blackbird as Liz

2019

My Zoe as Kathy

2019

Little Joe as Psychotherapist

2019

National Theatre Live: Hansard as Diana Hesketh

2019

November 1st as Bonnie

2018

A Discovery of Witches as Ysabeau de Clermont

2017

Gifted as Evelyn Adler

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass as Helen Kingsleigh

2016

Close to the Enemy as Frau Bellinghausen

2016

Churchill's Secret as Clemmie Churchill

2016

He Does Not Want Peace as Rachel Englebright

2014

Inside No. 9 as Loretta Lamb

2014

The Leftovers as Grace Playford

2014

The Honourable Woman as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle

2013

About Time as Mum

2013

Toast of London as Not available

2013

Count Arthur Strong as Dame Agnes

2013

Last Passenger as Elaine Middleton

2013

Le Week-End as Meg Burrows

2013

Lawless as Lady Justice MacNeil

2012

The Hollow Crown as Duchess of York

2012

Playhouse Presents as Mrs. Dalloway

2012

White Heat as Lilly (present day)

2012

Amish: A Secret Life as Narrator (voice)

2011

Black Mirror as Alex Cairns

2011

Against the Wall as Faith Kowalski

2011

The Sinking of the Laconia as Elisabeth Fullwood

2011

Spy as The Director

2011

Christopher and His Kind as Kathleen Isherwood

2010

Sherlock as Lady Smallwood

2010

Alice in Wonderland as Helen Kingsleigh

2010

Burlesque Fairytales as Ice Queen

2009

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars as Captain Adelaide Brooke

2009

Margaret as Margaret Thatcher

2009

Margot as Madam

2008

Merlin as Queen Annis

2008

Criminal Justice as Alison Slaughter

2008

Lost in Austen as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

2007

Frankenstein as Jane Pretorius

2006

Starter for 10 as Rose Harbison

2006

Longford as Lady Elizabeth Longford

2005

Rome as Servilia of the Junii

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Marina Gregg

2004

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as Audrey Pretty

2003

Under the Tuscan Sun as Katherine

2003

Working Shakespeare as Not available

2003

AfterLife as Not available

2002

Spooks as Angela Wells

2002

Hamilton Mattress as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)

2001

Perfect Strangers as Alice

2000

A History of Britain as Reader

2000

Dirty Tricks as Alison

1999

Mansfield Park as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram

1999

Oliver Twist as Elizabeth Leeford

1999

An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby

1999

Shooting the Past as Marilyn Truman

1999

Expelling the Demon as Woman

1998

Get Real as Louise

1996

City Hall as Sydney Pappas

1996

A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hippolyta / Titania

1995

Jake's Progress as Monica

1994

The Rector's Wife as Anna Bouverie

1993

A Year in Provence as Annie Mayle

1991

G.B.H. as Barbara Douglas

1991

Body Parts as Dr. Agatha Webb

1991

Redemption as Kath Peachey

1990

The Reflecting Skin as Dolphin Blue

1990

TECX as Laura Pellin

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lady Tamplin

1989

Traffik as Helen Rosshalde

1989

These Foolish Things as Gutrune Day

1989

The Childeater as Eirwen

1988

Colin's Sandwich as Rosemary

1988

The Play on One as Gutrune Day

1987

Prick Up Your Ears as Anthea Lahr

1986

Dead Head as Dana Cass

1984

Loose Connections as Sally

1982

Muck and Brass as Jean Torrode

NaN

Mint as Ollie

1982

Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)

NaN

The Death of Bunny Munro as Doris Pennington

1988

Manifesto as Lily Sachor

1984

The Kit Curran Radio Show as Pamela Scott

1984

Travelling Man as Andrea

1984

Rainy Day Women as Karen Miller

1983

Reilly: Ace of Spies as Alexandra

1982

On Approval as Helen

1980

Grown-Ups as Mrs Butcher

1979

Dick Turpin as Catherine Langford

1979

The Winkler as Diane

1976

The New Avengers as Not available

1975

Further Up Pompeii as Scrubba

1974

Playhouse as Christine Butcher

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Helen Hayle

NaN

These Foolish Things as Not available

NaN

Alma as Not available