Lindsay Duncan
Acting
🎂 1950-11-07
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.
Cast credits(119)
Lady Tamplin
1989
Alex Cairns
2011
Anvaere Damodred
2021
Martha Ellison
2019
Lady Smallwood
2010
Marina Gregg
2004
Queen Annis
2008
Angela Wells
2002
Servilia of the Junii
2005
Octavia (voice)
2019
Helen Hayle
1965
Ysabeau de Clermont
2018
Loretta Lamb
2014
Helen Kingsleigh
2010
Grace Playford
2014
Christine Butcher
1974
Mum
2013
TC-14 (voice)
1999
Tabitha
2014
Helen Kingsleigh
2016
Evelyn Adler
2017
Duchess of York
2012
Jane Digby
2021
Katherine
2003
1976
Alexandra
1983
Jennifer Hale
2022
Rose Harbison
2006
Kath Peachey
1991
Monica
1995
2013
Gutrune Day
1988
Psychotherapist
2019
Mrs. Dalloway
2012
Catherine Langford
1979
Faith Kowalski
2011
The Director
2011
Diana Hesketh
2019
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
2014
Phil
2024
Frau Bellinghausen
2016
Sydney Pappas
1996
Kate
2020
Barbara Douglas
1991
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
1999
Liz
2019
Eirwen
1989
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
2008
Alison Slaughter
2008
Dora
2024
Lady Bellaston
1997
Elizabeth Leeford
1999
Margaret Thatcher
2009
Mrs Butcher
1980
Elisabeth Fullwood
2011
Marilyn Truman
1999
Madam
2009
Dolphin Blue
1990
Lily Sachor
1988
Kathy
2019
Clemmie Churchill
2016
Lilly (present day)
2012
Kathleen Isherwood
2011
Self
2010
Doris Pennington
Narrator
2001
Scrubba
1975
Alice
2001
Medea
1991
Lady Markby
1999
Annie Mayle
1993
Alison
2000
2023
Helen
1982
Elaine Middleton
2013
Lady Justice MacNeil
2013
Pauline
2000
Lady Elizabeth Longford
2006
Karen Miller
1984
Captain Adelaide Brooke
2009
Jane Pretorius
2007
Maude
2017
Self (archive footage)
1982
Rachel Englebright
2016
Laura Pellin
1990
2003
Ollie
Andrea
1984
Sally
1984
Helen Rosshalde
1989
Anthea Lahr
1987
2003
Hippolyta / Titania
1996
June
2022
Dame Agnes
2013
Meg Burrows
2013
Jean Torrode
1982
Dr. Agatha Webb
1991
Reader
2000
Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
2002
Dana Cass
1986
Louise
1998
Anna Bouverie
1994
Pamela Scott
1984
Gutrune Day
1989
Rosemary
1988
Kate
2023
Ice Queen
2010
Audrey Pretty
2004
Diane
1979
Narrator (voice)
2012
Bonnie
2019
Narrator
1995
Woman
1999
Grace
2023
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
2021