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
- 2025 · H Is for Hawk as
- 2025 · The Death of Bunny Munro as Doris Pennington
- 2024 · Truelove as Phil
- 2023 · Last Call as Kate
- 2022 · Sherwood as Jennifer Hale
- 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 · His Dark Materials as Octavia (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Martha Ellison
- 2019 · Little Joe as Psychotherapist
- 2018 · A Discovery of Witches as Ysabeau de Clermont
- 2017 · Gifted as Evelyn Adler
- 2017 · Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Maude
- 2016 · He Does Not Want Peace as Rachel Englebright
- 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 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
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Duchess of York
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Mrs. Dalloway
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Alex Cairns
- 2011 · Spy as The Director
- 2011 · Against the Wall as Faith Kowalski
- 2010 · Sherlock as Lady Smallwood
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Helen Kingsleigh
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars as Captain Adelaide Brooke
- 2008 · Merlin as Queen Annis
- 2006 · Starter for 10 as Rose Harbison
- 2005 · Rome as Servilia of the Junii
- 2004 · The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as Audrey Pretty
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Marina Gregg
- 2003 · Under the Tuscan Sun as Katherine
- 2002 · Spooks as Angela Wells
- 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 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as TC-14 (voice)
- 1999 · An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby
- 1996 · City Hall as Sydney Pappas
- 1995 · Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair as Narrator
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medea
- 1991 · G.B.H. as Barbara Douglas
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lady Tamplin
- 1988 · Colin's Sandwich as Rosemary
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Anthea Lahr
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Alexandra
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · On Approval as Helen
- 1979 · Dick Turpin as Catherine Langford
- 1976 · The New Avengers as Jane
- 1975 · Further Up Pompeii as Scrubba
- 1974 · Playhouse as Christine Butcher
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Helen Hayle
- Future · The Entertainment System Is Down as
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus as Dora
- 2023 · Doctor Jekyll as Sandra Poole
- 2023 · Call Me Back as Grace
- 2022 · A Banquet as June
- 2021 · No Ordinary Joe as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
- 2019 · My Zoe as Kathy
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: Hansard as Diana Hesketh
- 2019 · November 1st as Bonnie
- 2019 · Blackbird as Liz
- 2016 · Close to the Enemy as Frau Bellinghausen
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
- 2013 · Lawless as Lady Justice MacNeil
- 2013 · Count Arthur Strong as Dame Agnes
- 2012 · Amish: A Secret Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · White Heat as Lilly (present day)
- 2011 · Christopher and His Kind as Kathleen Isherwood
- 2011 · The Sinking of the Laconia as Elisabeth Fullwood
- 2010 · Burlesque Fairytales as Ice Queen
- 2009 · Margot as Madam
- 2009 · Margaret as Margaret Thatcher
- 2008 · Lost in Austen as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Alison Slaughter
- 2007 · Frankenstein as Jane Pretorius
- 2006 · Longford as Lady Elizabeth Longford
- 2003 · AfterLife as
- 2003 · Working Shakespeare as
- 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 · Expelling the Demon as Woman
- 1999 · Shooting the Past as Marilyn Truman
- 1998 · Get Real as Louise
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Lady Bellaston
- 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 · Body Parts as Dr. Agatha Webb
- 1991 · Redemption as Kath Peachey
- 1990 · The Reflecting Skin as Dolphin Blue
- 1990 · TECX as Laura Pellin
- 1989 · Traffik as Helen Rosshalde
- 1989 · These Foolish Things as Gutrune Day
- 1989 · The Childeater as Eirwen
- 1988 · Manifesto as Lily Sachor
- 1988 · The Play on One as Gutrune Day
- 1986 · Dead Head as Dana Cass
- 1984 · Travelling Man as Andrea
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Sally
- 1984 · Rainy Day Women as Karen Miller
- 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
- Future · Mint as Ollie
- Future · Alma as
- 1979 · The Winkler as Diane
- Future · These Foolish Things as