Name
Lindsay Duncan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-11-07 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
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- 2007 Frankenstein as Jane Pretorius
- 1999 Mansfield Park as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
- 2003 Under the Tuscan Sun as Katherine
- 2000 Dirty Tricks as Alison
- 1990 The Reflecting Skin as Dolphin Blue
- 2010 Alice in Wonderland as Helen Kingsleigh
- 1991 Body Parts as Dr. Agatha Webb
- 2006 Longford as Lady Elizabeth Longford
- 2009 Margot as Madam
- 2011 Christopher and His Kind as Kathleen Isherwood
- 2023 Last Call as Kate
- 1989 These Foolish Things as Gutrune Day
- 1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hippolyta / Titania
- 2010 Burlesque Fairytales as Ice Queen
- 2013 Last Passenger as Elaine Middleton
- 2013 About Time as Mum
- 2004 The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as Audrey Pretty
- 2013 Le Week-End as Meg Burrows
- 2021 No Ordinary Joe as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
- 1975 Further Up Pompeii as Scrubba
- 2012 Amish: A Secret Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 Call Me Back as Grace
- 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Tabitha
- 1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as TC-14 (voice)
- 1989 The Childeater as Eirwen
- 2003 AfterLife
- 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass as Helen Kingsleigh
- 2009 Margaret as Margaret Thatcher
- 1980 Grown-Ups as Mrs Butcher
- 1979 The Winkler as Diane
- 2023 Doctor Jekyll as Sandra Poole
- 2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Pauline
- 2016 Churchill's Secret as Clemmie Churchill
- 1982 On Approval as Helen
- 2002 Hamilton Mattress as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
- 1984 Loose Connections as Sally
- 2024 National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus as Dora
- 2017 Gifted as Evelyn Adler
- 1987 Prick Up Your Ears as Anthea Lahr
- 1991 Redemption as Kath Peachey
- 1982 Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 Starter for 10 as Rose Harbison
- 2010 Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 1988 Manifesto as Lily Sachor
- 2017 Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Maude
- 2009 Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars as Captain Adelaide Brooke
- 1999 An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby
- 1995 Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair as Narrator
- 1984 Rainy Day Women as Karen Miller
- 1999 Expelling the Demon as Woman
- 2019 My Zoe as Kathy
- 2013 Lawless as Lady Justice MacNeil
- 1996 City Hall as Sydney Pappas
- 2019 Blackbird as Liz
- 2019 Little Joe as Psychotherapist
- 2019 National Theatre Live: Hansard as Diana Hesketh
- 2019 November 1st as Bonnie
- 2020 Made in Italy as Kate
- 2022 A Banquet as June
- 2001 Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders as Narrator
- 2016 He Does Not Want Peace as Rachel Englebright
- Soon These Foolish Things
- Soon The Entertainment System Is Down
- Soon Alma
- 2025 H Is for Hawk as Mum
- 1984 Samson and Delilah as Alice
- Soon Daughter of Eden as Emer
- Soon RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare as Self
- 1988 Alas Sage & Onion
- 1991 G.B.H. ( 7 episodes ) as Barbara Douglas
- 2005 Rome ( 22 episodes ) as Servilia of the Junii
- 1997 The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling ( 3 episodes ) as Lady Bellaston
- 2002 Spooks ( 2 episodes ) as Angela Wells
- 1984 The Kit Curran Radio Show ( 6 episodes ) as Pamela Scott
- 2008 Criminal Justice ( 5 episodes ) as Alison Slaughter
- 2001 Perfect Strangers ( 3 episodes ) as Alice
- 1988 Colin's Sandwich ( 12 episodes ) as Rosemary
- 1976 The New Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Jane
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Loretta Lamb
- 1989 Traffik ( 6 episodes ) as Helen Rosshalde
- 1999 Oliver Twist ( 4 episodes ) as Elizabeth Leeford
- 1995 Jake's Progress ( 6 episodes ) as Monica
- 1993 A Year in Provence ( 12 episodes ) as Annie Mayle
- 1998 Get Real ( 7 episodes ) as Louise
- 2014 The Honourable Woman ( 8 episodes ) as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
- 2000 A History of Britain ( 15 episodes ) as Reader
- 1990 TECX ( 1 episode ) as Laura Pellin
- 2011 Spy ( 2 episodes ) as The Director
- 2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as Alex Cairns
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Marina Gregg
- 2013 Count Arthur Strong ( 1 episode ) as Dame Agnes
- 2013 Toast of London ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Sherlock ( 3 episodes ) as Lady Smallwood
- 2021 Around the World in 80 Days ( 1 episode ) as Jane Digby
- 2011 Against the Wall ( 1 episode ) as Faith Kowalski
- 2024 Truelove ( 6 episodes ) as Phil
- 2021 The Wheel of Time ( 5 episodes ) as Anvaere Damodred
- 2008 Merlin ( 2 episodes ) as Queen Annis
- 2011 The Sinking of the Laconia ( 2 episodes ) as Elisabeth Fullwood
- 1994 The Rector's Wife ( 4 episodes ) as Anna Bouverie
- 2019 The Morning Show ( 3 episodes ) as Martha Ellison
- 1982 Muck and Brass ( 6 episodes ) as Jean Torrode
- 2012 White Heat ( 6 episodes ) as Lilly (present day)
- 2022 Sherwood ( 1 episode ) as Jennifer Hale
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Lady Tamplin
- 2018 A Discovery of Witches ( 15 episodes ) as Ysabeau de Clermont
- 2012 The Hollow Crown ( 1 episode ) as Duchess of York
- 2014 The Leftovers ( 5 episodes ) as Grace Playford
- 1999 Shooting the Past ( 3 episodes ) as Marilyn Truman
- 1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies ( 1 episode ) as Alexandra
- 2019 His Dark Materials ( 3 episodes ) as Octavia (voice)
- 2025 The Death of Bunny Munro ( 6 episodes ) as Doris Pennington
- 1979 Dick Turpin ( 1 episode ) as Catherine Langford
- 2026 Mint ( 8 episodes ) as Ollie
- 1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths ( 1 episode ) as Medea
- 2003 Working Shakespeare ( 5 episodes )
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Christine Butcher
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Helen Hayle
- 1986 Dead Head ( 3 episodes ) as Dana Cass
- 2016 Close to the Enemy ( 4 episodes ) as Frau Bellinghausen
- 2008 Lost in Austen ( 2 episodes ) as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- 1992 Absolutely Fabulous ( 1 episode ) as Jeanne Durand
- 1976 One-Upmanship ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Travelling Man ( 2 episodes ) as Andrea
- 2012 Playhouse Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Dalloway
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Diane
- 1988 The Play on One ( 1 episode ) as Gutrune Day
- 1986 ScreenPlay ( 1 episode ) as Kath Peachey
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Dolphin Blue
- 1984 The Brief ( 1 episode ) as Carol Barnes
