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 · The Death of Bunny Munro as Doris Pennington
- 2024 · Truelove as Phil
- 2023 · Doctor Jekyll as Sandra Poole
- 2023 · Last Call as Kate
- 2022 · Sherwood as Jennifer Hale
- 2022 · A Banquet as June
- 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 · My Zoe as Kathy
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Octavia (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Martha Ellison
- 2019 · Little Joe as Psychotherapist
- 2019 · Blackbird as Liz
- 2018 · A Discovery of Witches as Ysabeau de Clermont
- 2017 · Gifted as Evelyn Adler
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Helen Kingsleigh
- 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 · Lawless as Lady Justice MacNeil
- 2013 · About Time as Mum
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Duchess of York
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Alex Cairns
- 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
- 2008 · Merlin as Queen Annis
- 2007 · Frankenstein as Jane Pretorius
- 2006 · Longford as Lady Elizabeth Longford
- 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
- 2003 · AfterLife as
- 2002 · Spooks as Angela Wells
- 2002 · Hamilton Mattress as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
- 2000 · Dirty Tricks as Alison
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
- 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
- 1991 · Body Parts as Dr. Agatha Webb
- 1991 · Redemption as Kath Peachey
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lady Tamplin
- 1988 · Manifesto as Lily Sachor
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Anthea Lahr
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Sally
- 1982 · On Approval as Helen
- 1980 · Grown-Ups as Mrs Butcher
- 1979 · The Winkler as Diane
- 1979 · Dick Turpin as Catherine Langford
- 1976 · The New Avengers as Jane
- 1974 · Playhouse as Christine Butcher
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Helen Hayle
- Future · The Entertainment System Is Down as
- 2026 · H Is for Hawk as
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus as Dora
- 2023 · Call Me Back as Grace
- 2021 · No Ordinary Joe as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: Hansard as Diana Hesketh
- 2019 · November 1st as Bonnie
- 2017 · Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Maude
- 2016 · Close to the Enemy as Frau Bellinghausen
- 2016 · He Does Not Want Peace as Rachel Englebright
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Clemmie Churchill
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
- 2013 · Le Week-End as Meg Burrows
- 2013 · Count Arthur Strong as Dame Agnes
- 2012 · Amish: A Secret Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Mrs. Dalloway
- 2012 · White Heat as Lilly (present day)
- 2011 · Spy as The Director
- 2011 · Against the Wall as Faith Kowalski
- 2011 · Christopher and His Kind as Kathleen Isherwood
- 2011 · The Sinking of the Laconia as Elisabeth Fullwood
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · Margot as Madam
- 2008 · Lost in Austen as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Alison Slaughter
- 2003 · Working Shakespeare as
- 2001 · Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders as Narrator
- 2001 · Perfect Strangers as Alice
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Pauline
- 2000 · A History of Britain as Reader
- 1999 · Oliver Twist as Elizabeth Leeford
- 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
- 1995 · Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair as Narrator
- 1994 · The Rector's Wife as Anna Bouverie
- 1993 · A Year in Provence as Annie Mayle
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medea
- 1991 · G.B.H. as Barbara Douglas
- 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 · Colin's Sandwich as Rosemary
- 1988 · The Play on One as Gutrune Day
- 1986 · Dead Head as Dana Cass
- 1984 · Travelling Man as Andrea
- 1984 · Rainy Day Women as Karen Miller
- 1984 · The Kit Curran Radio Show as Pamela Scott
- 1984 · Samson and Delilah as Alice
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Alexandra
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Further Up Pompeii as Scrubba
- Future · Mint as Ollie
- 1982 · Muck and Brass as Jean Torrode
- Future · Alma as
- Future · These Foolish Things as