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