Lindsay Duncan
Acting
1950-11-07 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
Mint
2026 · Series
H Is for Hawk
2025 · Movie
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025 · Series
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024 · Movie
Truelove
2024 · Series
Doctor Jekyll
2023 · Movie
Call Me Back
2023 · Movie
Last Call
2023 · Movie
Sherwood
2022 · Series
A Banquet
2022 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
2021 · Series
The Wheel of Time
2021 · Series
No Ordinary Joe
2021 · Movie
Made in Italy
2020 · Movie
My Zoe
2019 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019 · Movie
His Dark Materials
2019 · Series
The Morning Show
2019 · Series
Little Joe
2019 · Movie
November 1st
2019 · Movie
Blackbird
2019 · Movie
A Discovery of Witches
2018 · Series
Gifted
2017 · Movie
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017 · Movie
Close to the Enemy
2016 · Series
He Does Not Want Peace
2016 · Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · Movie
Churchill's Secret
2016 · Movie
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014 · Movie
The Honourable Woman
2014 · Series
The Leftovers
2014 · Series
Inside No. 9
2014 · Series
Toast of London
2013 · Series
Last Passenger
2013 · Movie
Le Week-End
2013 · Movie
Lawless
2013 · Movie
About Time
2013 · Movie
Count Arthur Strong
2013 · Series
Amish: A Secret Life
2012 · Movie
The Hollow Crown
2012 · Series
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Series
White Heat
2012 · Series
Black Mirror
2011 · Series
Spy
2011 · Series
Against the Wall
2011 · Series
Christopher and His Kind
2011 · Movie
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011 · Series
Sherlock
2010 · Series
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Movie
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010 · Movie
Burlesque Fairytales
2010 · Movie
Margot
2009 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009 · Movie
Margaret
2009 · Movie
Merlin
2008 · Series
Lost in Austen
2008 · Series
Criminal Justice
2008 · Series
Frankenstein
2007 · Movie
Longford
2006 · Movie
Starter for 10
2006 · Movie
Rome
2005 · Series
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Series
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003 · Movie
AfterLife
2003 · Movie
Working Shakespeare
2003 · Series
Spooks
2002 · Series
Hamilton Mattress
2002 · Movie
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2001 · Movie
Perfect Strangers
2001 · Series
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
A History of Britain
2000 · Series
Dirty Tricks
2000 · Movie
Oliver Twist
1999 · Series
Mansfield Park
1999 · Movie
Expelling the Demon
1999 · Movie
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Movie
An Ideal Husband
1999 · Movie
Shooting the Past
1999 · Series
Get Real
1998 · Series
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · Series
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996 · Movie
City Hall
1996 · Movie
Jake's Progress
1995 · Series
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1995 · Movie
The Rector's Wife
1994 · Series
A Year in Provence
1993 · Series
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Series
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991 · Series
Body Parts
1991 · Movie
Redemption
1991 · Movie
G.B.H.
1991 · Series
The Reflecting Skin
1990 · Movie
TECX
1990 · Series
Traffik
1989 · Series
These Foolish Things
1989 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
The Childeater
1989 · Movie
Alas Sage & Onion
1988 · Movie
Colin's Sandwich
1988 · Series
Manifesto
1988 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · Series
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · Movie
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Dead Head
1986 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Travelling Man
1984 · Series
The Brief
1984 · Series
Loose Connections
1984 · Movie
Rainy Day Women
1984 · Movie
The Kit Curran Radio Show
1984 · Series
Samson and Delilah
1984 · Movie
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Series
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Movie
On Approval
1982 · Movie
Muck and Brass
1982 · Series
Grown-Ups
1980 · Movie
The Winkler
1979 · Movie
Dick Turpin
1979 · Series
The New Avengers
1976 · Series
One-Upmanship
1976 · Series
Further Up Pompeii
1975 · Movie
Playhouse
1974 · Series
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
The Entertainment System Is Down
Movie
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Movie
Daughter of Eden
Movie
Alma
Movie
These Foolish Things
Movie