Lindsay Duncan
Known for: Acting
Born: November 7, 1950
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
69 movies · 61 TV shows, newest first
2.7
Mint
2026
7.1
H Is for Hawk
2025
5.7
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
NR
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024
6.4
Truelove
2024
4.6
Doctor Jekyll
2023
NR
Call Me Back
2023
8.0
Last Call
2023
6.9
Sherwood
2022
4.3
A Banquet
2022
7.3
Around the World in 80 Days
2021
7.6
The Wheel of Time
2021
NR
No Ordinary Joe
2021
6.0
Made in Italy
2020
6.5
My Zoe
2019
8.7
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
7.8
His Dark Materials
2019
5.8
Little Joe
2019
6.9
November 1st
2019
7.7
The Morning Show
2019
6.8
Blackbird
2019
7.8
A Discovery of Witches
2018
8.0
Gifted
2017
6.4
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
5.1
Close to the Enemy
2016
8.0
He Does Not Want Peace
2016
6.6
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
6.3
Churchill's Secret
2016
7.4
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
7.3
The Honourable Woman
2014
7.7
The Leftovers
2014
8.1
Inside No. 9
2014
7.5
Toast of London
2013
5.6
Last Passenger
2013
6.2
Le Week-End
2013
9.5
Lawless
2013
7.9
About Time
2013
7.0
Count Arthur Strong
2013
6.4
Amish: A Secret Life
2012
7.4
The Hollow Crown
2012
6.0
Playhouse Presents
2012
6.0
White Heat
2012
8.3
Black Mirror
2011
7.5
Spy
2011
6.5
Against the Wall
2011
6.3
Christopher and His Kind
2011
6.4
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
8.5
Sherlock
2010
6.6
Alice in Wonderland
2010
8.0
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
5.6
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
5.5
Margot
2009
7.9
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009
5.7
Margaret
2009
7.8
Merlin
2008
7.1
Lost in Austen
2008
7.6
Criminal Justice
2008
5.6
Frankenstein
2007
6.5
Longford
2006
6.4
Starter for 10
2006
8.2
Rome
2005
5.8
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
6.9
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
5.5
AfterLife
2003
NR
Working Shakespeare
2003
7.7
Spooks
2002
6.8
Hamilton Mattress
20029.0
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2001
6.7
Perfect Strangers
2001
7.0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
8.4
A History of Britain
2000
5.5
Dirty Tricks
2000
6.3
Oliver Twist
1999
6.7
Mansfield Park
1999
7.0
Expelling the Demon
1999
6.6
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
6.5
An Ideal Husband
1999
7.3
Shooting the Past
19996.5
Get Real
1998
7.5
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
5.9
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
6.0
City Hall
1996
4.5
Jake's Progress
1995NR
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1995
9.0
The Rector's Wife
1994
6.0
A Year in Provence
1993
7.6
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
8.2
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
5.8
Body Parts
1991
7.0
Redemption
1991
6.3
G.B.H.
1991
6.7
The Reflecting Skin
19906.0
TECX
1990
7.6
Traffik
1989
NR
These Foolish Things
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
7.7
The Childeater
1989
NR
Alas Sage & Onion
1988
7.4
Colin's Sandwich
1988
4.0
Manifesto
1988
6.0
The Play on One
1988
6.7
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
5.8
Dead Head
1986
7.1
Screen Two
1985
6.5
Travelling Man
19847.0
The Brief
1984
3.8
Loose Connections
1984
7.0
Rainy Day Women
1984
6.3
The Kit Curran Radio Show
1984NR
Samson and Delilah
1984
7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
8.0
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
19829.0
On Approval
1982
6.3
Muck and Brass
1982
6.9
Grown-Ups
1980NR
The Winkler
1979
7.4
Dick Turpin
1979
7.1
The New Avengers
19767.7
One-Upmanship
1976
7.6
Further Up Pompeii
1975
7.0
Playhouse
1974
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
196510.0
These Foolish Things
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NR
The Entertainment System Is Down
—NR
Alma
—NR
Daughter of Eden
—NR
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
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