Lindsay Duncan

Birthday: 1950-11-07
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
These Foolish Things
The Entertainment System Is Down
Alma
2025-11-26 H Is for Hawk
2024-07-19 National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus Dora
2023-10-27 Doctor Jekyll Sandra Poole
2023-09-29 Call Me Back Grace
2023-06-09 Last Call Kate
2022-02-18 A Banquet June
2021-09-06 No Ordinary Joe Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
2020-07-09 Made in Italy Kate
2019-11-14 My Zoe Kathy
2019-11-07 National Theatre Live: Hansard Diana Hesketh
2019-11-01 Little Joe Psychotherapist
2019-11-01 November 1st Bonnie
2019-09-06 Blackbird Liz
2017-04-07 Gifted Evelyn Adler
2017-03-19 Carnage: Swallowing the Past Maude
2016-08-11 He Does Not Want Peace Rachel Englebright
2016-05-25 Alice Through the Looking Glass Helen Kingsleigh
2016-02-29 Churchill's Secret Clemmie Churchill
2014-10-17 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Tabitha
2013-10-18 Last Passenger Elaine Middleton
2013-10-04 Le Week-End Meg Burrows
2013-10-03 Lawless Lady Justice MacNeil
2013-09-04 About Time Mum
2011-03-19 Christopher and His Kind Kathleen Isherwood
2010-03-03 Alice in Wonderland Helen Kingsleigh
2010-01-01 Burlesque Fairytales Ice Queen
2009-11-30 Margot Madam
2009-11-15 Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars Captain Adelaide Brooke
2009-03-26 Margaret Margaret Thatcher
2007-10-24 Frankenstein Jane Pretorius
2006-10-26 Longford Lady Elizabeth Longford
2006-09-13 Starter for 10 Rose Harbison
2004-12-25 The Queen of Sheba's Pearls Audrey Pretty
2003-09-20 Under the Tuscan Sun Katherine
2003-08-19 AfterLife
2002-01-01 Hamilton Mattress Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
2000-12-25 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Pauline
2000-09-24 Dirty Tricks Alison
1999-11-12 Mansfield Park Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
1999-06-19 Expelling the Demon Woman
1999-05-19 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace TC-14 (voice)
1999-01-14 An Ideal Husband Lady Markby
1996-11-29 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hippolyta / Titania
1996-02-16 City Hall Sydney Pappas
1991-08-02 Body Parts Dr. Agatha Webb
1991-07-03 Redemption Kath Peachey
1990-08-28 The Reflecting Skin Dolphin Blue
1989-02-28 These Foolish Things Gutrune Day
1989-01-01 The Childeater Eirwen
1988-01-27 Manifesto Lily Sachor
1987-04-17 Prick Up Your Ears Anthea Lahr
1984-04-13 Loose Connections Sally
1984-04-10 Rainy Day Women Karen Miller
1984-01-01 Samson and Delilah Alice
1982-06-21 On Approval Helen
1980-11-27 Grown-Ups Mrs Butcher
1979-04-03 The Winkler Diane
1975-03-31 Further Up Pompeii Scrubba