Lindsay Duncan

Born

November 7, 1950 (74 years old)

Known For

Acting

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.

Known For

6.6

Alice Through the Looking Glass

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

Dora

0.0

2024

Doctor Jekyll

4.9

2023

Call Me Back

Grace

0.0

2023

Last Call

Kate

8.0

2023

A Banquet

June

4.1

2022

No Ordinary Joe

Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

0.0

2021

Made in Italy

Kate

6.0

2020

My Zoe

Kathy

6.5

2019

National Theatre Live: Hansard

Diana Hesketh

8.7

2019

Little Joe

Psychotherapist

5.7

2019

November 1st

Bonnie

6.9

2019

Blackbird

Liz

6.8

2019

Gifted

Evelyn Adler

8.0

2017

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Maude

6.5

2017

He Does Not Want Peace

Rachel Englebright

8.0

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Helen Kingsleigh

6.6

2016

Churchill's Secret

Clemmie Churchill

6.3

2016

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Tabitha

7.5

2014

Last Passenger

Elaine Middleton

5.5

2013

Le Week-End

Meg Burrows

6.2

2013

Lawless

Lady Justice MacNeil

10.0

2013

About Time

Mum

7.9

2013

Amish: A Secret Life

Narrator (voice)

6.4

2012

Christopher and His Kind

Kathleen Isherwood

6.4

2011

Alice in Wonderland

Helen Kingsleigh

6.6

2010

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Self

0.0

2010

Burlesque Fairytales

Ice Queen

5.6

2010

Margot

Madam

6.0

2009

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

Captain Adelaide Brooke

7.9

2009

Margaret

Margaret Thatcher

5.8

2009

Frankenstein

Jane Pretorius

5.2

2007

Longford

Lady Elizabeth Longford

6.6

2006

Starter for 10

Rose Harbison

6.4

2006

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

Audrey Pretty

5.6

2004

Under the Tuscan Sun

Katherine

6.9

2003

AfterLife

4.0

2003

Hamilton Mattress

Beryl / Gertrude (voice)

6.3

2002

Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders

Narrator

0.0

2001

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Pauline

6.5

2000

Dirty Tricks

Alison

5.7

2000

Mansfield Park

Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram

6.7

1999

Expelling the Demon

Woman

7.0

1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

TC-14 (voice)

6.6

1999

An Ideal Husband

Lady Markby

6.5

1999

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hippolyta / Titania

5.6

1996

City Hall

Sydney Pappas

5.9

1996

Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair

Narrator

0.0

1995

Body Parts

Dr. Agatha Webb

5.8

1991

Redemption

Kath Peachey

0.0

1991

The Reflecting Skin

Dolphin Blue

6.7

1990

These Foolish Things

Gutrune Day

0.0

1989

The Childeater

Eirwen

7.0

1989

Manifesto

Lily Sachor

4.0

1988

Prick Up Your Ears

Anthea Lahr

6.7

1987

Loose Connections

Sally

2.0

1984

Rainy Day Women

Karen Miller

0.0

1984

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Self (archive footage)

8.0

1982

On Approval

Helen

0.0

1982

Grown-Ups

Mrs Butcher

6.7

1980

The Winkler

Diane

0.0

1979

Further Up Pompeii

Scrubba

7.8

1975

These Foolish Things

0.0

The Entertainment System Is Down

0.0

Alma

0.0

Truelove

Phil · (6 episodes)

6.2

2024

Sherwood

Jennifer Hale · (1 episode)

7.0

2022

Around the World in 80 Days

Jane Digby · (1 episode)

7.3

2021

The Wheel of Time

Anvaere Damodred · (5 episodes)

7.7

2021

His Dark Materials

Octavia (voice) · (3 episodes)

7.9

2019

The Morning Show

Martha Ellison · (1 episode)

7.8

2019

A Discovery of Witches

Ysabeau de Clermont · (15 episodes)

7.8

2018

Close to the Enemy

Frau Bellinghausen · (7 episodes)

5.3

2016

The Honourable Woman

Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle · (8 episodes)

7.3

2014

The Leftovers

Grace Playford · (5 episodes)

7.6

2014

Inside No. 9

Loretta Lamb · (1 episode)

8.0

2014

Toast of London

(1 episode)

7.5

2013

Count Arthur Strong

Dame Agnes · (1 episode)

6.9

2013

The Hollow Crown

Duchess of York · (1 episode)

7.4

2012

Playhouse Presents

Mrs. Dalloway · (1 episode)

6.0

2012

White Heat

Lilly (present day) · (6 episodes)

5.7

2012

Black Mirror

Alex Cairns · (1 episode)

8.3

2011

Spy

The Director · (2 episodes)

7.6

2011

Against the Wall

Faith Kowalski · (1 episode)

6.6

2011

The Sinking of the Laconia

Elisabeth Fullwood · (2 episodes)

6.4

2011

Sherlock

Lady Smallwood · (3 episodes)

8.5

2010

Merlin

Queen Annis · (2 episodes)

7.8

2008

Lost in Austen

Lady Catherine de Bourgh · (4 episodes)

7.1

2008

Criminal Justice

Alison Slaughter · (5 episodes)

7.6

2008

Rome

Servilia of the Junii · (22 episodes)

8.2

2005

Agatha Christie's Marple

Marina Gregg · (1 episode)

7.7

2004

Working Shakespeare

(5 episodes)

0.0

2003

Spooks

Angela Wells · (2 episodes)

7.7

2002

Perfect Strangers

Alice · (3 episodes)

6.6

2001

A History of Britain

Reader · (15 episodes)

8.4

2000

Oliver Twist

Elizabeth Leeford · (4 episodes)

6.3

1999

Shooting the Past

Marilyn Truman · (3 episodes)

6.8

1999

Get Real

Louise · (7 episodes)

0.0

1998

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

Lady Bellaston · (3 episodes)

7.0

1997

Jake's Progress

Monica · (6 episodes)

3.5

1995

The Rector's Wife

Anna Bouverie · (4 episodes)

8.0

1994

A Year in Provence

Annie Mayle · (12 episodes)

6.0

1993

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

Medea · (1 episode)

8.1

1991

G.B.H.

Barbara Douglas · (7 episodes)

6.5

1991

TECX

Laura Pellin · (1 episode)

6.0

1990

Traffik

Helen Rosshalde · (6 episodes)

7.8

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Lady Tamplin · (1 episode)

8.2

1989

Colin's Sandwich

Rosemary · (12 episodes)

6.0

1988

The Play on One

Gutrune Day · (1 episode)

6.0

1988

Dead Head

Dana Cass · (4 episodes)

5.3

1986

Travelling Man

Andrea · (13 episodes)

5.0

1984

The Kit Curran Radio Show

Pamela Scott · (6 episodes)

5.5

1984

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Alexandra · (1 episode)

7.0

1983

Muck and Brass

Jean Torrode · (6 episodes)

6.0

1982

The New Avengers

(1 episode)

7.0

1976

The Death of Bunny Munro

Doris Pennington · (1 episode)

0.0

Dick Turpin

Catherine Langford · (1 episode)

7.3

1979

Mint

Ollie · (0 episode)

0.0

Playhouse

Christine Butcher · (1 episode)

7.0

1974

BBC Play of the Month

Helen Hayle · (1 episode)

5.0

1965