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Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

ActingBorn November 7, 1950 (age 75)Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Biography

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

2026
Mint

as Ollie

TV
2025Movie
2025
The Death of Bunny Munro

as Doris Pennington

TV
2024
Truelove

as Phil

TV
2023
Doctor Jekyll

as Sandra Poole

Movie
2023
Call Me Back

as Grace

Movie
2023
Last Call

as Kate

Movie
2022
Sherwood

as Jennifer Hale

TV
2022
A Banquet

as June

Movie
2021TV
2021
The Wheel of Time

as Anvaere Damodred

TV
2021
No Ordinary Joe

as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

Movie
2020Movie
2019
My Zoe

as Kathy

Movie
2019Movie
2019
His Dark Materials

as Octavia (voice)

TV
2019
Little Joe

as Psychotherapist

Movie
2019
November 1st

as Bonnie

Movie
2019
The Morning Show

as Martha Ellison

TV
2019
Blackbird

as Liz

Movie
2018
A Discovery of Witches

as Ysabeau de Clermont

TV
2017
Gifted

as Evelyn Adler

Movie
2016
Close to the Enemy

as Frau Bellinghausen

TV
2016
He Does Not Want Peace

as Rachel Englebright

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Churchill's Secret

as Clemmie Churchill

Movie
2014
The Honourable Woman

as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle

TV
2014
The Leftovers

as Grace Playford

TV
2014
Inside No. 9

as Loretta Lamb

TV
2013
Last Passenger

as Elaine Middleton

Movie
2013
Le Week-End

as Meg Burrows

Movie
2013
Lawless

as Lady Justice MacNeil

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Count Arthur Strong

as Dame Agnes

TV
2012
Amish: A Secret Life

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2012
The Hollow Crown

as Duchess of York

TV
2012
Playhouse Presents

as Mrs Dalloway

TV
2012
White Heat

as Lilly (present day)

TV
2011
Black Mirror

as Alex Cairns

TV
2011
Spy

as The Director

TV
2011
Against the Wall

as Faith Kowalski

TV
2011
Christopher and His Kind

as Kathleen Isherwood

Movie
2011
The Sinking of the Laconia

as Elisabeth Fullwood

TV
2010
Sherlock

as Lady Smallwood

TV
2010
Alice in Wonderland

as Helen Kingsleigh

Movie
2010Movie
2009
Margot

as Madam

Movie
2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

as Captain Adelaide Brooke

Movie
2009
Margaret

as Margaret Thatcher

Movie
2008
Merlin

as Queen Annis

TV
2008
Lost in Austen

as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

TV
2008
Criminal Justice

as Alison Slaughter

TV
2007
Frankenstein

as Jane Pretorius

Movie
2006
Longford

as Lady Elizabeth Longford

Movie
2006
Starter for 10

as Rose Harbison

Movie
2005
Rome

as Servilia of the Junii

TV
2004Movie
2004TV
2003Movie
2003Movie
2002
Spooks

as Angela Wells

TV
2002
Hamilton Mattress

as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)

Movie
2001TV
2000TV
2000
Dirty Tricks

as Alison

Movie
1999
Oliver Twist

as Elizabeth Leeford

TV
1999
Mansfield Park

as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram

Movie
1999Movie
1999
An Ideal Husband

as Lady Markby

Movie
1999
Shooting the Past

as Marilyn Truman

TV
1998
Get Real

as Louise

TV
1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Hippolyta / Titania

Movie
1996
City Hall

as Sydney Pappas

Movie
1995TV
1995Movie
1994
The Rector's Wife

as Anna Bouverie

TV
1993
A Year in Provence

as Annie Mayle

TV
1992
Absolutely Fabulous

as Jeanne Durand

TV
1991
Body Parts

as Dr. Agatha Webb

Movie
1991
Redemption

as Kath Peachey

Movie
1991
G.B.H.

as Barbara Douglas

TV
1990
The Reflecting Skin

as Dolphin Blue

Movie
1990
TECX

as Laura Pellin

TV
1989
Traffik

as Helen Rosshalde

TV
1989
These Foolish Things

as Gutrune Day

Movie
1989TV
1989Movie
1988
Colin's Sandwich

as Rosemary

TV
1988
Manifesto

as Lily Sachor

Movie
1988
The Play on One

as Gutrune Day

TV
1987
Prick Up Your Ears

as Anthea Lahr

Movie
1986
ScreenPlay

as Kath Peachey

TV
1986
Dead Head

as Dana Cass

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Dolphin Blue

TV
1984TV
1984Movie
1984
Rainy Day Women

as Karen Miller

Movie
1984TV
1984Movie
1983TV
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1982
On Approval

as Helen

Movie
1982
Muck and Brass

as Jean Torrode

TV
1980
Grown-Ups

as Mrs Butcher

Movie
1979
The Winkler

as Diane

Movie
1979
Dick Turpin

as Catherine Langford

TV
1976TV
1975Movie
1974
Playhouse

as Christine Butcher

TV
1967TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Helen Hayle

TV
Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 7, 1950
Place of BirthEdinburgh, Scotland, UK
Popularity2.4