

Lindsay Duncan
ActorLindsay 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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ACTOR68

H Is for Hawk
2025
Mum

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024
Dora

Last Call
2023
Kate

Call Me Back
2023
Grace

Doctor Jekyll
2023
Sandra Poole

A Banquet
2022
June

No Ordinary Joe
2021
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

Made in Italy
2020
Kate

My Zoe
2019
Kathy

Blackbird
2019
Liz

Little Joe
2019
Psychotherapist

National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
Diana Hesketh

November 1st
2019
Bonnie

Gifted
2017
Evelyn Adler

Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
Maude

Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Helen Kingsleigh

Churchill's Secret
2016
Clemmie Churchill

He Does Not Want Peace
2016
Rachel Englebright

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
Tabitha

Last Passenger
2013
Elaine Middleton

About Time
2013
Mum

Le Week-End
2013
Meg Burrows

Lawless
2013
Lady Justice MacNeil

Amish: A Secret Life
2012
Narrator (voice)

Christopher and His Kind
2011
Kathleen Isherwood

Alice in Wonderland
2010
Helen Kingsleigh

Burlesque Fairytales
2010
Ice Queen

Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Self

Margot
2009
Madam

Margaret
2009
Margaret Thatcher

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009
Captain Adelaide Brooke

Frankenstein
2007
Jane Pretorius

Longford
2006
Lady Elizabeth Longford

Starter for 10
2006
Rose Harbison

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Audrey Pretty

Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
Katherine

AfterLife
2003

Hamilton Mattress
2002
Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
- Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2001
Narrator

Dirty Tricks
2000
Alison

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Pauline

Mansfield Park
1999
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
TC-14 (voice)

An Ideal Husband
1999
Lady Markby

Expelling the Demon
1999
Woman

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
Hippolyta / Titania

City Hall
1996
Sydney Pappas
- Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1995
Narrator

Body Parts
1991
Dr. Agatha Webb

Redemption
1991
Kath Peachey

The Reflecting Skin
1990
Dolphin Blue

These Foolish Things
1989
Gutrune Day

The Childeater
1989
Eirwen

Manifesto
1988
Lily Sachor

Prick Up Your Ears
1987
Anthea Lahr

Loose Connections
1984
Sally

Rainy Day Women
1984
Karen Miller
- Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah
1984
Alice
- On Approval
On Approval
1982
Helen

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Self (archive footage)

Grown-Ups
1980
Mrs Butcher
- The Winkler
The Winkler
1979
Diane

Further Up Pompeii
1975
Scrubba
- These Foolish Things
These Foolish Things

The Entertainment System Is Down
- Alma
Alma
- Daughter of Eden
Daughter of Eden
Emer
- RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self





