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 β 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 (2005β2007), 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 (2014β2017). She also portrayed Elizabeth Longford and Margaret Thatcher in the television films Longford (2006) and Margaret (2009), respectively.
Filmography (126)
Mint
2026
H Is for Hawk
2025
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024
Truelove
2024
Last Call
2023
Call Me Back
2023
Doctor Jekyll
2023
A Banquet
2022
Sherwood
2022
No Ordinary Joe
2021
Around the World in 80 Days
2021
The Wheel of Time
2021
Made in Italy
2020
My Zoe
2019
Blackbird
2019
Little Joe
2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
November 1st
2019
The Morning Show
2019
His Dark Materials
2019
A Discovery of Witches
2018
Gifted
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Churchill's Secret
2016
He Does Not Want Peace
2016
Close to the Enemy
2016
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
The Honourable Woman
2014
The Leftovers
2014
Last Passenger
2013
About Time
2013
Le Week-End
2013
Lawless
2013
Count Arthur Strong
2013
Toast of London
2013
Amish: A Secret Life
2012
White Heat
2012
The Hollow Crown
2012
Playhouse Presents
2012
Christopher and His Kind
2011
Spy
2011
Black Mirror
2011
Against the Wall
2011
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Sherlock
2010
Margot
2009
Margaret
2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009
Criminal Justice
2008
Merlin
2008
Lost in Austen
2008
Frankenstein
2007
Longford
2006
Starter for 10
2006
Rome
2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
AfterLife
2003
Working Shakespeare
2003
Hamilton Mattress
2002
Spooks
2002
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2001
Perfect Strangers
2001
Dirty Tricks
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
A History of Britain
2000
Mansfield Park
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
An Ideal Husband
1999
Expelling the Demon
1999
Oliver Twist
1999
Shooting the Past
1999
Get Real
1998
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
City Hall
1996
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1995
Jake's Progress
1995
The Rector's Wife
1994
A Year in Provence
1993
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Body Parts
1991
Redemption
1991
G.B.H.
1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
The Reflecting Skin
1990
TECX
1990
These Foolish Things
1989
The Childeater
1989
Traffik
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Manifesto
1988
Colin's Sandwich
1988
The Play on One
1988
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
Dead Head
1986
ScreenPlay
1986
Screen Two
1985
Loose Connections
1984
Rainy Day Women
1984
Samson and Delilah
1984
The Kit Curran Radio Show
1984
Travelling Man
1984
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
On Approval
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Muck and Brass
1982
Grown-Ups
1980
The Winkler
1979
Dick Turpin
1979
The New Avengers
1976
One-Upmanship
1976
Further Up Pompeii
1975
Playhouse
1974
ITV Playhouse
1967
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Entertainment System Is Down
Alma
Daughter of Eden
English
EspaΓ±ol
Russian
