- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 7, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Lindsay Duncan
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 Wate…
Filmography
tvMint
2026 · Ollie
movieH Is for Hawk
2025 · Mum
tvThe Death of Bunny Munro
2025 · Doris Pennington
movieNational Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024 · Dora
tvTruelove
2024 · Phil
movieDoctor Jekyll
2023 · Sandra Poole
movieCall Me Back
2023 · Grace
movieLast Call
2023 · Kate
tvSherwood
2022 · Jennifer Hale
movieA Banquet
2022 · June
tvAround the World in 80 Days
2021 · Jane Digby
tvThe Wheel of Time
2021 · Anvaere Damodred
movieNo Ordinary Joe
2021 · Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
movieMade in Italy
2020 · Kate
movieMy Zoe
2019 · Kathy
movieNational Theatre Live: Hansard
2019 · Diana Hesketh
tvHis Dark Materials
2019 · Octavia (voice)
movieLittle Joe
2019 · Psychotherapist
movieNovember 1st
2019 · Bonnie
tvThe Morning Show
2019 · Martha Ellison
movieBlackbird
2019 · Liz
tvA Discovery of Witches
2018 · Ysabeau de Clermont
movieGifted
2017 · Evelyn Adler
movieCarnage: Swallowing the Past
2017 · Maude
tvClose to the Enemy
2016 · Frau Bellinghausen
movieHe Does Not Want Peace
2016 · Rachel Englebright
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · Helen Kingsleigh
movieChurchill's Secret
2016 · Clemmie Churchill
movieBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014 · Tabitha
tvThe Honourable Woman
2014 · Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
tvThe Leftovers
2014 · Grace Playford
tvInside No. 9
2014 · Loretta Lamb
tvToast of London
2013
movieLast Passenger
2013 · Elaine Middleton
movieLe Week-End
2013 · Meg Burrows
movieLawless
2013 · Lady Justice MacNeil
movieAbout Time
2013 · Mum
tvCount Arthur Strong
2013 · Dame Agnes
movieAmish: A Secret Life
2012 · Narrator (voice)
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012 · Duchess of York
tvPlayhouse Presents
2012 · Mrs Dalloway
tvWhite Heat
2012 · Lilly (present day)
tvBlack Mirror
2011 · Alex Cairns
tvSpy
2011 · The Director
tvAgainst the Wall
2011 · Faith Kowalski
movieChristopher and His Kind
2011 · Kathleen Isherwood
tvThe Sinking of the Laconia
2011 · Elisabeth Fullwood
tvSherlock
2010 · Lady Smallwood
movieAlice in Wonderland
2010 · Helen Kingsleigh
movieHarold Pinter: A Celebration
2010 · Self
movieBurlesque Fairytales
2010 · Ice Queen
movieMargot
2009 · Madam
movieDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009 · Captain Adelaide Brooke
movieMargaret
2009 · Margaret Thatcher
tvMerlin
2008 · Queen Annis
tvLost in Austen
2008 · Lady Catherine de Bourgh
tvCriminal Justice
2008 · Alison Slaughter
movieFrankenstein
2007 · Jane Pretorius
movieLongford
2006 · Lady Elizabeth Longford
movieStarter for 10
2006 · Rose Harbison
tvRome
2005 · Servilia of the Junii
movieThe Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004 · Audrey Pretty
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Marina Gregg
movieUnder the Tuscan Sun
2003 · Katherine
movieAfterLife
2003
tvWorking Shakespeare
2003
tvSpooks
2002 · Angela Wells
movieHamilton Mattress
2002 · Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2001 · Narrator
tvPerfect Strangers
2001 · Alice
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Pauline
tvA History of Britain
2000 · Reader
movieDirty Tricks
2000 · Alison
tvOliver Twist
1999 · Elizabeth Leeford
movieMansfield Park
1999 · Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
movieExpelling the Demon
1999 · Woman
movieStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · TC-14 (voice)
movieAn Ideal Husband
1999 · Lady Markby
tvShooting the Past
1999 · Marilyn Truman
Get Real
1998 · Louise
tvThe History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · Lady Bellaston
movieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1996 · Hippolyta / Titania
movieCity Hall
1996 · Sydney Pappas
tvJake's Progress
1995 · Monica
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1995 · Narrator
tvThe Rector's Wife
1994 · Anna Bouverie
tvA Year in Provence
1993 · Annie Mayle
tvAbsolutely Fabulous
1992 · Jeanne Durand
tvThe Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991 · Medea
movieBody Parts
1991 · Dr. Agatha Webb
movieRedemption
1991 · Kath Peachey
tvG.B.H.
1991 · Barbara Douglas
movieThe Reflecting Skin
1990 · Dolphin Blue
TECX
1990 · Laura Pellin
tvTraffik
1989 · Helen Rosshalde
movieThese Foolish Things
1989 · Gutrune Day
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Lady Tamplin
movieThe Childeater
1989 · Eirwen
tvColin's Sandwich
1988 · Rosemary
movieManifesto
1988 · Lily Sachor
tvThe Play on One
1988 · Gutrune Day
moviePrick Up Your Ears
1987 · Anthea Lahr
tvScreenPlay
1986 · Kath Peachey
tvDead Head
1986 · Dana Cass
tvScreen Two
1985 · Dolphin Blue
tvTravelling Man
1984 · Andrea
movieLoose Connections
1984 · Sally
movieRainy Day Women
1984 · Karen Miller
tvThe Kit Curran Radio Show
1984 · Pamela Scott
Samson and Delilah
1984 · Alice
tvReilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Alexandra
movieMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Self (archive footage)
On Approval
1982 · Helen
tvMuck and Brass
1982 · Jean Torrode
movieGrown-Ups
1980 · Mrs Butcher
The Winkler
1979 · Diane
tvDick Turpin
1979 · Catherine Langford
tvThe New Avengers
1976 · Jane
One-Upmanship
1976
movieFurther Up Pompeii
1975 · Scrubba
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Christine Butcher
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Diane
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Helen Hayle
These Foolish Things
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movieThe Entertainment System Is Down
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Alma
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Daughter of Eden
— · Emer
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
— · Self