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Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

Acting

Born: November 7, 1950Edinburgh, 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
Filmography
H Is for Hawk

H Is for Hawk

2025
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

Dora

2024
Doctor Jekyll

Doctor Jekyll

Sandra Poole

2023
Call Me Back

Call Me Back

Grace

2023
Last Call

Last Call

Kate

2023
A Banquet

A Banquet

June

2022
No Ordinary Joe

No Ordinary Joe

Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

2021
Made in Italy

Made in Italy

Kate

2020
My Zoe

My Zoe

Kathy

2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard

National Theatre Live: Hansard

Diana Hesketh

2019
November 1st

November 1st

Bonnie

2019
Little Joe

Little Joe

Psychotherapist

2019
Blackbird

Blackbird

Liz

2019
Gifted

Gifted

Evelyn Adler

2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Maude

2017
He Does Not Want Peace

He Does Not Want Peace

Rachel Englebright

2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Helen Kingsleigh

2016
Churchill's Secret

Churchill's Secret

Clemmie Churchill

2016
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Tabitha

2014
Last Passenger

Last Passenger

Elaine Middleton

2013
Le Week-End

Le Week-End

Meg Burrows

2013
Lawless

Lawless

Lady Justice MacNeil

2013
About Time

About Time

Mum

2013
Amish: A Secret Life

Amish: A Secret Life

Narrator (voice)

2012
Christopher and His Kind

Christopher and His Kind

Kathleen Isherwood

2011
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Helen Kingsleigh

2010
Harold Pinter:  A Celebration

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Self

2010
Burlesque Fairytales

Burlesque Fairytales

Ice Queen

2010
Margot

Margot

Madam

2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

Captain Adelaide Brooke

2009
Margaret

Margaret

Margaret Thatcher

2009
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Jane Pretorius

2007
Longford

Longford

Lady Elizabeth Longford

2006
Starter for 10

Starter for 10

Rose Harbison

2006
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

Audrey Pretty

2004
Under the Tuscan Sun

Under the Tuscan Sun

Katherine

2003
AfterLife

AfterLife

2003
Hamilton Mattress

Hamilton Mattress

Beryl / Gertrude (voice)

2002

Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders

Narrator

2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Pauline

2000
Dirty Tricks

Dirty Tricks

Alison

2000
Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram

1999
Expelling the Demon

Expelling the Demon

Woman

1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

TC-14 (voice)

1999
An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

Lady Markby

1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hippolyta / Titania

1996
City Hall

City Hall

Sydney Pappas

1996

Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair

Narrator

1995
Body Parts

Body Parts

Dr. Agatha Webb

1991
Redemption

Redemption

Kath Peachey

1991
The Reflecting Skin

The Reflecting Skin

Dolphin Blue

1990
These Foolish Things

These Foolish Things

Gutrune Day

1989
The Childeater

The Childeater

Eirwen

1989
Manifesto

Manifesto

Lily Sachor

1988
Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

Anthea Lahr

1987
Loose Connections

Loose Connections

Sally

1984
Rainy Day Women

Rainy Day Women

Karen Miller

1984

Samson and Delilah

Alice

1984
Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Self (archive footage)

1982

On Approval

Helen

1982
Grown-Ups

Grown-Ups

Mrs Butcher

1980

The Winkler

Diane

1979
Further Up Pompeii

Further Up Pompeii

Scrubba

1975