
Lindsay Duncan
Known for Acting · 128 credits
- Born
- 1950-11-07 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Lindsay Vere Duncan · Линдси Дункан · 린제이 던칸
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.
Known For
TV Shows (60)

Rome
2005
as Servilia of the Junii

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Lady Tamplin

Black Mirror
2011
as Alex Cairns

Sherlock
2010
as Lady Smallwood

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Marina Gregg

Merlin
2008
as Queen Annis

Spooks
2002
as Angela Wells

The Wheel of Time
2021
as Anvaere Damodred

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Helen Hayle

The Leftovers
2014
as Grace Playford

The Morning Show
2019
as Martha Ellison

Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Jeanne Durand

Inside No. 9
2014
as Loretta Lamb

Screen Two
1985
as Dolphin Blue

Playhouse
1974
as Christine Butcher

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Diane

His Dark Materials
2019
as Octavia (voice)

The Hollow Crown
2012
as Duchess of York

A Discovery of Witches
2018
as Ysabeau de Clermont

ScreenPlay
1986
as Kath Peachey

Playhouse Presents
2012
as Mrs Dalloway

The New Avengers
1976
as Jane

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Alexandra

Sherwood
2022
as Jennifer Hale

Toast of London
2013

The Play on One
1988
as Gutrune Day

Against the Wall
2011
as Faith Kowalski

Dick Turpin
1979
as Catherine Langford

Around the World in 80 Days
2021
as Jane Digby

Criminal Justice
2008
as Alison Slaughter

Truelove
2024
as Phil

Spy
2011
as The Director

Oliver Twist
1999
as Elizabeth Leeford

Travelling Man
1984
as Andrea

The Honourable Woman
2014
as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle

Close to the Enemy
2016
as Frau Bellinghausen

White Heat
2012
as Lilly (present day)

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Lady Bellaston

Mint
2026
as Ollie

The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
as Elisabeth Fullwood

G.B.H.
1991
as Barbara Douglas

Count Arthur Strong
2013
as Dame Agnes

Working Shakespeare
2003

Lost in Austen
2008
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

A Year in Provence
1993
as Annie Mayle

A History of Britain
2000
as Reader

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Medea

The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
as Doris Pennington

Perfect Strangers
2001
as Alice

Traffik
1989
as Helen Rosshalde

Muck and Brass
1982
as Jean Torrode
TECX
1990
as Laura Pellin

Dead Head
1986
as Dana Cass

Colin's Sandwich
1988
as Rosemary

The Rector's Wife
1994
as Anna Bouverie

Jake's Progress
1995
as Monica
One-Upmanship
1976

Shooting the Past
1999
as Marilyn Truman

The Kit Curran Radio Show
1984
as Pamela Scott
Get Real
1998
as Louise
Movies (68)

Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Helen Kingsleigh

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

About Time
2013
as Mum

Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Helen Kingsleigh

Gifted
2017
as Evelyn Adler

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Tabitha

Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
as Katherine

City Hall
1996
as Sydney Pappas

Mansfield Park
1999
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram

H Is for Hawk
2025
as Mum

The Entertainment System Is Down

Starter for 10
2006
as Rose Harbison

Made in Italy
2020
as Kate

Last Passenger
2013
as Elaine Middleton

Blackbird
2019
as Liz

The Reflecting Skin
1990
as Dolphin Blue

Body Parts
1991
as Dr. Agatha Webb

Burlesque Fairytales
2010
as Ice Queen

An Ideal Husband
1999
as Lady Markby

Little Joe
2019
as Psychotherapist

Christopher and His Kind
2011
as Kathleen Isherwood

Le Week-End
2013
as Meg Burrows

Manifesto
1988
as Lily Sachor

Doctor Jekyll
2023
as Sandra Poole

A Banquet
2022
as June

Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Anthea Lahr

Frankenstein
2007
as Jane Pretorius

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009
as Captain Adelaide Brooke

Churchill's Secret
2016
as Clemmie Churchill

Redemption
1991
as Kath Peachey

My Zoe
2019
as Kathy

Longford
2006
as Lady Elizabeth Longford

Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
as Maude

Margot
2009
as Madam

Last Call
2023
as Kate

Dirty Tricks
2000
as Alison

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024
as Dora

Margaret
2009
as Margaret Thatcher

AfterLife
2003

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
as Audrey Pretty

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
as Hippolyta / Titania

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self (archive footage)

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Pauline

Hamilton Mattress
2002
as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)

He Does Not Want Peace
2016
as Rachel Englebright
Alma

Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self

November 1st
2019
as Bonnie

神探夏洛克:最后的誓言
2014

Call Me Back
2023
as Grace

Lawless
2013
as Lady Justice MacNeil
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2001
as Narrator

Grown-Ups
1980
as Mrs Butcher

No Ordinary Joe
2021
as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

The Childeater
1989
as Eirwen
On Approval
1982
as Helen

Further Up Pompeii
1975
as Scrubba

Rainy Day Women
1984
as Karen Miller

Loose Connections
1984
as Sally
The Winkler
1979
as Diane

National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
as Diana Hesketh
Daughter of Eden
as Emer

These Foolish Things
1989
as Gutrune Day
These Foolish Things

Amish: A Secret Life
2012
as Narrator (voice)

Expelling the Demon
1999
as Woman
Samson and Delilah
1984
as Alice
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1995
as Narrator
About 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 (… With 128 credits spanning from 1965 to 2026, Lindsay Duncan has appeared in 68 films and 60 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lindsay Duncan Movies
- Alice in Wonderland (2010) — as Helen Kingsleigh
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — as TC-14 (voice)
- About Time (2013) — as Mum
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) — as Helen Kingsleigh
- Gifted (2017) — as Evelyn Adler
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