Lindsay Duncan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-11-07 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Lindsay Duncan
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
Acting
(2024)
(2023)
(2023)
Last Call
as Kate
(2023)
Call Me Back
as Grace
(2022)
A Banquet
as June
(2021)
No Ordinary Joe
as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
(2020)
Made in Italy
as Kate
(2019)
Little Joe
as Psychotherapist
(2019)
Blackbird
as Liz
(2019)
My Zoe
as Kathy
(2019)
November 1st
as Bonnie
(2019)
National Theatre Live: Hansard
as Diana Hesketh
(2017)
Gifted
as Evelyn Adler
(2017)
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Maude
(2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Helen Kingsleigh
(2016)
Churchill's Secret
as Clemmie Churchill
(2016)
He Does Not Want Peace
as Rachel Englebright
(2014)
(2013)
About Time
as Mum
(2013)
Last Passenger
as Elaine Middleton
(2013)
Le Week-End
as Meg Burrows
(2013)
Lawless
as Lady Justice MacNeil
(2012)
Amish: A Secret Life
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Christopher and His Kind
as Kathleen Isherwood
(2010)
Alice in Wonderland
as Helen Kingsleigh
(2010)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
(2010)
Burlesque Fairytales
as Ice Queen
(2009)
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
as Captain Adelaide Brooke
(2009)
Margaret
as Margaret Thatcher
(2009)
Margot
as Madam
(2007)
Frankenstein
as Jane Pretorius
(2006)
Starter for 10
as Rose Harbison
(2006)
Longford
as Lady Elizabeth Longford
(2004)
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
as Audrey Pretty
(2003)
Under the Tuscan Sun
as Katherine
(2003)
(2002)
Hamilton Mattress
as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
(2001)
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
as Narrator
(2000)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Pauline
(2000)
Dirty Tricks
as Alison
(1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as TC-14 (voice)
(1999)
Mansfield Park
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
(1999)
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
(1999)
Expelling the Demon
as Woman
(1996)
City Hall
as Sydney Pappas
(1996)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Hippolyta / Titania
(1995)
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
as Narrator
(1991)
Body Parts
as Dr. Agatha Webb
(1991)
Redemption
as Kath Peachey
(1990)
The Reflecting Skin
as Dolphin Blue
(1989)
These Foolish Things
as Gutrune Day
(1989)
The Childeater
as Eirwen
(1988)
Manifesto
as Lily Sachor
(1987)
Prick Up Your Ears
as Anthea Lahr
(1984)
Loose Connections
as Sally
(1984)
Rainy Day Women
as Karen Miller
(1982)
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
On Approval
as Helen
(1980)
Grown-Ups
as Mrs Butcher
(1979)
The Winkler
as Diane
(1975)
Further Up Pompeii
as Scrubba