Lindsay Duncan
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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
Credits
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Helen Kingsleigh
About Time (2013)
as Mum
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
as TC-14 (voice)
Gifted (2017)
as Evelyn Adler
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Helen Kingsleigh
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
as Tabitha
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
as Katherine
City Hall (1996)
as Sydney Pappas
H Is for Hawk (2025)
as Mum
Mansfield Park (1999)
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
Starter for 10 (2006)
as Rose Harbison
Blackbird (2019)
as Liz
Made in Italy (2020)
as Kate
Little Joe (2019)
as Psychotherapist
Body Parts (1991)
as Dr. Agatha Webb
My Zoe (2019)
as Kathy
An Ideal Husband (1999)
as Lady Markby
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars (2009)
as Captain Adelaide Brooke
The Reflecting Skin (1990)
as Dolphin Blue
The Entertainment System Is Down (—)
Actor
Churchill's Secret (2016)
as Clemmie Churchill
A Banquet (2022)
as June
Last Passenger (2013)
as Elaine Middleton
Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
as Maude
Christopher and His Kind (2011)
as Kathleen Isherwood
Le Week-End (2013)
as Meg Burrows
Last Call (2023)
as Kate
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as Anthea Lahr
Doctor Jekyll (2023)
as Sandra Poole
Dirty Tricks (2000)
as Alison
Manifesto (1988)
as Lily Sachor
Margaret (2009)
as Margaret Thatcher
Grown-Ups (1980)
as Mrs Butcher
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
as Self
Longford (2006)
as Lady Elizabeth Longford
AfterLife (2003)
Actor
Redemption (1991)
as Kath Peachey
Margot (2009)
as Madam
Frankenstein (2007)
as Jane Pretorius
Hamilton Mattress (2002)
as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
Burlesque Fairytales (2010)
as Ice Queen
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus (2024)
as Dora
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (—)
as Self
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)
as Hippolyta / Titania
Call Me Back (2023)
as Grace
November 1st (2019)
as Bonnie
On Approval (1982)
as Helen
Lawless (2013)
as Lady Justice MacNeil
The Winkler (1979)
as Diane
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000)
as Pauline
Further Up Pompeii (1975)
as Scrubba
Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Loose Connections (1984)
as Sally
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004)
as Audrey Pretty
The Childeater (1989)
as Eirwen
Alma (—)
Actor
Daughter of Eden (—)
as Emer
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders (2001)
as Narrator
He Does Not Want Peace (2016)
as Rachel Englebright
Rainy Day Women (1984)
as Karen Miller
Expelling the Demon (1999)
as Woman
Samson and Delilah (1984)
as Alice
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair (1995)
as Narrator
These Foolish Things (—)
Actor
National Theatre Live: Hansard (2019)
as Diana Hesketh
These Foolish Things (1989)
as Gutrune Day
Amish: A Secret Life (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
No Ordinary Joe (2021)
as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs