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