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