Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 07, 1950
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Credits
128 titles
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
Filmography
Mint
Ollie
H Is for Hawk
Mum
The Death of Bunny Munro
Doris Pennington
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Dora
Truelove
Phil
Doctor Jekyll
Sandra Poole
Call Me Back
Grace
Last Call
Kate
Sherwood
Jennifer Hale
A Banquet
June
Around the World in 80 Days
Jane Digby
The Wheel of Time
Anvaere Damodred
No Ordinary Joe
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
Made in Italy
Kate
My Zoe
Kathy
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Diana Hesketh
His Dark Materials
Octavia (voice)
The Morning Show
Martha Ellison
Little Joe
Psychotherapist
November 1st
Bonnie
Blackbird
Liz
A Discovery of Witches
Ysabeau de Clermont
Gifted
Evelyn Adler
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Maude
Close to the Enemy
Frau Bellinghausen
He Does Not Want Peace
Rachel Englebright
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
Churchill's Secret
Clemmie Churchill
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha
The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
The Leftovers
Grace Playford
Inside No. 9
Loretta Lamb
Toast of London
Last Passenger
Elaine Middleton
Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
Lawless
Lady Justice MacNeil
About Time
Mum
Count Arthur Strong
Dame Agnes
Amish: A Secret Life
Narrator (voice)
The Hollow Crown
Duchess of York
Playhouse Presents
Mrs Dalloway
White Heat
Lilly (present day)
Black Mirror
Alex Cairns
Spy
The Director
Against the Wall
Faith Kowalski
Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood
The Sinking of the Laconia
Elisabeth Fullwood
Sherlock
Lady Smallwood
Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self