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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
H Is for Hawk
Character:
Release Date:26/11/2025
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Character:Dora
Release Date:19/07/2024
Doctor Jekyll
Character:Sandra Poole
Release Date:27/10/2023
Call Me Back
Character:Grace
Release Date:29/09/2023
Last Call
Character:Kate
Release Date:09/06/2023
A Banquet
Character:June
Release Date:18/02/2022
No Ordinary Joe
Character:Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
Release Date:06/09/2021
Made in Italy
Character:Kate
Release Date:09/07/2020
My Zoe
Character:Kathy
Release Date:14/11/2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Character:Diana Hesketh
Release Date:07/11/2019
Little Joe
Character:Psychotherapist
Release Date:01/11/2019
November 1st
Character:Bonnie
Release Date:01/11/2019
Blackbird
Character:Liz
Release Date:06/09/2019
Gifted
Character:Evelyn Adler
Release Date:07/04/2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Character:Maude
Release Date:19/03/2017
He Does Not Want Peace
Character:Rachel Englebright
Release Date:11/08/2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character:Helen Kingsleigh
Release Date:25/05/2016
Churchill's Secret
Character:Clemmie Churchill
Release Date:29/02/2016
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Character:Tabitha
Release Date:17/10/2014
Last Passenger
Character:Elaine Middleton
Release Date:18/10/2013
Le Week-End
Character:Meg Burrows
Release Date:04/10/2013
Lawless
Character:Lady Justice MacNeil
Release Date:03/10/2013
About Time
Character:Mum
Release Date:04/09/2013
Amish: A Secret Life
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/08/2012
Christopher and His Kind
Character:Kathleen Isherwood
Release Date:19/03/2011
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Helen Kingsleigh
Release Date:03/03/2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2010
Burlesque Fairytales
Character:Ice Queen
Release Date:01/01/2010
Margot
Character:Madam
Release Date:30/11/2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Character:Captain Adelaide Brooke
Release Date:15/11/2009
Margaret
Character:Margaret Thatcher
Release Date:26/03/2009
Frankenstein
Character:Jane Pretorius
Release Date:24/10/2007
Longford
Character:Lady Elizabeth Longford
Release Date:26/10/2006
Starter for 10
Character:Rose Harbison
Release Date:13/09/2006
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Character:Audrey Pretty
Release Date:25/12/2004
Under the Tuscan Sun
Character:Katherine
Release Date:20/09/2003
AfterLife
Character:
Release Date:19/08/2003
Hamilton Mattress
Character:Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2002
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/12/2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Character:Pauline
Release Date:25/12/2000
Dirty Tricks
Character:Alison
Release Date:24/09/2000
Mansfield Park
Character:Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
Release Date:12/11/1999
Expelling the Demon
Character:Woman
Release Date:19/06/1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Character:TC-14 (voice)
Release Date:19/05/1999
An Ideal Husband
Character:Lady Markby
Release Date:14/01/1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Hippolyta / Titania
Release Date:29/11/1996
City Hall
Character:Sydney Pappas
Release Date:16/02/1996
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/03/1995
Body Parts
Character:Dr. Agatha Webb
Release Date:02/08/1991
Redemption
Character:Kath Peachey
Release Date:03/07/1991
The Reflecting Skin
Character:Dolphin Blue
Release Date:28/08/1990
These Foolish Things
Character:Gutrune Day
Release Date:28/02/1989
The Childeater
Character:Eirwen
Release Date:01/01/1989
Manifesto
Character:Lily Sachor
Release Date:27/01/1988
Prick Up Your Ears
Character:Anthea Lahr
Release Date:17/04/1987
Loose Connections
Character:Sally
Release Date:13/04/1984
Rainy Day Women
Character:Karen Miller
Release Date:10/04/1984
Samson and Delilah
Character:Alice
Release Date:01/01/1984
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/09/1982
On Approval
Character:Helen
Release Date:21/06/1982
Grown-Ups
Character:Mrs Butcher
Release Date:27/11/1980
The Winkler
Character:Diane
Release Date:03/04/1979
Further Up Pompeii
Character:Scrubba
Release Date:31/03/1975
Television Appearances
The Death of Bunny Munro
Character:Doris Pennington
Truelove
Character:Phil
Sherwood
Character:Jennifer Hale
Around the World in 80 Days
Character:Jane Digby
The Wheel of Time
Character:Anvaere Damodred
His Dark Materials
Character:Octavia (voice)
The Morning Show
Character:Martha Ellison
A Discovery of Witches
Character:Ysabeau de Clermont
Close to the Enemy
Character:Frau Bellinghausen
The Honourable Woman
Character:Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
The Leftovers
Character:Grace Playford
Inside No. 9
Character:Loretta Lamb
Toast of London
Character:
Count Arthur Strong
Character:Dame Agnes
The Hollow Crown
Character:Duchess of York
Playhouse Presents
Character:Mrs. Dalloway
White Heat
Character:Lilly (present day)
Black Mirror
Character:Alex Cairns
Spy
Character:The Director
Against the Wall
Character:Faith Kowalski
The Sinking of the Laconia
Character:Elisabeth Fullwood
Sherlock
Character:Lady Smallwood
Merlin
Character:Queen Annis
Lost in Austen
Character:Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Criminal Justice
Character:Alison Slaughter
Rome
Character:Servilia of the Junii
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Marina Gregg
Working Shakespeare
Character:
Spooks
Character:Angela Wells
Perfect Strangers
Character:Alice
A History of Britain
Character:Reader
Oliver Twist
Character:Elizabeth Leeford
Shooting the Past
Character:Marilyn Truman
Get Real
Character:Louise
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Character:Lady Bellaston
Jake's Progress
Character:Monica
The Rector's Wife
Character:Anna Bouverie
A Year in Provence
Character:Annie Mayle
Absolutely Fabulous
Character:Jeanne Durand
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Character:Medea
G.B.H.
Character:Barbara Douglas
TECX
Character:Laura Pellin
Traffik
Character:Helen Rosshalde
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Lady Tamplin
Colin's Sandwich
Character:Rosemary
The Play on One
Character:Gutrune Day
Dead Head
Character:Dana Cass
Travelling Man
Character:Andrea
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Character:Pamela Scott
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Character:Alexandra
Muck and Brass
Character:Jean Torrode
Dick Turpin
Character:Catherine Langford
The New Avengers
Character:Jane
Playhouse
Character:Christine Butcher
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Helen Hayle
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