Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

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

2024

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
as Dora
Movie - Released: 7/19/2024
Truelove
Truelove
as Phil
TV - Released: 1/3/2024

2023

Last Call
Last Call
as Kate
Movie - Released: 6/9/2023
Call Me Back
Call Me Back
as Grace
Movie - Released: 9/29/2023
Doctor Jekyll
Doctor Jekyll
Movie - Released: 10/27/2023

2022

A Banquet
A Banquet
as June
Movie - Released: 2/18/2022
Sherwood
Sherwood
as Jennifer Hale
TV - Released: 6/13/2022

2021

No Ordinary Joe
No Ordinary Joe
as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
Movie - Released: 9/6/2021
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
as Jane Digby
TV - Released: 12/5/2021
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time
as Anvaere Damodred
TV - Released: 11/18/2021

2020

Made in Italy
Made in Italy
as Kate
Movie - Released: 7/9/2020

2019

My Zoe
My Zoe
as Kathy
Movie - Released: 11/14/2019
Blackbird
Blackbird
as Liz
Movie - Released: 9/6/2019
Little Joe
Little Joe
as Psychotherapist
Movie - Released: 11/1/2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
National Theatre Live: Hansard
as Diana Hesketh
Movie - Released: 11/7/2019
November 1st
November 1st
as Bonnie
Movie - Released: 11/1/2019
The Morning Show
The Morning Show
as Martha Ellison
TV - Released: 11/1/2019
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
as Octavia (voice)
TV - Released: 11/3/2019

2018

A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches
as Ysabeau de Clermont
TV - Released: 9/14/2018

2017

Gifted
Gifted
as Evelyn Adler
Movie - Released: 4/7/2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Maude
Movie - Released: 3/19/2017

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Helen Kingsleigh
Movie - Released: 5/25/2016
Churchill's Secret
Churchill's Secret
as Clemmie Churchill
Movie - Released: 2/29/2016
He Does Not Want Peace
He Does Not Want Peace
as Rachel Englebright
Movie - Released: 8/11/2016
Close to the Enemy
Close to the Enemy
as Frau Bellinghausen
TV - Released: 11/10/2016

2014

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
as Tabitha
Movie - Released: 10/17/2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
as Loretta Lamb
TV - Released: 2/5/2014
The Honourable Woman
The Honourable Woman
as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
TV - Released: 7/3/2014
The Leftovers
The Leftovers
as Grace Playford
TV - Released: 6/29/2014

2013

Last Passenger
Last Passenger
as Elaine Middleton
Movie - Released: 10/18/2013
About Time
About Time
as Mum
Movie - Released: 9/4/2013
Le Week-End
Le Week-End
as Meg Burrows
Movie - Released: 10/4/2013
Lawless
Lawless
as Lady Justice MacNeil
Movie - Released: 10/3/2013
Count Arthur Strong
Count Arthur Strong
as Dame Agnes
TV - Released: 7/8/2013
Toast of London
Toast of London
TV - Released: 10/20/2013

2012

Amish: A Secret Life
Amish: A Secret Life
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/2/2012
Playhouse Presents
Playhouse Presents
as Mrs. Dalloway
TV - Released: 4/12/2012
White Heat
White Heat
as Lilly (present day)
TV - Released: 3/8/2012
The Hollow Crown
The Hollow Crown
as Duchess of York
TV - Released: 6/30/2012

2011

Christopher and His Kind
Christopher and His Kind
as Kathleen Isherwood
Movie - Released: 3/19/2011
Spy
Spy
as The Director
TV - Released: 10/14/2011
Black Mirror
Black Mirror
as Alex Cairns
TV - Released: 12/4/2011
Against the Wall
Against the Wall
as Faith Kowalski
TV - Released: 7/31/2011
The Sinking of the Laconia
The Sinking of the Laconia
as Elisabeth Fullwood
TV - Released: 1/6/2011

2010

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
as Helen Kingsleigh
Movie - Released: 3/3/2010
Movie
Burlesque Fairytales
as Ice Queen
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
Harold Pinter:  A Celebration
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/24/2010
Sherlock
Sherlock
as Lady Smallwood
TV - Released: 7/25/2010

2009

Margot
Margot
as Madam
Movie - Released: 11/30/2009
Margaret
Margaret
as Margaret Thatcher
Movie - Released: 3/26/2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
as Captain Adelaide Brooke
Movie - Released: 11/15/2009

2008

Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
as Alison Slaughter
TV - Released: 6/30/2008
Merlin
Merlin
as Queen Annis
TV - Released: 9/20/2008
Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
TV - Released: 9/3/2008

2007

Frankenstein
Frankenstein
as Jane Pretorius
Movie - Released: 10/24/2007

2006

Longford
Longford
as Lady Elizabeth Longford
Movie - Released: 10/26/2006
Starter for 10
Starter for 10
as Rose Harbison
Movie - Released: 9/13/2006

2005

Rome
Rome
as Servilia of the Junii
TV - Released: 8/28/2005

2004

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
as Audrey Pretty
Movie - Released: 12/25/2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Marina Gregg
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

Under the Tuscan Sun
Under the Tuscan Sun
as Katherine
Movie - Released: 9/20/2003
AfterLife
AfterLife
Movie - Released: 8/19/2003
Working Shakespeare
Working Shakespeare
TV - Released: 7/15/2003

2002

Hamilton Mattress
Hamilton Mattress
as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2002
Spooks
Spooks
as Angela Wells
TV - Released: 5/13/2002

2001

Movie
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/11/2001
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers
as Alice
TV - Released: 5/10/2001

2000

Dirty Tricks
Dirty Tricks
as Alison
Movie - Released: 9/24/2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Pauline
Movie - Released: 12/25/2000
A History of Britain
A History of Britain
as Reader
TV - Released: 9/30/2000

1999

Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
Movie - Released: 11/12/1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as TC-14 (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/19/1999
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
Movie - Released: 1/14/1999
Expelling the Demon
Expelling the Demon
as Woman
Movie - Released: 6/19/1999
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
as Elizabeth Leeford
TV - Released: 11/28/1999
Shooting the Past
Shooting the Past
as Marilyn Truman
TV - Released: 1/10/1999

1998

TV
Get Real
as Louise
TV - Released: 7/6/1998

1997

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Lady Bellaston
TV - Released: 11/9/1997

1996

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Hippolyta / Titania
Movie - Released: 11/29/1996
City Hall
City Hall
as Sydney Pappas
Movie - Released: 2/16/1996

1995

Movie
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/11/1995
Jake's Progress
Jake's Progress
as Monica
TV - Released: 10/12/1995

1994

The Rector's Wife
The Rector's Wife
as Anna Bouverie
TV - Released: 3/4/1994

1993

A Year in Provence
A Year in Provence
as Annie Mayle
TV - Released: 2/28/1993

1991

Body Parts
Body Parts
as Dr. Agatha Webb
Movie - Released: 8/2/1991
Redemption
Redemption
as Kath Peachey
Movie - Released: 7/3/1991
G.B.H.
G.B.H.
as Barbara Douglas
TV - Released: 6/6/1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
as Medea
TV - Released: 12/1/1991

1990

The Reflecting Skin
The Reflecting Skin
as Dolphin Blue
Movie - Released: 8/28/1990
TV
TECX
as Laura Pellin
TV - Released: 3/22/1990

1989

These Foolish Things
These Foolish Things
as Gutrune Day
Movie - Released: 2/28/1989
The Childeater
The Childeater
as Eirwen
Movie - Released: 1/1/1989
Traffik
Traffik
as Helen Rosshalde
TV - Released: 6/22/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Lady Tamplin
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

Manifesto
Manifesto
as Lily Sachor
Movie - Released: 1/27/1988
Colin's Sandwich
Colin's Sandwich
as Rosemary
TV - Released: 10/18/1988
The Play on One
The Play on One
as Gutrune Day
TV - Released: 1/19/1988

1987

Prick Up Your Ears
Prick Up Your Ears
as Anthea Lahr
Movie - Released: 4/17/1987

1986

Dead Head
Dead Head
as Dana Cass
TV - Released: 1/15/1986

1984

Loose Connections
Loose Connections
as Sally
Movie - Released: 4/13/1984
Rainy Day Women
Rainy Day Women
as Karen Miller
Movie - Released: 4/10/1984
The Kit Curran Radio Show
The Kit Curran Radio Show
as Pamela Scott
TV - Released: 4/2/1984
Travelling Man
Travelling Man
as Andrea
TV - Released: 11/7/1984

1983

Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Alexandra
TV - Released: 9/5/1983

1982

Movie
On Approval
as Helen
Movie - Released: 6/21/1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/4/1982
Muck and Brass
Muck and Brass
as Jean Torrode
TV - Released: 1/12/1982

1980

Grown-Ups
Grown-Ups
as Mrs Butcher
Movie - Released: 11/27/1980

1979

Movie
The Winkler
as Diane
Movie - Released: 4/3/1979
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
as Catherine Langford
TV - Released: 1/6/1979

1976

The New Avengers
The New Avengers
TV - Released: 10/22/1976

1975

Further Up Pompeii
Further Up Pompeii
as Scrubba
Movie - Released: 3/31/1975

Unknown

Movie
Alma
Movie
TV
The Death of Bunny Munro
as Doris Pennington
TV
TV
Mint
as Ollie
TV