Lindsay Duncan
Acting
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.
TV Shows(58)
Mint
Ollie
2026
The Death of Bunny Munro
Doris Pennington
2025
Truelove
Phil
2024
Sherwood
Jennifer Hale
2022
Around the World in 80 Days
Jane Digby
2021
The Wheel of Time
Anvaere Damodred
2021
His Dark Materials
Octavia (voice)
2019
The Morning Show
Martha Ellison
2019
A Discovery of Witches
Ysabeau de Clermont
2018
Close to the Enemy
Frau Bellinghausen
2016
The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
2014
The Leftovers
Grace Playford
2014
Inside No. 9
Loretta Lamb
2014
Toast of London
2013
Count Arthur Strong
Dame Agnes
2013
The Hollow Crown
Duchess of York
2012
Playhouse Presents
Mrs Dalloway
2012
White Heat
Lilly (present day)
2012
Black Mirror
Alex Cairns
2011
Spy
The Director
2011
Against the Wall
Faith Kowalski
2011
The Sinking of the Laconia
Elisabeth Fullwood
2011
Sherlock
Lady Smallwood
2010
Merlin
Queen Annis
2008
Lost in Austen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
2008
Criminal Justice
Alison Slaughter
2008
Rome
Servilia of the Junii
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Marina Gregg
2004
Working Shakespeare
2003
Spooks
Angela Wells
2002
Perfect Strangers
Alice
2001
A History of Britain
Reader
2000
Oliver Twist
Elizabeth Leeford
1999
Shooting the Past
Marilyn Truman
1999
Get Real
Louise
1998
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Lady Bellaston
1997
Jake's Progress
Monica
1995
The Rector's Wife
Anna Bouverie
1994
A Year in Provence
Annie Mayle
1993
Absolutely Fabulous
Jeanne Durand
1992
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medea
1991
G.B.H.
Barbara Douglas
1991
TECX
Laura Pellin
1990
Traffik
Helen Rosshalde
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Tamplin
1989
Colin's Sandwich
Rosemary
1988
The Play on One
Gutrune Day
1988
Dead Head
Dana Cass
1986
Travelling Man
Andrea
1984
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Pamela Scott
1984
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Alexandra
1983
Muck and Brass
Jean Torrode
1982
Dick Turpin
Catherine Langford
1979
The New Avengers
Jane
1976
One-Upmanship
1976
Playhouse
Christine Butcher
1974
ITV Playhouse
Diane
1967
BBC Play of the Month
Helen Hayle
1965
Movies(67)
H Is for Hawk
Mum
2025
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Dora
2024
Doctor Jekyll
Sandra Poole
2023
Call Me Back
Grace
2023
Last Call
Kate
2023
A Banquet
June
2022
No Ordinary Joe
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
2021
Made in Italy
Kate
2020
My Zoe
Kathy
2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Diana Hesketh
2019
Little Joe
Psychotherapist
2019
November 1st
Bonnie
2019
Blackbird
Liz
2019
Gifted
Evelyn Adler
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Maude
2017
He Does Not Want Peace
Rachel Englebright
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
2016
Churchill's Secret
Clemmie Churchill
2016
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha
2014
神探夏洛克：最后的誓言
2014
Last Passenger
Elaine Middleton
2013
Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
2013
Lawless
Lady Justice MacNeil
2013
About Time
Mum
2013
Amish: A Secret Life
Narrator (voice)
2012
Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood
2011
Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
2010
Burlesque Fairytales
Ice Queen
2010
Margot
Madam
2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Captain Adelaide Brooke
2009
Margaret
Margaret Thatcher
2009
Frankenstein
Jane Pretorius
2007
Longford
Lady Elizabeth Longford
2006
Starter for 10
Rose Harbison
2006
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Audrey Pretty
2004
Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
2003
AfterLife
2003
Hamilton Mattress
Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
2002
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Narrator
2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Pauline
2000
Dirty Tricks
Alison
2000
Mansfield Park
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
1999
Expelling the Demon
Woman
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
TC-14 (voice)
1999
An Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hippolyta / Titania
1996
City Hall
Sydney Pappas
1996
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
Narrator
1995
Body Parts
Dr. Agatha Webb
1991
Redemption
Kath Peachey
1991
The Reflecting Skin
Dolphin Blue
1990
These Foolish Things
Gutrune Day
1989
The Childeater
Eirwen
1989
Manifesto
Lily Sachor
1988
Prick Up Your Ears
Anthea Lahr
1987
Loose Connections
Sally
1984
Rainy Day Women
Karen Miller
1984
Samson and Delilah
Alice
1984
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
1982
On Approval
Helen
1982
Grown-Ups
Mrs Butcher
1980
The Winkler
Diane
1979
Further Up Pompeii
Scrubba
1975
These Foolish Things
The Entertainment System Is Down
Alma