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.
127 acting credits
Acting · 127
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Black Mirror
2011
Spooks
2002
Merlin
2008
Sherlock
2010
The Wheel of Time
2021
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
The Morning Show
2019
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Leftovers
2014
Playhouse
1974
Rome
2005
Inside No. 9
2014
His Dark Materials
2019
Alice in Wonderland
2010
ITV Playhouse
1967
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
A Discovery of Witches
2018
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
About Time
2013
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Playhouse Presents
2012
Gifted
2017
The Hollow Crown
2012
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
The New Avengers
1976
ScreenPlay
1986
Sherwood
2022
Against the Wall
2011
Toast of London
2013
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Dick Turpin
1979
Around the World in 80 Days
2021
The Play on One
1988
Spy
2011
Criminal Justice
2008
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
Close to the Enemy
2016
The Honourable Woman
2014
Travelling Man
1984
White Heat
2012
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
Count Arthur Strong
2013
Oliver Twist
1999
Truelove
2024
Mint
2026
Working Shakespeare
2003
G.B.H.
1991
H Is for Hawk
2025
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
Lost in Austen
2008
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
A Year in Provence
1993
City Hall
1996
Perfect Strangers
2001
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
Traffik
1989
Mansfield Park
1999
A History of Britain
2000
Blackbird
2019
TECX
1990
Made in Italy
2020
Dead Head
1986
Colin's Sandwich
1988
Starter for 10
2006
Christopher and His Kind
2011
Shooting the Past
1999
Muck and Brass
1982
Last Passenger
2013
The Rector's Wife
1994
Little Joe
2019
The Entertainment System Is Down
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An Ideal Husband
1999
Jake's Progress
1995
The Reflecting Skin
1990
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
Body Parts
1991
One-Upmanship
1976
The Kit Curran Radio Show
1984
Churchill's Secret
2016
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
Longford
2006
My Zoe
2019
Last Call
2023
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009
Dirty Tricks
2000
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Get Real
1998
Manifesto
1988
Le Week-End
2013
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Doctor Jekyll
2023
Margaret
2009
A Banquet
2022
Margot
2009
Redemption
1991
AfterLife
2003
Alma
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Burlesque Fairytales
2010
Lawless
2013
Frankenstein
2007
November 1st
2019
Loose Connections
1984
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024
Samson and Delilah
1984
Rainy Day Women
1984
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
Grown-Ups
1980
Call Me Back
2023
These Foolish Things
1989
神探夏洛克：最后的誓言
2014
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2001
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1995
He Does Not Want Peace
2016
Hamilton Mattress
2002
Further Up Pompeii
1975
The Winkler
1979
Amish: A Secret Life
2012
These Foolish Things
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The Childeater
1989
Expelling the Demon
1999
No Ordinary Joe
2021
On Approval
1982
Daughter of Eden
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