Lindsay Duncan
Acting
- Born:
- 1950-11-07
- Place of birth:
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
H Is for Hawk
The Death of Bunny Munro
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Truelove
Doctor Jekyll
Call Me Back
Last Call
Sherwood
A Banquet
Around the World in 80 Days
The Wheel of Time
No Ordinary Joe
Made in Italy
My Zoe
National Theatre Live: Hansard
His Dark Materials
Little Joe
November 1st
The Morning Show
Blackbird
A Discovery of Witches
Gifted
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Close to the Enemy
He Does Not Want Peace
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Churchill's Secret
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Honourable Woman
The Leftovers
Inside No. 9
Toast of London
Last Passenger
Le Week-End
Lawless
Count Arthur Strong
About Time
Amish: A Secret Life
The Hollow Crown
Playhouse Presents
White Heat
Black Mirror
Spy
Against the Wall
Christopher and His Kind
The Sinking of the Laconia
Sherlock
Mission 2110
Alice in Wonderland
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Burlesque Fairytales
Margot
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Margaret
Merlin
Lost in Austen
Criminal Justice
Frankenstein
Starter for 10
Longford
Rome
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Agatha Christie's Marple
Under the Tuscan Sun
AfterLife
Working Shakespeare
Spooks
Hamilton Mattress
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Perfect Strangers
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
A History of Britain
Dirty Tricks
Oliver Twist
Mansfield Park
Expelling the Demon
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
An Ideal Husband
Shooting the Past
Get Real
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
A Midsummer Night's Dream
City Hall
Jake's Progress
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
The Rector's Wife
A Year in Provence
Absolutely Fabulous
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Body Parts
Redemption
G.B.H.
The Reflecting Skin
TECX
Traffik
These Foolish Things
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Childeater
Alas Sage & Onion
Colin's Sandwich
Manifesto
The Play on One
Prick Up Your Ears
ScreenPlay
Dead Head
Screen Two
Travelling Man
The Brief
Loose Connections
Rainy Day Women
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Samson and Delilah
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
On Approval
Muck and Brass
Grown-Ups
The Winkler
Dick Turpin
The New Avengers
One-Upmanship
Further Up Pompeii
Playhouse
ITV Playhouse
BBC Play of the Month
These Foolish Things
The Entertainment System Is Down
Alma
Daughter of Eden
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare