Lindsay Duncan
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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
Credits
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Helen Kingsleigh
About Time (2013)
as Mum
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
as TC-14 (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Helen Kingsleigh
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
as Tabitha
Gifted (2017)
as Evelyn Adler
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
as Katherine
H Is for Hawk (2025)
as Mum
A Banquet (2022)
as June
Mansfield Park (1999)
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
Made in Italy (2020)
as Kate
Starter for 10 (2006)
as Rose Harbison
Blackbird (2019)
as Liz
City Hall (1996)
as Sydney Pappas
An Ideal Husband (1999)
as Lady Markby
Christopher and His Kind (2011)
as Kathleen Isherwood
Last Passenger (2013)
as Elaine Middleton
Redemption (1991)
as Kath Peachey
The Reflecting Skin (1990)
as Dolphin Blue
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as Anthea Lahr
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)
as Hippolyta / Titania
Body Parts (1991)
as Dr. Agatha Webb
The Childeater (1989)
as Eirwen
Churchill's Secret (2016)
as Clemmie Churchill
Little Joe (2019)
as Psychotherapist
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (—)
as Self
The Entertainment System Is Down (—)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars (2009)
as Captain Adelaide Brooke
Longford (2006)
as Lady Elizabeth Longford
AfterLife (2003)
Actor
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004)
as Audrey Pretty
Doctor Jekyll (2023)
as Sandra Poole
Le Week-End (2013)
as Meg Burrows
Daughter of Eden (—)
as Emer
Burlesque Fairytales (2010)
as Ice Queen
Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
as Maude
Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
These Foolish Things (1989)
as Gutrune Day
Samson and Delilah (1984)
as Alice
He Does Not Want Peace (2016)
as Rachel Englebright
Call Me Back (2023)
as Grace
Manifesto (1988)
as Lily Sachor
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000)
as Pauline
Hamilton Mattress (2002)
as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
My Zoe (2019)
as Kathy
Frankenstein (2007)
as Jane Pretorius
Expelling the Demon (1999)
as Woman
Amish: A Secret Life (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Margaret (2009)
as Margaret Thatcher
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
as Self
Margot (2009)
as Madam
Dirty Tricks (2000)
as Alison
Loose Connections (1984)
as Sally
Further Up Pompeii (1975)
as Scrubba
No Ordinary Joe (2021)
as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
Grown-Ups (1980)
as Mrs Butcher
On Approval (1982)
as Helen
Last Call (2023)
as Kate
Rainy Day Women (1984)
as Karen Miller
The Winkler (1979)
as Diane
Alma (—)
Actor
These Foolish Things (—)
Actor
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus (2024)
as Dora
National Theatre Live: Hansard (2019)
as Diana Hesketh
November 1st (2019)
as Bonnie
Lawless (2013)
as Lady Justice MacNeil
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair (1995)
as Narrator
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders (2001)
as Narrator