
Lindsay Duncan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 7, 1950
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
- RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare TBA
as Self
- Daughter of Eden
Daughter of Eden TBA
as Emer
- Alma
Alma TBA
Actor

The Entertainment System Is Down TBA
Actor
- These Foolish Things
These Foolish Things TBA
Actor

H Is for Hawk 2025
as Mum

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus 2024
as Dora

Doctor Jekyll 2023
as Sandra Poole

Call Me Back 2023
as Grace

Last Call 2023
as Kate

A Banquet 2022
as June

No Ordinary Joe 2021
as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

Made in Italy 2020
as Kate

My Zoe 2019
as Kathy

National Theatre Live: Hansard 2019
as Diana Hesketh

November 1st 2019
as Bonnie

Little Joe 2019
as Psychotherapist

Blackbird 2019
as Liz

Gifted 2017
as Evelyn Adler

Carnage: Swallowing the Past 2017
as Maude

He Does Not Want Peace 2016
as Rachel Englebright

Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016
as Helen Kingsleigh

Churchill's Secret 2016
as Clemmie Churchill

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014
as Tabitha

Last Passenger 2013
as Elaine Middleton

Le Week-End 2013
as Meg Burrows

Lawless 2013
as Lady Justice MacNeil

About Time 2013
as Mum

Amish: A Secret Life 2012
as Narrator (voice)

Christopher and His Kind 2011
as Kathleen Isherwood

Alice in Wonderland 2010
as Helen Kingsleigh

Harold Pinter: A Celebration 2010
as Self

Burlesque Fairytales 2010
as Ice Queen

Margot 2009
as Madam

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars 2009
as Captain Adelaide Brooke

Margaret 2009
as Margaret Thatcher

Frankenstein 2007
as Jane Pretorius

Starter for 10 2006
as Rose Harbison

Longford 2006
as Lady Elizabeth Longford

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls 2004
as Audrey Pretty

Under the Tuscan Sun 2003
as Katherine

AfterLife 2003
Actor

Hamilton Mattress 2002
as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
- Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders 2001
as Narrator

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings 2000
as Pauline

Dirty Tricks 2000
as Alison

Mansfield Park 1999
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram

Expelling the Demon 1999
as Woman

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999
as TC-14 (voice)

An Ideal Husband 1999
as Lady Markby

A Midsummer Night's Dream 1996
as Hippolyta / Titania

City Hall 1996
as Sydney Pappas
- Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair 1995
as Narrator

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur 1991
as Medea

Body Parts 1991
as Dr. Agatha Webb

Redemption 1991
as Kath Peachey

The Reflecting Skin 1990
as Dolphin Blue

These Foolish Things 1989
as Gutrune Day

The Childeater 1989
as Eirwen

Alas Sage & Onion 1988
Actor

Manifesto 1988
as Lily Sachor

Prick Up Your Ears 1987
as Anthea Lahr

Loose Connections 1984
as Sally

Rainy Day Women 1984
as Karen Miller
- Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah 1984
as Alice

Mike Leigh: Making Plays 1982
as Self (archive footage)
- On Approval
On Approval 1982
as Helen

Grown-Ups 1980
as Mrs Butcher
- The Winkler
The Winkler 1979
as Diane

Further Up Pompeii 1975
as Scrubba
Credits from TMDB.