Lindsay Duncan
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

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Black Mirror

Agatha Christie's Marple

Sherlock

Merlin

The Wheel of Time

The Leftovers

Spooks
All Movies (68)
- H Is for Hawk2025 · as Mum
- National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus2024 · as Dora
- Doctor Jekyll2023 · as Sandra Poole
- Call Me Back2023 · as Grace
- Last Call2023 · as Kate
- A Banquet2022 · as June
- No Ordinary Joe2021 · as Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
- Made in Italy2020 · as Kate
- My Zoe2019 · as Kathy
- National Theatre Live: Hansard2019 · as Diana Hesketh
- Little Joe2019 · as Psychotherapist
- November 1st2019 · as Bonnie
- Blackbird2019 · as Liz
- Gifted2017 · as Evelyn Adler
- Carnage: Swallowing the Past2017 · as Maude
- He Does Not Want Peace2016 · as Rachel Englebright
- Alice Through the Looking Glass2016 · as Helen Kingsleigh
- Churchill's Secret2016 · as Clemmie Churchill
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014 · as Tabitha
- Last Passenger2013 · as Elaine Middleton
- Le Week-End2013 · as Meg Burrows
- Lawless2013 · as Lady Justice MacNeil
- About Time2013 · as Mum
- Amish: A Secret Life2012 · as Narrator (voice)
- Christopher and His Kind2011 · as Kathleen Isherwood
- Alice in Wonderland2010 · as Helen Kingsleigh
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration2010 · as Self
- Burlesque Fairytales2010 · as Ice Queen
- Margot2009 · as Madam
- Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009 · as Captain Adelaide Brooke
- Margaret2009 · as Margaret Thatcher
- Frankenstein2007 · as Jane Pretorius
- Longford2006 · as Lady Elizabeth Longford
- Starter for 102006 · as Rose Harbison
- The Queen of Sheba's Pearls2004 · as Audrey Pretty
- Under the Tuscan Sun2003 · as Katherine
- AfterLife2003
- Hamilton Mattress2002 · as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
- Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders2001 · as Narrator
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · as Pauline
- Dirty Tricks2000 · as Alison
- Mansfield Park1999 · as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
- Expelling the Demon1999 · as Woman
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 · as TC-14 (voice)
- An Ideal Husband1999 · as Lady Markby
- A Midsummer Night's Dream1996 · as Hippolyta / Titania
- City Hall1996 · as Sydney Pappas
- Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair1995 · as Narrator
- Body Parts1991 · as Dr. Agatha Webb
- Redemption1991 · as Kath Peachey
- The Reflecting Skin1990 · as Dolphin Blue
- These Foolish Things1989 · as Gutrune Day
- The Childeater1989 · as Eirwen
- Manifesto1988 · as Lily Sachor
- Prick Up Your Ears1987 · as Anthea Lahr
- Loose Connections1984 · as Sally
- Rainy Day Women1984 · as Karen Miller
- Samson and Delilah1984 · as Alice
- Mike Leigh: Making Plays1982 · as Self (archive footage)
- On Approval1982 · as Helen
- Grown-Ups1980 · as Mrs Butcher
- The Winkler1979 · as Diane
- Further Up Pompeii1975 · as Scrubba
- These Foolish Things—
- The Entertainment System Is Down—
- Alma—
- Daughter of Eden— · as Emer
- RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare— · as Self
All TV Shows (60)
- Mint2026 · as Ollie
- The Death of Bunny Munro2025 · as Doris Pennington
- Truelove2024 · as Phil
- Sherwood2022 · as Jennifer Hale
- Around the World in 80 Days2021 · as Jane Digby
- The Wheel of Time2021 · as Anvaere Damodred
- His Dark Materials2019 · as Octavia (voice)
- The Morning Show2019 · as Martha Ellison
- A Discovery of Witches2018 · as Ysabeau de Clermont
- Close to the Enemy2016 · as Frau Bellinghausen
- The Honourable Woman2014 · as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
- The Leftovers2014 · as Grace Playford
- Inside No. 92014 · as Loretta Lamb
- Toast of London2013
- Count Arthur Strong2013 · as Dame Agnes
- The Hollow Crown2012 · as Duchess of York
- Playhouse Presents2012 · as Mrs Dalloway
- White Heat2012 · as Lilly (present day)
- Black Mirror2011 · as Alex Cairns
- Spy2011 · as The Director
- Against the Wall2011 · as Faith Kowalski
- The Sinking of the Laconia2011 · as Elisabeth Fullwood
- Sherlock2010 · as Lady Smallwood
- Merlin2008 · as Queen Annis
- Lost in Austen2008 · as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Criminal Justice2008 · as Alison Slaughter
- Rome2005 · as Servilia of the Junii
- Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Marina Gregg
- Working Shakespeare2003
- Spooks2002 · as Angela Wells
- Perfect Strangers2001 · as Alice
- A History of Britain2000 · as Reader
- Oliver Twist1999 · as Elizabeth Leeford
- Shooting the Past1999 · as Marilyn Truman
- Get Real1998 · as Louise
- The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling1997 · as Lady Bellaston
- Jake's Progress1995 · as Monica
- The Rector's Wife1994 · as Anna Bouverie
- A Year in Provence1993 · as Annie Mayle
- Absolutely Fabulous1992 · as Jeanne Durand
- The Storyteller: Greek Myths1991 · as Medea
- G.B.H.1991 · as Barbara Douglas
- TECX1990 · as Laura Pellin
- Traffik1989 · as Helen Rosshalde
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Lady Tamplin
- Colin's Sandwich1988 · as Rosemary
- The Play on One1988 · as Gutrune Day
- ScreenPlay1986 · as Kath Peachey
- Dead Head1986 · as Dana Cass
- Screen Two1985 · as Dolphin Blue
- Travelling Man1984 · as Andrea
- The Kit Curran Radio Show1984 · as Pamela Scott
- Reilly: Ace of Spies1983 · as Alexandra
- Muck and Brass1982 · as Jean Torrode
- Dick Turpin1979 · as Catherine Langford
- The New Avengers1976 · as Jane
- One-Upmanship1976
- Playhouse1974 · as Christine Butcher
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Diane
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Helen Hayle