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.

Cast

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