Lindsay Duncan
ActingAlso Known As
Lindsay Vere Duncan, Линдси Дункан, 린제이 던칸
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.
Movies
(66 total)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as TC-14 (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
as Helen Kingsleigh
About Time
as Mum
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Helen Kingsleigh
Gifted
as Evelyn Adler
Under the Tuscan Sun
as Katherine
Starter for 10
as Rose Harbison
Mansfield Park
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
Little Joe
as Psychotherapist
City Hall
as Sydney Pappas
Made in Italy
as Kate
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
as Captain Adelaide Brooke
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
The Reflecting Skin
as Dolphin Blue
Blackbird
as Liz
Last Passenger
as Elaine Middleton
Le Week-End
as Meg Burrows
Body Parts
as Dr. Agatha Webb
Prick Up Your Ears
as Anthea Lahr
TV Shows
(57 total)
Sherlock
as Lady Smallwood
Black Mirror
as Alex Cairns
The Wheel of Time
as Anvaere Damodred
His Dark Materials
as Octavia (voice)
Rome
as Servilia of the Junii
The Leftovers
as Grace Playford
Merlin
as Queen Annis
The Morning Show
as Martha Ellison
A Discovery of Witches
as Ysabeau de Clermont
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Lady Tamplin
Inside No. 9
as Loretta Lamb
Absolutely Fabulous
as Jeanne Durand
Around the World in 80 Days
as Jane Digby
Spooks
as Angela Wells
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Marina Gregg
The Honourable Woman
as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
Lost in Austen
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Sherwood
as Jennifer Hale