
Geboren 7 nov 1950 · 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.

Mint
2026

H Is for Hawk
2025

The Death of Bunny Munro
2025

Truelove
2024

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024

Last Call
2023

Doctor Jekyll
2023

Call Me Back
2023

Sherwood
2022

A Banquet
2022

The Wheel of Time
2021

Around the World in 80 Days
2021

No Ordinary Joe
2021

Made in Italy
2020

The Morning Show
2019

His Dark Materials
2019

Blackbird
2019

Little Joe
2019

My Zoe
2019

National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019

November 1st
2019

A Discovery of Witches
2018

Gifted
2017

Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017

Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016

Close to the Enemy
2016

Churchill's Secret
2016

He Does Not Want Peace
2016

The Leftovers
2014

Inside No. 9
2014

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014

The Honourable Woman
2014

About Time
2013

Toast of London
2013

Count Arthur Strong
2013

Le Week-End
2013

Last Passenger
2013

Lawless
2013

Playhouse Presents
2012

The Hollow Crown
2012

White Heat
2012

Amish: A Secret Life
2012

Black Mirror
2011

Against the Wall
2011

The Sinking of the Laconia
2011

Spy
2011

Christopher and His Kind
2011

Sherlock
2010

Alice in Wonderland
2010

Burlesque Fairytales
2010

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009

Margaret
2009

Margot
2009

The Adventures of Merlin
2008

Criminal Justice
2008

Lost in Austen
2008

Frankenstein
2007

Starter for 10
2006

Longford
2006

Rome
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004

AfterLife
2003

Spooks
2002

Hamilton Mattress
2002

Perfect Strangers
2001

A History of Britain
2000

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000

Dirty Tricks
2000

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999

An Ideal Husband
1999

Oliver Twist
1999

Mansfield Park
1999

Shooting the Past
1999

Expelling the Demon
1999

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997

City Hall
1996

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996

Jake's Progress
1995

The Rector's Wife
1994

A Year in Provence
1993

Absolutely Fabulous
1992

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991

G.B.H.
1991

Body Parts
1991

Redemption
1991

The Reflecting Skin
1990

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

Traffik
1989

The Childeater
1989

The Play on One
1988

Manifesto
1988

Colin's Sandwich
1988

Prick Up Your Ears
1987

ScreenPlay
1986

Dead Head
1986

Screen Two
1985

Travelling Man
1984

The Kit Curran Radio Show
1984

Rainy Day Women
1984

Loose Connections
1984

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983

Muck and Brass
1982

Grown-Ups
1980

Dick Turpin
1979

The New Avengers
1976

Further Up Pompeii
1975

Playhouse
1974

ITV Playhouse
1967

BBC Play of the Month
1965

The Entertainment System Is Down