Acting
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.
Filmography
Mint
Series · 2026
H Is for Hawk
Film · 2025
The Death of Bunny Munro
Series · 2025
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Film · 2024
Truelove
Series · 2024
Last Call
Film · 2023
Call Me Back
Film · 2023
Doctor Jekyll
Film · 2023
A Banquet
Film · 2022
Sherwood
Series · 2022
No Ordinary Joe
Film · 2021
Around the World in 80 Days
Series · 2021
The Wheel of Time
Series · 2021
Made in Italy
Film · 2020
My Zoe
Film · 2019
Blackbird
Film · 2019
Little Joe
Film · 2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Film · 2019
November 1st
Film · 2019
The Morning Show
Series · 2019
His Dark Materials
Series · 2019
A Discovery of Witches
Series · 2018
Gifted
Film · 2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Film · 2017
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Film · 2016
Churchill's Secret
Film · 2016
He Does Not Want Peace
Film · 2016
Close to the Enemy
Series · 2016
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Film · 2014
Inside No. 9
Series · 2014
The Honourable Woman
Series · 2014
The Leftovers
Series · 2014
Last Passenger
Film · 2013
About Time
Film · 2013
Le Week-End
Film · 2013
Lawless
Film · 2013
Count Arthur Strong
Series · 2013
Toast of London
Series · 2013
Amish: A Secret Life
Film · 2012
White Heat
Series · 2012
The Hollow Crown
Series · 2012
Playhouse Presents
Series · 2012
Christopher and His Kind
Film · 2011
Spy
Series · 2011
Black Mirror
Series · 2011
Against the Wall
Series · 2011
The Sinking of the Laconia
Series · 2011
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 2010
Burlesque Fairytales
Film · 2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Film · 2010
Sherlock
Series · 2010
Mission 2110
Series · 2010
Margot
Film · 2009
Margaret
Film · 2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Film · 2009
Criminal Justice
Series · 2008
Merlin
Series · 2008
Lost in Austen
Series · 2008
Frankenstein
Film · 2007
Longford
Film · 2006
Starter for 10
Film · 2006
Rome
Series · 2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Film · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
Under the Tuscan Sun
Film · 2003
AfterLife
Film · 2003
Working Shakespeare
Series · 2003
Hamilton Mattress
Film · 2002
Spooks
Series · 2002
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Film · 2001
Perfect Strangers
Series · 2001
Dirty Tricks
Film · 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Film · 2000
A History of Britain
Series · 2000
Mansfield Park
Film · 1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Film · 1999
An Ideal Husband
Film · 1999
Expelling the Demon
Film · 1999
Oliver Twist
Series · 1999
Shooting the Past
Series · 1999
Get Real
Series · 1998
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Series · 1997
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Film · 1996
City Hall
Film · 1996
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
Film · 1995
Jake's Progress
Series · 1995
The Rector's Wife
Series · 1994
A Year in Provence
Series · 1993
Absolutely Fabulous
Series · 1992
Body Parts
Film · 1991
Redemption
Film · 1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
Film · 1991
G.B.H.
Series · 1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Series · 1991
The Reflecting Skin
Film · 1990
TECX
Series · 1990
These Foolish Things
Film · 1989
The Childeater
Film · 1989
Traffik
Series · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
Manifesto
Film · 1988
Alas Sage & Onion
Film · 1988
Colin's Sandwich
Series · 1988
The Play on One
Series · 1988
Prick Up Your Ears
Film · 1987
Dead Head
Series · 1986
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Loose Connections
Film · 1984
Rainy Day Women
Film · 1984
Samson and Delilah
Film · 1984
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Series · 1984
Travelling Man
Series · 1984
The Brief
Series · 1984
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Series · 1983
On Approval
Film · 1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Film · 1982
Muck and Brass
Series · 1982
Grown-Ups
Film · 1980
The Winkler
Film · 1979
Dick Turpin
Series · 1979
The New Avengers
Series · 1976
One-Upmanship
Series · 1976
Further Up Pompeii
Film · 1975
Playhouse
Series · 1974
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
These Foolish Things
Film
The Entertainment System Is Down
Film
Alma
Film
Daughter of Eden
Film
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Film