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Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

Acting

November 7, 1950 (75)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.

Known for

H Is for Hawk2025

H Is for Hawk

Mum

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus2024

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

Dora

Last Call2023

Last Call

Kate

Call Me Back2023

Call Me Back

Grace

Doctor Jekyll2023

Doctor Jekyll

Sandra Poole

A Banquet2022

A Banquet

June

No Ordinary Joe2021

No Ordinary Joe

Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

Made in Italy2020

Made in Italy

Kate

My Zoe2019

My Zoe

Kathy

Blackbird2019

Blackbird

Liz

Little Joe2019

Little Joe

Psychotherapist

National Theatre Live: Hansard2019

National Theatre Live: Hansard

Diana Hesketh

November 1st2019

November 1st

Bonnie

Gifted2017

Gifted

Evelyn Adler

Carnage: Swallowing the Past2017

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Maude

Alice Through the Looking Glass2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Helen Kingsleigh

Churchill's Secret2016

Churchill's Secret

Clemmie Churchill

He Does Not Want Peace2016

He Does Not Want Peace

Rachel Englebright

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Tabitha

Last Passenger2013

Last Passenger

Elaine Middleton

About Time2013

About Time

Mum

Le Week-End2013

Le Week-End

Meg Burrows

Lawless2013

Lawless

Lady Justice MacNeil

Amish: A Secret Life2012

Amish: A Secret Life

Narrator (voice)