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Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

Acting
Born: Nov 07, 1950
From: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Credits: 30 titles

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.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Last Call Kate 2023 8.0
Call Me Back Grace 2023
No Ordinary Joe Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs 2021
Alice Through the Looking Glass Helen Kingsleigh 2016 6.562
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Tabitha 2014 7.443
Last Passenger Elaine Middleton 2013 5.577
About Time Mum 2013 7.906
Le Week-End Meg Burrows 2013 6.177
Amish: A Secret Life Narrator (voice) 2012 6.4
Christopher and His Kind Kathleen Isherwood 2011 6.305
Alice in Wonderland Helen Kingsleigh 2010 6.639
Burlesque Fairytales Ice Queen 2010 5.6
Margot Madam 2009 5.5
Margaret Margaret Thatcher 2009 5.8
Frankenstein Jane Pretorius 2007 5.2
Longford Lady Elizabeth Longford 2006 6.5
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls Audrey Pretty 2004 5.875
Under the Tuscan Sun Katherine 2003 6.877
AfterLife 2003 5.5
Dirty Tricks Alison 2000 5.5
Mansfield Park Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram 1999 6.694
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace TC-14 (voice) 1999 6.573
A Midsummer Night's Dream Hippolyta / Titania 1996 5.909
Body Parts Dr. Agatha Webb 1991 5.777
The Reflecting Skin Dolphin Blue 1990 6.674
These Foolish Things Gutrune Day 1989
The Childeater Eirwen 1989 7.667
Grown-Ups Mrs Butcher 1980 6.923
The Winkler Diane 1979
Further Up Pompeii Scrubba 1975 7.6
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1950
FromEdinburgh, Scotland, UK