Lindsay Duncan profile
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Lindsay Duncan

7th November 1950 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Acting

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.

58 Movies 57 TV Shows 128 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

My Zoe poster
My Zoe 14th November 2019 as Kathy
Gifted poster
Gifted 7th April 2017 as Evelyn Adler
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Lawless 3rd October 2013 as Lady Justice MacNeil
Margot poster
Margot 30th November 2009 as Madam
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Margaret 26th March 2009 as Margaret Thatcher
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Longford 26th October 2006 as Lady Elizabeth Longford
Mint poster
Mint 20th April 2026 as Ollie
Spy poster
Spy 14th October 2011 as The Director
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Merlin 20th September 2008 as Queen Annis
Rome poster
Rome 28th August 2005 as Servilia of the Junii
Spooks poster
Spooks 13th May 2002 as Angela Wells
G.B.H. poster
G.B.H. 6th June 1991 as Barbara Douglas
Traffik poster
Traffik 22nd June 1989 as Helen Rosshalde