Lindsay Duncan
Acting
Born: 1950-11-07 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
Known For
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
TC-14 (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha
About Time
Mum
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
Sherlock
Lady Smallwood
Black Mirror
Alex Cairns
Gifted
Evelyn Adler
The Wheel of Time
Anvaere Damodred
His Dark Materials
Octavia (voice)
Rome
Servilia of the Junii
The Leftovers
Grace Playford
Merlin
Queen Annis
Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
The Morning Show
Martha Ellison
A Discovery of Witches
Ysabeau de Clermont
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Tamplin
Starter for 10
Rose Harbison
Mansfield Park
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
City Hall
Sydney Pappas
Little Joe
Psychotherapist
Made in Italy
Kate
Inside No. 9
Loretta Lamb
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Captain Adelaide Brooke
The Reflecting Skin
Dolphin Blue
An Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
Blackbird
Liz
Absolutely Fabulous
Jeanne Durand
Around the World in 80 Days
Jane Digby
Last Passenger
Elaine Middleton
Spooks
Angela Wells
Agatha Christie's Marple
Marina Gregg
Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
Body Parts
Dr. Agatha Webb
The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
Toast of London
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medea
Prick Up Your Ears
Anthea Lahr
Lost in Austen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood