Lindsay Duncan
Known For
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.
Most Known For
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Lady Tamplin
Black Mirror
as Alex Cairns
The Wheel of Time
as Anvaere Damodred
Sherlock
as Lady Smallwood
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Marina Gregg
Merlin
as Queen Annis
The Leftovers
as Grace Playford
The Morning Show
as Martha Ellison
His Dark Materials
as Octavia (voice)
Rome
as Servilia of the Junii
Inside No. 9
as Loretta Lamb
Spooks
as Angela Wells
BBC Play of the Month
as Helen Hayle
Absolutely Fabulous
as Jeanne Durand
A Discovery of Witches
as Ysabeau de Clermont
Alice in Wonderland
as Helen Kingsleigh
Playhouse
as Christine Butcher
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as TC-14 (voice)
About Time
as Mum
The Hollow Crown
as Duchess of York