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Lindsay Duncan

Acting
Known For

75 Years Old

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.

Born

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK on 7th November 1950

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Agatha Christie's Poirot
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Black Mirror
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Agatha Christie's Marple
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Sherlock
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The Wheel of Time
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Merlin
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Spooks
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The Morning Show
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The Leftovers
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Rome
Servilia of the Junii
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His Dark Materials
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BBC Play of the Month
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A Discovery of Witches
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Inside No. 9
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Playhouse
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Absolutely Fabulous
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The Hollow Crown
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Alice in Wonderland
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About Time
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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National Theatre Live: Hansard
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Around the World in 80 Days
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Prick Up Your Ears
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Burlesque Fairytales
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Dirty Tricks
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Lawless
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Rainy Day Women
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Mansfield Park
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Manifesto
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Gifted
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Last Passenger
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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The New Avengers
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Sherwood
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Toast of London
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Little Joe
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Reilly: Ace of Spies
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Christopher and His Kind
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My Zoe
Kathy
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Criminal Justice
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Loose Connections
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The Reflecting Skin
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Mrs Butcher
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Margaret
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Frankenstein
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H Is for Hawk
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Dick Turpin
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Spy
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Against the Wall
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The Storyteller: Greek Myths
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Redemption
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Last Call
Kate
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Playhouse Presents
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Longford
Lady Elizabeth Longford
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An Ideal Husband
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The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
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The Play on One
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A Banquet
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G.B.H.
Barbara Douglas
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Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
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These Foolish Things
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The Death of Bunny Munro
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Close to the Enemy
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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
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Call Me Back
Grace
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No Ordinary Joe
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
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Lost in Austen
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The Sinking of the Laconia
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Count Arthur Strong
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White Heat
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Doctor Jekyll
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City Hall
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Oliver Twist
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Blackbird
Liz
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Working Shakespeare
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AfterLife
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Traffik
Helen Rosshalde
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A Year in Provence
Annie Mayle
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Muck and Brass
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The Rector's Wife
Anna Bouverie
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Made in Italy
Kate
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
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Starter for 10
Rose Harbison
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Perfect Strangers
Alice
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Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
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The Childeater
Eirwen
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Hamilton Mattress
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Jake's Progress
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The Entertainment System Is Down
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Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
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Body Parts
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A History of Britain
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Mint
Ollie
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Colin's Sandwich
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Shooting the Past
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Travelling Man
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Get Real
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
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Amish: A Secret Life
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The Kit Curran Radio Show
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National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
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Margot
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Churchill's Secret
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Expelling the Demon
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Dead Head
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November 1st
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
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Further Up Pompeii
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration
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These Foolish Things
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On Approval
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The Winkler
Diane
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He Does Not Want Peace
Rachel Englebright
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Mint
Ollie
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Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
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