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Lindsay Duncan

Acting
Known For

74 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
Lady Tamplin
Black Mirror Image
Black Mirror
Alex Cairns
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Playhouse
Christine Butcher
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BBC Play of the Month
Helen Hayle
The Wheel of Time Image
The Wheel of Time
Anvaere Damodred
Inside No. 9 Image
Inside No. 9
Loretta Lamb
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Sherlock
Lady Smallwood
The Morning Show Image
The Morning Show
Martha Ellison
The Leftovers Image
The Leftovers
Grace Playford
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A Discovery of Witches
Ysabeau de Clermont
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Merlin
Queen Annis
Rome Image
Rome
Servilia of the Junii
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Agatha Christie's Marple
Marina Gregg
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His Dark Materials
Octavia (voice)
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Around the World in 80 Days
Jane Digby
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Toast of London
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The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
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Spooks
Angela Wells
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The Hollow Crown
Duchess of York
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Close to the Enemy
Frau Bellinghausen
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Sherwood
Jennifer Hale
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Playhouse Presents
Mrs. Dalloway
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The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medea
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Dick Turpin
Catherine Langford
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Against the Wall
Faith Kowalski
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Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
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Criminal Justice
Alison Slaughter
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Truelove
Phil
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Reilly: Ace of Spies
Alexandra
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The Play on One
Gutrune Day
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The Sinking of the Laconia
Elisabeth Fullwood
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Colin's Sandwich
Rosemary
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About Time
Mum
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Count Arthur Strong
Dame Agnes
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The Kit Curran Radio Show
Pamela Scott
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Spy
The Director
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A Year in Provence
Annie Mayle
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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Lady Bellaston
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
TC-14 (voice)
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Traffik
Helen Rosshalde
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Gifted
Evelyn Adler
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A History of Britain
Reader
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
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White Heat
Lilly (present day)
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha
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Travelling Man
Andrea
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The New Avengers
Under the Tuscan Sun Image
Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
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Working Shakespeare
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Oliver Twist
Elizabeth Leeford
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City Hall
Sydney Pappas
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Blackbird
Liz
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Lost in Austen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
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Made in Italy
Kate
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G.B.H.
Barbara Douglas
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Dead Head
Dana Cass
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Starter for 10
Rose Harbison
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Mansfield Park
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
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Last Passenger
Elaine Middleton
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Perfect Strangers
Alice
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Little Joe
Psychotherapist
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An Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Maude
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Get Real
Louise
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Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
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My Zoe
Kathy
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The Rector's Wife
Anna Bouverie
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TECX
Laura Pellin
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Shooting the Past
Marilyn Truman
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Body Parts
Dr. Agatha Webb
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The Reflecting Skin
Dolphin Blue
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Mint
Ollie
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Prick Up Your Ears
Anthea Lahr
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Longford
Lady Elizabeth Longford
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A Banquet
June
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Muck and Brass
Jean Torrode
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Churchill's Secret
Clemmie Churchill
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Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Captain Adelaide Brooke
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The Death of Bunny Munro
Doris Pennington
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Jake's Progress
Monica
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The Entertainment System Is Down
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Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood
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Manifesto
Lily Sachor
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Margaret
Margaret Thatcher
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hippolyta / Titania
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Margot
Madam
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Frankenstein
Jane Pretorius
AfterLife Image
AfterLife
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Pauline
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Further Up Pompeii
Scrubba
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Redemption
Kath Peachey
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Doctor Jekyll
Last Call Image
Last Call
Kate
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Lawless
Lady Justice MacNeil
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Dirty Tricks
Alison
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
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Grown-Ups
Mrs Butcher
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Rainy Day Women
Karen Miller
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Hamilton Mattress
Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
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Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Narrator
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Call Me Back
Grace
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Audrey Pretty
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Amish: A Secret Life
Narrator (voice)
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On Approval
Helen
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These Foolish Things
Gutrune Day
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Burlesque Fairytales
Ice Queen
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Loose Connections
Sally
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The Winkler
Diane
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Alma
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He Does Not Want Peace
Rachel Englebright
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National Theatre Live: Hansard
Diana Hesketh
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Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
Narrator
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National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Dora
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Expelling the Demon
Woman
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No Ordinary Joe
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
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November 1st
Bonnie
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The Childeater
Eirwen
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These Foolish Things