Actor-Profile

Lindsay Duncan

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.

Porsonal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-11-07

Place of birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Social Handle

5.2

Frankenstein

2007-10-24

6.7

Mansfield Park

1999-11-12

6.9

Under the Tuscan Sun

2003-09-20

5.3

Dirty Tricks

2000-09-24

6.7

The Reflecting Skin

1990-08-28

6.6

Alice in Wonderland

2010-03-03

5.8

Body Parts

1991-08-02

6.5

Longford

2006-10-26

5.5

Margot

2009-11-30

6.3

Christopher and His Kind

2011-03-19

8.0

Last Call

2023-06-09

0.0

These Foolish Things

1989-02-28

5.6

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1996-11-29

5.6

Burlesque Fairytales

2010-01-01

5.5

Last Passenger

2013-10-18

7.9

About Time

2013-09-04

5.6

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

2004-12-25

6.2

Le Week-End

2013-10-04

0.0

No Ordinary Joe

2021-09-06

7.8

Further Up Pompeii

1975-03-31

6.4

Amish: A Secret Life

2012-08-02

0.0

Call Me Back

2023-09-29

7.4

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014-10-17

6.6

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999-05-19

7.0

The Childeater

1989-01-01

4.0

AfterLife

2003-08-19

6.6

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016-05-25

5.8

Margaret

2009-03-26

6.7

Grown-Ups

1980-11-27

0.0

The Winkler

1979-04-03

4.9

Doctor Jekyll

2023-10-27

6.5

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000-12-25

6.3

Churchill's Secret

2016-02-29

0.0

On Approval

1982-06-21

6.3

Hamilton Mattress

2002-01-01

1.7

Loose Connections

1984-04-13

0.0

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

2024-07-19

8.0

Gifted

2017-04-07

6.6

Prick Up Your Ears

1987-04-17

0.0

Redemption

1991-07-03

8.0

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982-09-04

6.4

Starter for 10

2006-09-13

0.0

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2010-01-24

3.7

Manifesto

1988-01-27

6.4

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

2017-03-19

7.9

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

2009-11-15

6.5

An Ideal Husband

1999-01-14

0.0

Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair

1995-03-11

0.0

Rainy Day Women

1984-04-10

7.0

Expelling the Demon

1999-06-19

6.5

My Zoe

2019-11-14

9.5

Lawless

2013-10-03

5.9

City Hall

1996-02-16

6.8

Blackbird

2019-09-06

5.7

Little Joe

2019-11-01

8.7

National Theatre Live: Hansard

2019-11-07

6.9

November 1st

2019-11-01

6.0

Made in Italy

2020-07-09

4.2

A Banquet

2022-02-18

0.0

Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders

2001-12-11

8.0

He Does Not Want Peace

2016-08-11

0.0

These Foolish Things

0.0

The Entertainment System Is Down

0.0

Alma

8.0

H Is for Hawk

2025-11-26

0.0

Samson and Delilah

1984-01-01

0.0

Mint