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