Lindsay Duncan
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Lindsay Duncan

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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.

Films Featuring Lindsay Duncan

Frankenstein

20075.6

Mansfield Park

19996.7

Under the Tuscan Sun

20036.9

Dirty Tricks

20005.5

The Reflecting Skin

19906.7

Alice in Wonderland

20106.6

Body Parts

19915.9

Longford

20066.5

Margot

20095.5

Christopher and His Kind

20116.3

Last Call

20238.0

These Foolish Things

1989

A Midsummer Night's Dream

19965.9

Burlesque Fairytales

20105.6

Last Passenger

20135.6

About Time

20137.9

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

20045.8

Le Week-End

20136.2

No Ordinary Joe

2021

Further Up Pompeii

19757.6

Amish: A Secret Life

20126.4

Call Me Back

2023

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

20147.4

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

19996.6

The Childeater

19897.7

AfterLife

20035.5

Alice Through the Looking Glass

20166.6

Margaret

20095.7

Grown-Ups

19806.9

The Winkler

The Winkler

1979

Doctor Jekyll

20234.6

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

20007.0

Churchill's Secret

20166.3

On Approval

On Approval

19829.0

Hamilton Mattress

20026.8

Loose Connections

19843.8

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

2024

Gifted

20178.0

Prick Up Your Ears

19876.7

Redemption

19917.0

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

19828.0

Starter for 10

20066.4

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

20108.0

Manifesto

19884.0

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

20176.4

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

20097.9

An Ideal Husband

19996.5

Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair

Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair

1995

Rainy Day Women

19847.0

Expelling the Demon

19997.0

My Zoe

20196.5

Lawless

20139.5

City Hall

19966.0

Blackbird

20196.8

Little Joe

20195.8

National Theatre Live: Hansard

20198.7

November 1st

20196.9

Made in Italy

20206.0

A Banquet

20224.3

Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders

Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders

20019.0

He Does Not Want Peace

20168.0

These Foolish Things

These Foolish Things

10.0

The Entertainment System Is Down

Alma

Alma

H Is for Hawk

20257.1

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1984

Daughter of Eden

Daughter of Eden

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

Alas Sage & Onion

1988