Acting
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.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
Black Mirror
2011 · TV
Sherlock
2010 · TV
Screen Two
1985 · TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
The Morning Show
2019 · TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV
The Leftovers
2014 · TV
Merlin
2008 · TV
Playhouse
1974 · TV
The Wheel of Time
2021 · TV
Spooks
2002 · TV
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV
Rome
2005 · TV
His Dark Materials
2019 · TV
ScreenPlay
1986 · TV
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · TV
Inside No. 9
2014 · TV
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Movie
A Discovery of Witches
2018 · TV
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Movie
Playhouse Presents
2012 · TV
About Time
2013 · Movie
The New Avengers
1976 · TV
The Hollow Crown
2012 · TV
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · Movie
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · TV
Gifted
2017 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
2021 · TV
Sherwood
2022 · TV
Dick Turpin
1979 · TV
Against the Wall
2011 · TV
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · TV
Toast of London
2013 · TV
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003 · Movie
Criminal Justice
2008 · TV
Travelling Man
1984 · TV
Close to the Enemy
2016 · TV
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025 · TV
G.B.H.
1991 · TV
Spy
2011 · TV
Oliver Twist
1999 · TV
White Heat
2012 · TV
A Year in Provence
1993 · TV
Mint
2026 · TV
A History of Britain
2000 · TV
Working Shakespeare
2003 · TV
Perfect Strangers
2001 · TV
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991 · TV
Truelove
2024 · TV
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011 · TV
Traffik
1989 · TV
The Honourable Woman
2014 · TV
H Is for Hawk
2025 · Movie
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · TV
Count Arthur Strong
2013 · TV
Colin's Sandwich
1988 · TV
Lost in Austen
2008 · TV
Starter for 10
2006 · Movie
Mansfield Park
1999 · Movie
A Banquet
2022 · Movie
Blackbird
2019 · Movie
City Hall
1996 · Movie
Made in Italy
2020 · Movie
An Ideal Husband
1999 · Movie
The Kit Curran Radio Show
1984 · TV
Dead Head
1986 · TV
Christopher and His Kind
2011 · Movie
Churchill's Secret
2016 · Movie
Little Joe
2019 · Movie
The Reflecting Skin
1990 · Movie
The Rector's Wife
1994 · TV
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · Movie
Jake's Progress
1995 · TV
Body Parts
1991 · Movie
Muck and Brass
1982 · TV
My Zoe
2019 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009 · Movie
Last Passenger
2013 · Movie
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017 · Movie
Shooting the Past
1999 · TV
The Entertainment System Is Down
· Movie
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010 · Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996 · Movie
Redemption
1991 · Movie
Le Week-End
2013 · Movie
Frankenstein
2007 · Movie
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004 · Movie
Burlesque Fairytales
2010 · Movie
These Foolish Things
1989 · Movie
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
Amish: A Secret Life
2012 · Movie
AfterLife
2003 · Movie
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Movie
Margaret
2009 · Movie
The Childeater
1989 · Movie
Expelling the Demon
1999 · Movie
Dirty Tricks
2000 · Movie
Loose Connections
1984 · Movie
Longford
2006 · Movie
Doctor Jekyll
2023 · Movie
Hamilton Mattress
2002 · Movie
Manifesto
1988 · Movie
No Ordinary Joe
2021 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019 · Movie
He Does Not Want Peace
2016 · Movie
Margot
2009 · Movie
Call Me Back
2023 · Movie
Grown-Ups
1980 · Movie
Last Call
2023 · Movie
Further Up Pompeii
1975 · Movie
November 1st
2019 · Movie
Lawless
2013 · Movie
Rainy Day Women
1984 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2024 · Movie
