Lindsay Duncan
Actor
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.
Filmography
Alice in Wonderland
as Helen Kingsleigh 2010
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
as Tabitha 2014
About Time
as Mum 2013
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Helen Kingsleigh 2016
Gifted
as Evelyn Adler 2017
Under the Tuscan Sun
as Katherine 2003
Starter for 10
as Rose Harbison 2006
Mansfield Park
as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram 1999
City Hall
as Sydney Pappas 1996
Little Joe
as Psychotherapist 2019
Made in Italy
as Kate 2020
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
as Captain Adelaide Brooke 2009
The Reflecting Skin
as Dolphin Blue 1990
Blackbird
as Liz 2019
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby 1999
Last Passenger
as Elaine Middleton 2013