Acting

Lindsay Duncan

born 1950 · Acting

64.2avg grm
15titles
#225best rank
7honors
Rbest title · #225 on siteRome2005 · as Servilia of the Junii · series70.0

Honors

7
2002Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play
1987Theatre World Award
1990Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
—Laurence Olivier Awards
—Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
Honors
  • 2002Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play
  • 1987Theatre World Award
  • 1990Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
  • —Laurence Olivier Awards
  • —Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
  • —Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Play
  • —Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Bio

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.

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

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2020s2 titlesDThe Death of Bunny Munro2025 · as Doris Pennington · series63.3TTruelove2024 · as Phil · series63.9
2010s6 titlesNNational Theatre Live: Hansard2019 · as Diana59.1GGifted2017 · as Evelyn70.6HThe Honorable Woman2014 · as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle · series63.5AAbout Time2013 · as Mum71.6WWhite Heat2012 · as Lilly (Present Day) · series64.2CCome Fly with Me2010 · as Narrator · series63.2
2000s4 titlesRRome2005 · as Servilia of the Junii · series70.0PPerfect Strangers2001 · as Alice · series64.2AA History of Britain2000 · as Self · series64.3AA History of Britain2000 · as Reading · series64.3
1990s1 titleAA Year in Provence1993 · as Annie Mayle · series64.0
1980s2 titlesTTraffik1989 · as Helen Rosshalde · series64.0PPrick Up Your Ears1987 · as Anthea Lahr53.6

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Lindsay Duncan

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born1950
known forActing
titles on site15
best title rank#225 · Rome (2005)
avg GRM64.2
honors7 · Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play, 2002
Honors
  • 2002Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play
  • 1987Theatre World Award
  • 1990Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
  • —Laurence Olivier Awards
  • —Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
  • —Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Play
  • —Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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.

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