Lindsay Vere Duncan CBE (born 7 November 1950 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish actress and veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company. She is best known for Prick Up Your Ears, Under the Tuscan Sun, and Blackbird (2019).
Duncan is married to actor Hilton McRae and the couple have one child.
Works with Lindsay Duncan:
Film
- 1975 Further Up Pompeii: Scrubba (Made-for-TV Movie)
- 1983 Loose Connections: Sally
- 1987 Prick Up Your Ears: Anthea Lahr
- 1988 Manifesto: Lily Sachor
- 1990 The Reflecting Skin: Dolphin Blue
- 1991 Body Parts: Dr. Agatha Webb
- 1996 City Hall: Sydney Pappas
- 1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream: Hippolyta/Titania
- 1999 An Ideal Husband: Lady Markby
- 1999 The Phantom Menace: TC-14
- 1999 Mansfield Park: Mrs. Price/Lady Bertram
- 2000 Dirty Tricks: Alison (TV Movie)
- 2002 A Life More Ordinary: Girl 2/Dancer
- 2003 AfterLife: May Brogan
- 2003 Under the Tuscan Sun: Katherine
- 2004 The Queen Of Shebas Pearls: Audrey Pretty
- 2006 Starter for 10: Rose Harbinson
- 2006 Longford: Lady Elizabeth Longford (TV Movie)
- 2007 Frankenstein: Professor Jane Pretorius (TV Movie)
- 2009 Margaret: Margaret Thatcher (TV Movie)
- 2009 Burlesque Fairytales: Ice Queen
- 2009 Margo: Madam (TV Movie)
- 2010 Alice in Wonderland (2010): Helen Kingsleigh
- Reprised role in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
- 2011 Christopher And His Kind: Kathleen Isherwood (TV Movie)
- 2013 Last Passenger: Elaine Middleton
- 2013 About Time: Mary Lake
- 2013 Le Week End: Meg
- 2013 Lawless: Lady Justice MacNeil (TV Movie)
- 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): Tabitha Dickinson
- 2016 Churchills Secret: Clemmie Churchill (TV Movie)
- 2017 Carnage: Maude Polikoff
- 2017 Gifted: Evelyn Adler
- 2019 Little Joe: Psychotherapist
- 2019 Blackbird (2019): Liz
- 2019 My Zoe: Kathy
- 2020 Made In Italy: Kate
- 2021 A Banquet: June
Short Films
- 1985 Samson and Delilah: Alice Nankervis
- 1990 The Child Eater: Eirwen
- 1999 Expelling The Demon: Women
- 1999 Letters To A School Child: Street Child
- 2001 Hamilton Mattress: Beryl/Gertrude (TV Movie)
- 2004 Almost Strangers: Alice
- 2016 The Complete Walk Alls Well That Ends Well: Countess
- 2016 He Does Not Want Peace: Rachel Englebright
- 2017 The Dying Hours: Jane
- 2019 November1st: Bonnie
- 2022 Last Call: Kate
Television
- 1977 The New Avengers: Jane (1 episode)
- 1979-80 ITV Playhouse: Diane/Madelene (2 episodes)
- 1980 Dick Turpin: Catherine Langford (1 episode)
- 1980 BBC 2 Playhouse: Christine Butcher (1 episode)
- 1982 Muck And Brass: Jean Torrode (3 episodes)
- 1982 BBC Play Of The Month: Helen Hayle (1 episode)
- 1983 Reilly, Ace of Spies: Alexandra (1 episode)
- 1984 Play for Today: Karen Miller (1 episode)
- 1984 The Brief: Carol Barnes (1 episode)
- 1984 Travelling Man: Andrea (2 episodes)
- 1986 Dead Head: Dana Cass (3 episodes)
- 1986 Kit Curran: Pamela Scott
- 1988 Alas Smith and Jones (1 episode)
- 1988-90 Colins Sandwich: Rosemary (2 episodes)
- 1989 The Play on One: Gutrune Day (1 episode)
- 1989 Traffik: Helen Rosshalde
- 1990 TECX: Laura Pellin (1 episode)
- 1991 The Storyteller Greek Myths: Medea (1 episode)
- 1991 Screenplay: Kath Peachey (1 episode)
- 1991 G.B.H.: Barbara Douglas
- 1993 A Year In Provence: Annie Mayle
- 1994 The Rectors Wife: Anna Bouverie
- 1995 Just William: Lady Walton (1 episode)
- 1995 Jakes Progress: Monica
- 1997 The History Of Tom Jones A Foundling: Lady Bellaston
- 1998 Get Real: Louise
- 1999 Shooting The Past: Marilyn Truman
- 1999 Oliver Twist: Elizabeth Leeford
- 2001 Perfect Strangers: Alice
- 2002-10 Arena: Rose/Various Characters (2 episodes)
- 2003 Meet The Ancestors: Narrator (1 episode)
- 2005 Poirot: Lady Tamplin (1 episode)
- 2005-06 Spooks: Angela Wells (2 episodes)
- 2005-07 Rome: Servilia of the Junii (18 episodes)
- 2008 Criminal Justice: Alison Slaughter (2 episodes)
- 2008 Lost in Austen: Lady Catherine de Bourgh (2 episodes)
- 2009 Doctor Who: Adelaide Brooke (1 episode)
- 2010 Marple: Marina Gregg (1 episode)
- 2010-11 Come Fly With Me: Narrator
- 2011 The Sinking of the Laconia: Elisabeth Fullwood
- 2011 Against the Wall: Faith Kowalski (1 episode)
- 2011 Black Mirror: Alex Cairns (1 episode)
- 2011-12 Merlin: Queen Annis (2 episodes)
- 2012 Absolutely Fabulous: Jeanne Durand (1 episode)
- 2012 White Heat: Lily (Present Day)
- 2012 The Hollow Crown: Duchess of York (1 episode)
- 2012 Wallander: Monika Westin (1 episode)
- 2012 Spy: The Director (2 episodes)
- 2013 Count Arthur Strong: Dame Agnes (1 episode)
- 2013 You Me And Them: Lydia Walker
- 2014 Playhouse Presents: Mrs. Dalloway (1 episode)
- 2014 The Honorable Woman: Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
- 2014-17 Sherlock: Lady Smallwood (3 episodes)
- 2015 Toast of London: Lindsay Duncan (1 episode)
- 2016 Close To The Enemy: Frau Bellinghausen
- 2017 The Leftovers: Grace Playford (5 episodes)
- 2018-22 A Discovery of Witches: Ysabeau de Clermont (15 episodes)
- 2019 Inside No. 9: Loretta Lamb (1 episode)
- 2020-22 His Dark Materials: Octavia (3 episodes)
- 2021 Around the World in 80 Days (2021): Jane Digby (1 episode)
- 2022 The Split: Countess Caroline (1 episode)
- 2022 Sherwood: Jennifer Hale (1 episode)
