Cast & creator
Lindsay Duncan
Best known for Agatha Christie's Poirot, Black Mirror, Screen Two
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.
Also known as: Lindsay Vere Duncan
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film credits
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television credits
132
1965–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (132)
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Tamplin
1989
Black Mirror
Alex Cairns
2011
Screen Two
Dolphin Blue
1985
The Wheel of Time
Anvaere Damodred
2021
Spooks
Angela Wells
2002
The Morning Show
Martha Ellison
2019
Sherlock
Lady Smallwood
2010
Merlin
Queen Annis
2008
BBC Play of the Month
Helen Hayle
1965
Rome
Servilia of the Junii
2005
The Leftovers
Grace Playford
2014
ITV Playhouse
Diane
1967
Playhouse
Christine Butcher
1974
Agatha Christie's Marple
Marina Gregg
2004
His Dark Materials
Octavia (voice)
2019
Inside No. 9
Loretta Lamb
2014
Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
2010
ScreenPlay
Kath Peachey
1986
Absolutely Fabulous
Jeanne Durand
1992
A Discovery of Witches
Ysabeau de Clermont
2018
Playhouse Presents
Mrs Dalloway
2012
About Time
Mum
2013
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
TC-14 (voice)
1999
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha
2014
Sherwood
Jennifer Hale
2022
The New Avengers
Jane
1976
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
2016
The Play on One
Gutrune Day
1988
Travelling Man
Andrea
1984
The Hollow Crown
Duchess of York
2012
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medea
1991
Gifted
Evelyn Adler
2017
Dick Turpin
Catherine Langford
1979
Against the Wall
Faith Kowalski
2011
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Alexandra
1983
Around the World in 80 Days
Jane Digby
2021
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Lady Bellaston
1997
A History of Britain
Reader
2000
Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
2003
The Sinking of the Laconia
Elisabeth Fullwood
2011
Toast of London
2013
Criminal Justice
Alison Slaughter
2008
Close to the Enemy
Frau Bellinghausen
2016
The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
2014
Spy
The Director
2011
Blackbird
Liz
2019
Truelove
Phil
2024
A Year in Provence
Annie Mayle
1993
Traffik
Helen Rosshalde
1989
Oliver Twist
Elizabeth Leeford
1999
G.B.H.
Barbara Douglas
1991
Made in Italy
Kate
2020
Lost in Austen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
2008
City Hall
Sydney Pappas
1996
The Death of Bunny Munro
Doris Pennington
2025
Working Shakespeare
2003
White Heat
Lilly (present day)
2012
H Is for Hawk
Mum
2025
Mint
Ollie
2026One-Upmanship
1976
Count Arthur Strong
Dame Agnes
2013
An Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
1999
Starter for 10
Rose Harbison
2006
Little Joe
Psychotherapist
2019
The Rector's Wife
Anna Bouverie
1994
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Pamela Scott
1984
Mansfield Park
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
1999
Perfect Strangers
Alice
2001TECX
Laura Pellin
1990
Prick Up Your Ears
Anthea Lahr
1987
Colin's Sandwich
Rosemary
1988
Body Parts
Dr. Agatha Webb
1991
The Reflecting Skin
Dolphin Blue
1990
Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood
2011
Dead Head
Dana Cass
1986
The Entertainment System Is Down
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Maude
2017
A Banquet
June
2022
My Zoe
Kathy
2019Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Narrator
2001The Brief
Carol Barnes
1984
Shooting the Past
Marilyn Truman
1999
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
Medea
1991
Muck and Brass
Jean Torrode
1982
Jake's Progress
Monica
1995
Doctor Jekyll
Sandra Poole
2023
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Captain Adelaide Brooke
2009
Last Passenger
Elaine Middleton
2013
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hippolyta / Titania
1996
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
2010Get Real
Louise
1998
Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
2013
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
1982
Churchill's Secret
Clemmie Churchill
2016
The Childeater
Eirwen
1989
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Audrey Pretty
2004
Redemption
Kath Peachey
1991
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Dora
2024
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Diana Hesketh
2019
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Pauline
2000
AfterLife
2003
He Does Not Want Peace
Rachel Englebright
2016
Amish: A Secret Life
Narrator (voice)
2012
Manifesto
Lily Sachor
1988Daughter of Eden
Emer
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
Rainy Day Women
Karen Miller
1984
Grown-Ups
Mrs Butcher
1980
Burlesque Fairytales
Ice Queen
2010
Hamilton Mattress
Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
2002
Longford
Lady Elizabeth Longford
2006
Further Up Pompeii
Scrubba
1975Samson and Delilah
Alice
1984
Dirty Tricks
Alison
2000
Frankenstein
Jane Pretorius
2007
Expelling the Demon
Woman
1999
Last Call
Kate
2023
Margot
Madam
2009
Margaret
Margaret Thatcher
2009
Call Me Back
Grace
2023Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
Narrator
1995
Loose Connections
Sally
1984
These Foolish Things
Gutrune Day
1989
No Ordinary Joe
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
2021These Foolish Things
Lawless
Lady Justice MacNeil
2013On Approval
Helen
1982Alma
Alas Sage & Onion
1988The Winkler
Diane
1979
November 1st
Bonnie
2019
Mission 2110
Neuros/Cybele
2010