
Lindsay Duncan
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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Films
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TV Shows
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Lady Tamplin
1989

Black Mirror
as Alex Cairns
2011

The Morning Show
as Martha Ellison
2019

Sherlock
as Lady Smallwood
2010

Agatha Christie's Marple
as Marina Gregg
2004

Merlin
as Queen Annis
2008

The Wheel of Time
as Anvaere Damodred
2021

Spooks
as Angela Wells
2002

The Leftovers
as Grace Playford
2014

Rome
as Servilia of the Junii
2005

BBC Play of the Month
as Helen Hayle
1965

Absolutely Fabulous
as Jeanne Durand
1992