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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.4191 |
| Birthday | 1950-11-07 |
| Place of Birth | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | Lindsay Vere Duncan, |
2007
Frankenstein
5.6/15
Frankenstein is a 2007 British television film produced by Impossible Pictures for ITV. It was written and directed by Jed Mercurio, adapted from Mary...
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Frankenstein
1999
Mansfield Park
6.693/345
Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is compli...
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Mansfield Park
2003
Under the Tuscan Sun
6.89/1003
Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsive...
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Under the Tuscan Sun
2000
Dirty Tricks
5.5/10
Martin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a calculating liar and...
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Dirty Tricks
1990
The Reflecting Skin
6.7/228
In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and beco...
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The Reflecting Skin
2010
Alice in Wonderland
6.6/15042
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
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Alice in Wonderland
1991
Body Parts
5.85/137
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an...
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Body Parts
2006
Longford
6.51/51
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflic...
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Longford
2009
Margot
5.542/12
At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and Ninette de Valois is reducing her roles at the Roya...
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Margot
2011
Christopher and His Kind
6.313/96
In 1931, budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He...
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Christopher and His Kind
2023
Last Call
8/3
A desperate mother is trying to reconnect with her son. Navigating an obvious void, she will finally have the chance to ask the questions that have ha...
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Last Call
1989
These Foolish Things
0/0
Gutrune's romance with newspaper editor Nick Verney is hampered by the fact that he is still in love with the wife from whom he is separated. She find...
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These Foolish Things
1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream
5.9/11
A film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, based on a popular stage production by the Royal Shakespeare Company. A small boy dreams the play, which un...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
2010
Burlesque Fairytales
5.6/5
A fairytale thriller film set one night in a 1930's London theatre where all is not what it seems.
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Burlesque Fairytales
2013
Last Passenger
5.572/173
Independent British thriller starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon. Lewis (Scott), an overworked doctor, is on his way home from London with his you...
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Last Passenger
2013
About Time
7.904/9488
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men in their family have the ability to travel through t...
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About Time
2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
5.8/10
Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack's 16th birthday. Her remarkable likenes...
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2013
Le Week-End
6.193/148
Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in thei...
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Le Week-End
2021
No Ordinary Joe
0/0
The eccentric lesbian icon Joe Carstairs looks back on her adventurous life together with her faithful little companion, Lord Tod Wadley. The story un...
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No Ordinary Joe
1975
Further Up Pompeii
7.571/7
A BBC TV comedy movie about the people living in Pompeii prior to its destruction by volcano, focusing on the life of a house slave (played by Frankie...
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Further Up Pompeii
2012
Amish: A Secret Life
6.4/9
Miriam and Dave Lapp are a charming young couple with a brood of adorable children. Dave works in and part owns a construction company. They are also...
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Amish: A Secret Life
2023
Call Me Back
0/0
Grace returns home from the funeral of her husband, George accompanied by her daughter, Lucy. Mother and daughter clash, leading Grace to attempt to m...
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Call Me Back
2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
7.435/13810
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night appr...
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
6.583/16192
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1989
The Childeater
7.667/3
Eight-year old Betty is sent to stay with family on a remote Welsh farm, but her father has warned her that her uncle eats children who don't behave.
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The Childeater
2003
AfterLife
5.5/2
High-flying journalist Kenny Brogan (Kevin McKidd) is working on the story that could make his career when he is told his mother is terminally ill. Wi...
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AfterLife
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
6.567/6878
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2009
Margaret
5.714/7
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990...
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Margaret
1980
Grown-Ups
6.9/13
Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next...
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Grown-Ups
1979
The Winkler
0/0
Set in the near future, civil servants are busy winkling out and repatriating all first generation immigrants. The attempt drowns in paper until the f...
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The Winkler
2023
Doctor Jekyll
4.583/12
Recluse Dr. Nina Jekyll befriends with her newly hired help, Rob. They must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life.
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Doctor Jekyll
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
7/7
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2016
Churchill's Secret
6.3/26
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.
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Churchill's Secret
1982
On Approval
9/1
Adaptation of the play by Frederick Lonsdale
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On Approval
2002
Hamilton Mattress
6.75/8
Sludger the aardvark tries to make it big as a drummer in the big city.
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Hamilton Mattress
1984
Loose Connections
3.75/4
A woman enlists a man who claims he is gay to accompany her on a long drive to a feminist conference in Munich.
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Loose Connections
2024
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
0/0
When a golden wedding anniversary reunites the Randolph family on the eve of WWII, Dora and Charles must reckon with the adults their children have be...
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National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
2017
Gifted
7.991/6058
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
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Gifted
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
6.7/106
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they sta...
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Prick Up Your Ears
1991
Redemption
7/1
After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?
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Redemption
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
8/1
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
2006
Starter for 10
6.392/464
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of...
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Starter for 10
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
8/1
In June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National Theat...
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration
1988
Manifesto
4/10
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small...
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Manifesto
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
6.447/47
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the hor...
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
7.927/240
In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle o...
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Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
1999
An Ideal Husband
6.469/228
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London w...
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An Ideal Husband
1995
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
0/0
Rumer Godden the 88 year old author is taken back to India, where she lived from 1908-1945 to revisit her unconventional life there and to share with...
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Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair
1984
Rainy Day Women
7/1
In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of wa...
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Rainy Day Women
1999
Expelling the Demon
7/1
The story takes place in a bedroom where, following an embarrassing sexual encounter, it shows a naked man’s disaffection with his own tongue. Tongue...
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Expelling the Demon
2019
My Zoe
6.5/67
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to h...
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My Zoe
2013
Lawless
9.5/2
It's Lila Pettitt's first day as the youngest female judge the British court system's ever seen. Fiercely ambitious, Lila's determined to dispense rea...
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Lawless
1996
City Hall
5.967/332
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York City leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
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City Hall
2019
Blackbird
6.761/226
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
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Blackbird
2019
Little Joe
5.746/331
Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is s...
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Little Joe
2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
8.7/3
It's a summer's morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years,...
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National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
November 1st
6.9/5
A woman and her angry mother travel together to the execution of a man they never met.
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November 1st
2020
Made in Italy
6/302
A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.
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Made in Italy
2022
A Banquet
4.257/35
Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer...
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A Banquet
2001
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
9/1
Dramatised documentary which describes the police investigation that led to the conviction of David Mulcahy for the notorious Railway Murders in the 1...
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Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
2016
He Does Not Want Peace
8/1
When a man witnesses a profound event, it threatens to destroy his family.
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He Does Not Want Peace
These Foolish Things
10/1
Two men in an arctic weather station: one man lives with his dreams of a girlfriend past, the other with an inflatable doll
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These Foolish Things
The Entertainment System Is Down
0/0
Set on a long-haul flight where the entertainment systems fail, an eclectic group of international passengers are forced to face the horror of being b...
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The Entertainment System Is Down
Alma
0/0
A family embarks on an expedition to scatter the ashes of an archaeologist. As they pitch camp at one of the archaeologist's sites, sibling rivalries...
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Alma
2025
H Is for Hawk
7.1/32
After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel. Through the bond, Helen redisco...
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H Is for Hawk
1984
Samson and Delilah
0/0
Based on the story from DH Lawrence set during the time of the Great War in Cornwall. When a dapper gent alights from a bus and enters the local pub,...
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Samson and Delilah
Daughter of Eden
0/0
In 2006 London, a British-Iraqi nurse's need for answers draws her deep into another family’s life, after a chance encounter with an older woman she s...
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Daughter of Eden
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
0/0
Cicely Berry’s Working Shakespeare masterclass
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RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
1988
Alas Sage & Onion
0/0
The Smith and Jones 1988 Christmas Special
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