Lindsay Duncan

Acting · Born 1950-11-07 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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…

Filmography

• Frankenstein as Jane Pretorius
• Mansfield Park as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
• Under the Tuscan Sun as Katherine
• Dirty Tricks as Alison
• The Reflecting Skin as Dolphin Blue
• Alice in Wonderland as Helen Kingsleigh
• Body Parts as Dr. Agatha Webb
• Longford as Lady Elizabeth Longford
• Margot as Madam
• Christopher and His Kind as Kathleen Isherwood