Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Duncan CBE | |
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![]() Duncan in 2011 | |
Born | Lindsay Vere Duncan 7 November 1950 Scotland |
Education | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1975–present |
Spouse | Hilton McRae |
Children | 1 |
Lindsay Vere Duncan
Outside of stage and film, Duncan appeared as Barbara Douglas in
Early life and education
Duncan was born into a working-class family in
Despite her origins, she speaks with a received pronunciation accent.[1] As of 2011, her only role with a Scottish accent is AfterLife (2003).[4]
Duncan's father died in a car accident when she was 15.[4] Her mother was affected by Alzheimer's disease and died in 1994; she inspired Sharman Macdonald to write the play The Winter Guest (1995), directed by Alan Rickman, which he later adapted as a film.[5]
Career
Duncan's first contact with theatre was through school productions.[2] She became friends with future playwright Kevin Elyot, who attended the neighbouring King Edward's School for boys, and followed him to Bristol, where he read Drama at university.[2] She did a number of odd jobs while staging her own production of Joe Orton's Funeral Games.[2]
Duncan joined London's
She made her breakthrough on Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, staged at the Royal Court in London and later transferred to the Public Theater in New York, Her performance as Lady Nijo, a 13th-century Japanese concubine, won her an Obie, her first award.[9]
The following year, she took her first major role on film in Richard Eyre's Loose Connections with Stephen Rea.[2] At the same time her television work included a filmed version of Frederick Lonsdale's On Approval (1982), Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983) and Dead Head (1985).
In 1985, she joined the
In 1988, Duncan won an
To please her young son, a
Duncan played
Alan Bleasdale asked Duncan to appear in his first work for television after ten years of absence,
Duncan started 2012 as a guest in the New Year special of
In October 2014, Duncan appeared as Claire in the revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance on Broadway.[27] That year, she also appeared in the film Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2023, Duncan starred in The Morning Show.
She star in The National Theatre’s revival of Dear Octopus in 2024 [28] [29]
Personal life
Duncan is married to fellow Scottish actor Hilton McRae, whom she met in 1985 at the Royal Shakespeare Company.[30] They live in north London. They have one son, Cal McRae, born September 1991.[6]
Duncan was appointed a
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Loose Connections | Sally | |
1985 | Samson and Delilah | Alice Nankervis | Short |
1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Anthea Lahr | |
1988 | Manifesto | Lily Sachor | |
1989 | The Child Eater | Eirwen | Short |
1990 | The Reflecting Skin | Dolphin Blue | Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
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1991 | Body Parts | Dr Agatha-Webb | |
1996 | City Hall | Sydney Pappas | |
1996 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hippolyta/Titania | From the 1994–1995 Royal Shakespeare Company stage production |
1999 | An Ideal Husband | Lady Markby | |
1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | TC-14 |
Voice |
1999 | Expelling the Demon | Woman | Voice; Short |
1999 | Mansfield Park | Mrs. Price/Lady Bertram | |
2001 | Hamilton Mattress | Gertrude/Beryl | Voice; Short |
2003 | Under the Tuscan Sun | Katherine | |
2003 | AfterLife | May Brogan | Bratislava International Film Festival Award for Best Actress Bowmore Scottish Screen Award |
2004 | The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | Audrey Pretty | |
2006 | Starter for Ten |
Rose Harbinson | |
2007 | The Rector's Wife | Anna Bouverie | |
2010 | Burlesque Fairytales | Ice Queen | |
2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Helen Kingsleigh | |
2012 | Last Passenger | Elaine Middleton | |
2013 | About Time | Mary Lake | |
2013 | Le Week-End | Meg Burrows | |
2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Tabitha Dickinson | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Helen Kingsleigh | |
2017 | Gifted | Evelyn Adler | |
2019 | Little Joe | Psychotherapist | |
2019 | Blackbird | Liz | |
2019 | My Zoe | Kathy | |
2019 | November 1st | Bonnie | |
2020 | Made in Italy | Kate | |
2021 | A Banquet | June | |
2023 | Doctor Jekyll | Sandra Poole |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | Up Pompeii! | Scrubba | Series (BBC), special episode 'Further Up Pompeii!' |
1976 | One-Upmanship |
Series (BBC), episode 'Woomanship' | |
1977 | The New Avengers | Jane | Series, episode 'The Angels of Death' |
1979 | The Winkler | Diane | ITV Playhouse
|
1980 | Dick Turpin | Catherine Langford | Series, episode 'Deadlier Than the Male' |
1980 | Grown-Ups | Christine Butcher | BBC2 Playhouse, directed by Mike Leigh |
1982 | Muck and Brass | Jean Torrode | Series, episodes 'Public Relations' and 'Our Green and Pleasant Land' |
1982 | On Approval | Helen Hayle | Filmed production of Frederick Lonsdale's On Approval, BBC Play of the Month |
1983 | Reilly, Ace of Spies | The Plugger | Series, episode 'After Moscow' |
1984 | Rainy Day Women | Karen Miller | BBC Play for Today |
1984 | Travelling Man | Andrea | Series, episodes 'First Leg', 'The Collector', 'The Watcher', 'Grasser', 'Moving On', 'Sudden Death' |
1986 | Dead Head | Dana | Series, episodes 'Why me?', 'Anything for England', 'The Patriot' |
1986 | Kit Curran |
Pamela Scott | Series, all episodes |
1989 | These Foolish Things |
Gutrune Day | BBC The Play on One |
1989 | Traffik | Helen Rosshalde | Mini-series, written by Simon Moore, all episodes |
1988–1990 | Colin's Sandwich | Rosemary | Series, episodes 'Enough' (1988) and 'Zanzibar' (1990) |
1990 | TECX | Laura Pellin | Series, épisode 'Getting Personnel' |
1991 | The Storyteller: Greek Myths |
Medea | Series, episode 'Theseus & the Minotaur' |
1991 | Screenplay | Kath Peachey | Series, episode 'Redemption' |
1991 | G.B.H. | Barbara Douglas | Mini-series, witten by Alan Bleasdale, episodes 'Only Here on a Message', 'Send a Message to Michael', 'Message Sent', 'Message received', 'Message Understood', 'Over and Out' Nominated – TV BAFTA for Best Actress |
1993 | A Year in Provence | Annie Mayle | Miniseries, all episodes. After Peter Mayle's book. |
1994 | The Rector's Wife | Anna Bouverie | Series, all episodes. After the novel by Joanna Trollope.Being shown on channel 4s catchup at presentas of 24th October 2023 |
1995 | Just William | Lady Walton | Series, episode 'William Clears the Slums' |
1995 | Jake's Progress | Monica | Miniseries, episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 |
1999 | The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling | Lady Bellaston | Miniseries, episodes 1, 3, 4, 5. After the novel by Henry Fielding. |
1998 | Get Real | Louise | Series, all episodes |
1999 | Shooting the Past | Marilyn Truman | Telefilm (BBC), written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff Nominated – TV BAFTA for Best Actress |
1999 | Oliver Twist | Elizabeth Leeford | Miniseries, all episodes. Adapted by Alan Bleasdale after Charles Dickens' novel. |
2000 | Dirty Tricks | Alison | Telefilm |
2000 | Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings |
Pam | Christmas special, segment 'Women Institute' |
2001 | Perfect Strangers | Alice | Series, all episodes. Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff Nominated — TV BAFTA for Best Actress |
2001 | Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders | Narrator's Voice | Telefilm |
2005 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lady Tamplin | Series, episode 'The Mystery of the Blue Train' |
2005–2006 | Spooks | Angela Wells | Episodes 'Diana' and 'Gas and Oil, Part One' |
2005–2007 | Rome | Servilia of the Junii |
Series, 18 episodes |
2006 | Longford | Lady Longford |
Telefilm |
2007 | Frankenstein | Professor Jane Pretorius | Telefilm |
2008 | Criminal Justice | Alison Slaughter | Miniseries, episodes 3–5 |
2008 | Lost in Austen | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | Miniseries, episodes 3 and 4 |
2009 | Margaret | Margaret Thatcher | Nominated – Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Actress |
2009 | Doctor Who | Adelaide Brooke | Autumn 2009 Special: "The Waters of Mars "
|
2009 | Margot | Ninette de Valois | Telefilm (BBC) |
2010 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Marina Gregg | Episode: 'The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side' |
2010 | Mission: 2110 | Cybele | Children game show |
2010–2011 | Come Fly with Me | Narrator (voice) | Series, all episodes |
2011 | The Sinking of the Laconia | Elisabeth Fullwood | Miniseries (BBC), all episodes. Written by Alan Bleasdale. |
2011 | Christopher and His Kind | Kathleen Isherwood | Telefilm, written by Kevin Elyot after Christopher Isherwood's autobiography |
2011–2012 | Merlin | Queen Annis | Series ( 5th season
|
2011 | Black Mirror | Home Secretary Alex Cairns | Miniseries, first episode: "The National Anthem" (Channel 4). Written by Charlie Brooker. |
2011 | Against the Wall | Faith Kowalski | Police-crime drama television series, episode 'We Have a Cop in Trouble Here' |
2012 | Absolutely Fabulous | Jeanne Durand | Episode: "Job" |
2012 | White Heat | Lilly | Series ( BBC2), written by Paula Milne
|
2012 | Richard II |
Duchess of York | Telefilm ( BBC2) – filmed production of Shakespeare 's play
|
2012 | Spy | The Director | Episodes 'Codename: Citizen Lame' and 'Codename – Show Stopper' |
2012 | Wallander | Monika Westin | Episode 'Before the Frost' |
2013 | You, Me and Them | Lydia Walker | Series Regular |
2013 | Count Arthur Strong | Dame Agnes | |
2014–2017 | Sherlock | Lady Smallwood | Episodes: "His Last Vow", "The Six Thatchers", and "The Lying Detective" |
2014 | The Honourable Woman | Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle | |
2015 | Toast of London | Herself | Episode: "Global Warming" |
2016 | Churchill's Secret | Clementine Churchill | |
2016 | Close to the Enemy | Frau Bellinghausen | BBC2 mini-series, written & directed by Stephen Poliakoff |
2017 | The Leftovers | Grace | 5 episodes |
2017 | Carnage | Maude | Mockumentary |
2018-2022 | A Discovery of Witches | Ysabeau | Series with 25 episodes |
2020-2022 | His Dark Materials | Octavia | Voice |
2021 | Inside No. 9 | Loretta | Episode: “Simon Says” |
2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Jane Digby | Series, episode 1.3 |
2022 | The Split | Countess Caroline | Series 3 |
2022 | Sherwood | Jennifer Hale | Series, episode 1.4 |
2023 | The Wheel of Time | Anvaere Damodred | Series (Amazon Prime Video), 2nd season |
2023 | The Morning Show | Martha Ellison | Series (Apple TV+), 3rd season |
2024 | Truelove | PHIL | (channel 4) Series all episodes. |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Dom Juan | Charlotte/Violetta | Hampstead Theatre, London |
1976 | The Script | Hampstead Theatre, London | |
1976 | Zack | Sally Teale | Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester
|
1976 | The Rivals | Lucy | Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester
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1976 | The Prince of Homburg | Natalie | Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester
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1977 | The Deep Blue Sea | Anne | Cambridge Arts Theatre |
1977 | The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold | Margaret | Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester
|
1977 | What the Butler Saw | Geraldine Barclay | Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester
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1977 | The Skin of Our Teeth | Gladys | Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester
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1977 | Present Laughter | Daphne | Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester
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1977 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester
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1978 | Plenty | Dorcas | National Theatre, London |
1978 | Comings and Goings | Hilary | Hampstead Theatre, London |
1979 | The Recruiting Officer | Sylvia | Edinburgh Festival
|
1980 | Julius Caesar
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Portia | Riverside Studios, London |
1980 | The Provoked Wife | Belinda | National Theatre, London |
1981 | Incident at Tulse Hill | Rosemary | Hampstead Theatre, London |
1982 | Top Girls | Lady Nijo/Win | Royal Court Theatre, London/Joe Papp's Public Theater, New York Won – Obie Award. |
1984 | Progress | Ronnie | Bush Theatre, London |
1985–1986 | Troilus and Cressida | Helen | Barbican Theatre
|
1985–1986 | Les Liaisons dangereuses | Marquise de Merteuil | Music Box Theater, New York and a Theatre World Award; nominated – Tony Award for Best Actress.
Won – Olivier Award for Best Actress |
1985–1986 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Mistress Ford | Barbican Theatre
|
1988 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Maggie | National Theatre, London Won – Evening Standard Theatre Award |
1988 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | Hampstead Theatre, London |
1990 | Bérénice | Bérénice
|
National Theatre, London |
1993 | Three Hotels | Barbara Boyle | Tricycle Theatre , London
|
1994 | The Cryptogram | Donny | Ambassadors Theatre, London |
1995 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania/Hippolyta | Lunt Fontanne Theater , New York
|
1996 | Ashes to Ashes | Rebecca | Gramercy Theater , New York
|
1997 | The Homecoming | Ruth | National Theatre, London |
2000 | Celebration/The Room | Prue/Rose (double bill) | Almeida Theatre, London |
2001 | Mouth to Mouth | Laura | Evening Standard Award
|
2001–2002 | Private Lives | Amanda Prynne | Evening Standard Award
|
2007 | That Face | Martha | Royal Court Theatre/Duke of York's Theatre Nominated – Oliver Award for Best Actress |
2010 | John Gabriel Borkman | Ella Rentheim | Abbey Theatre, Dublin/Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York |
2012 | Hay Fever | Judith Bliss | Noël Coward Theatre, London |
2014 | A Delicate Balance | Claire | John Golden Theater , New York
|
2019 | Hansard | Diana | National Theatre, London |
2022 | The Dance of Death | Alice | Arcola Theatre, London/Tour |
2024 | Dear Octopus | Dora | Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre London |
Adverts
Year | Title | Product |
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1979 | Head & Shoulders | Shampoo |
References
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External links
- Lindsay Duncan at IMDb
- "Lindsay Duncan resume". Dalzell & Beresford. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011.
- Sulcasmarch, Roslyn (7 March 2014). "Just Another Great Role for What's-Her-Name: Lindsay Duncan Stars in 'Le Week-End'". The New York Times.