Highest rated as cast or director
Lindsay Duncan's 6 titles from the 2010s have a median Balasaur Score of 68, led by The Honourable Woman (77) and Gifted (73), against 53 for those from the 2020s.
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 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.
Acted in 116
2020s
- 2026
Mint
Ollie · 8 episodes
- 2025
The Death of Bunny Munro
Doris Pennington · 6 episodes
- 2024
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
Dora
Truelove
Phil · 6 episodes
- 2023
Doctor Jekyll
Sandra Poole
Call Me Back
Grace
Last Call
Kate
- 2022
- 2021
No Ordinary Joe
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Diana Hesketh
- 2018
- 2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Maude
- 2016
He Does Not Want Peace
Rachel Englebright
Churchill's Secret
Clemmie Churchill
- 2014
- 2013
Lawless
Lady Justice MacNeil
Count Arthur Strong
Dame Agnes · 1 episode
- 2012
White Heat
Lilly (present day) · 6 episodes
- 2011
Spy
The Director · 2 episodes
Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood
- 2010
Mission 2110
Neuros/Cybele · 26 episodes
Burlesque Fairytales
Ice Queen
2000s
- 2009
Margot
Madam
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Captain Adelaide Brooke
- 2008
- 2007
Frankenstein
Jane Pretorius
- 2006
Longford
Lady Elizabeth Longford
- 2005
- 2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Audrey Pretty
- 2003
AfterLife
Movie
Working Shakespeare
TV
- 2002
Hamilton Mattress
Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
- 2001
Perfect Strangers
Alice · 3 episodes
- 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Pauline
Dirty Tricks
Alison
1990s
- 1999
Oliver Twist
Elizabeth Leeford · 4 episodes
Mansfield Park
Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram
Expelling the Demon
Woman
Shooting the Past
Marilyn Truman · 3 episodes
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
Jake's Progress
Monica · 6 episodes
- 1994
The Rector's Wife
Anna Bouverie · 4 episodes
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
Medea
Body Parts
Dr. Agatha Webb
Redemption
Kath Peachey
G.B.H.
Barbara Douglas · 7 episodes
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Traffik
Helen Rosshalde · 6 episodes
These Foolish Things
Gutrune Day
The Childeater
Eirwen
- 1988
Alas Sage & Onion
Movie
Colin's Sandwich
Rosemary · 12 episodes
Manifesto
Lily Sachor
- 1987
- 1986
Dead Head
Dana Cass · 3 episodes
- 1985
- 1984
Loose Connections
Sally
Rainy Day Women
Karen Miller
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Pamela Scott · 6 episodes
- 1983
- 1982
Muck and Brass
Jean Torrode · 6 episodes
- 1980
Grown-Ups
Mrs Butcher
1970s
- 1979
- 1976
- 1975
Further Up Pompeii
Scrubba
- 1974
No release date
The Entertainment System Is Down
Movie
Appearances3
2010s
- 2012
Amish: A Secret Life
Narrator (voice)
- 2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
1980s
- 1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)