As of July 2026, Lindsay Duncan is best known for Sherlock and Merlin. Find every show and movie Lindsay Duncan has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

Actress Born 1950 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 12 TV Shows 8 Movies

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.

Lindsay Duncan has built a filmography of 20 credits over a career spanning from 1999 to 2024.

Lindsay Duncan's most notable role to date came in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), where she played TC-14 (voice). She also appeared in Alice in Wonderland (2010) as Helen Kingsleigh. Most recently appeared in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) as Tabitha.

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📺 Lindsay Duncan's TV Shows

Sherlock
Lady Smallwood
2010
Merlin
Queen Annis
2008
The Wheel of Time
Anvaere Damodred
2021
The Leftovers
Grace Playford
2014
Spooks
Angela Wells
2002
The Morning Show
Martha Ellison
2019
Rome
Servilia of the Junii
2005
His Dark Materials
Octavia (voice)
2019
A Discovery of Witches
Ysabeau de Clermont
2018
The Sinking of the Laconia
Elisabeth Fullwood
2011
Criminal Justice
Alison Slaughter
2008
Truelove
Phil
2024

🎬 Lindsay Duncan's Movies

About Time
Mum
2013
Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
2010
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
TC-14 (voice)
1999
Gifted
Evelyn Adler
2017
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
2016
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha
2014
Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
2003
Blackbird
Liz
2019

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