Lindsay Duncan: movies and TV shows
Lindsay Duncan has 128 credits in the archive: 68 films and 60 TV series, from 1965 to 2026. Highest rated: Sherlock (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1965 – 2026 · busiest year: 2019 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mint | Ollie | TV | 2.4 | 75 |
| 2025 | H Is for Hawk | Mum | Film | 7.2 | 74 |
| 2025 | The Death of Bunny Munro | Doris Pennington | TV | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2024 | Truelove | Phil | TV | 6.4 | 73 |
| 2024 | National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus | Dora | Film | — | 73 |
| 2023 | Doctor Jekyll | Sandra Poole | Film | 4.6 | 72 |
| 2023 | Call Me Back | Grace | Film | — | 72 |
| 2023 | Last Call | Kate | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2022 | Sherwood | Jennifer Hale | TV | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2022 | A Banquet | June | Film | 4.3 | 71 |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time | Anvaere Damodred | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Jane Digby | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2021 | No Ordinary Joe | Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs | Film | — | 70 |
| 2020 | Made in Italy | Kate | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Martha Ellison | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Octavia (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 2019 | Blackbird | Liz | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 2019 | Little Joe | Psychotherapist | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2019 | My Zoe | Kathy | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2019 | November 1st | Bonnie | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Hansard | Diana Hesketh | Film | 8.7 | 68 |
| 2018 | A Discovery of Witches | Ysabeau de Clermont | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2017 | Gifted | Evelyn Adler | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2017 | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Maude | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Helen Kingsleigh | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 2016 | Close to the Enemy | Frau Bellinghausen | TV | 5.1 | 65 |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Clemmie Churchill | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2016 | He Does Not Want Peace | Rachel Englebright | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2014 | The Leftovers | Grace Playford | TV | 7.7 | 63 |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Loretta Lamb | TV | 8.1 | 63 |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Tabitha | Film | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2014 | The Honourable Woman | Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2013 | About Time | Mum | Film | 7.9 | 62 |
| 2013 | Toast of London | TV | 7.4 | 62 | |
| 2013 | Last Passenger | Elaine Middleton | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 2013 | Count Arthur Strong | Dame Agnes | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2013 | Le Week-End | Meg Burrows | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2013 | Lawless | Lady Justice MacNeil | Film | 9.5 | 62 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Mrs Dalloway | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Duchess of York | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2012 | White Heat | Lilly (present day) | TV | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2012 | Amish: A Secret Life | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Alex Cairns | TV | 8.3 | 60 |
| 2011 | Against the Wall | Faith Kowalski | TV | 6.5 | 60 |
| 2011 | The Sinking of the Laconia | Elisabeth Fullwood | TV | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2011 | Spy | The Director | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 2011 | Christopher and His Kind | Kathleen Isherwood | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Lady Smallwood | TV | 8.5 | 59 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Helen Kingsleigh | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2010 | Burlesque Fairytales | Ice Queen | Film | 5.6 | 59 |
| 2010 | Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | Captain Adelaide Brooke | Film | 7.9 | 58 |
| 2009 | Margaret | Margaret Thatcher | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2009 | Margot | Madam | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2008 | Merlin | Queen Annis | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice | Alison Slaughter | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2008 | Lost in Austen | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 2007 | Frankenstein | Jane Pretorius | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 2006 | Starter for 10 | Rose Harbison | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2006 | Longford | Lady Elizabeth Longford | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2005 | Rome | Servilia of the Junii | TV | 8.2 | 54 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Marina Gregg | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 2004 | The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | Audrey Pretty | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 2003 | Under the Tuscan Sun | Katherine | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 2003 | Working Shakespeare | TV | — | 52 | |
| 2003 | AfterLife | Film | 5.5 | 52 | |
| 2002 | Spooks | Angela Wells | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 2002 | Hamilton Mattress | Beryl / Gertrude (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers | Alice | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2001 | Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 2000 | A History of Britain | Reader | TV | 8.4 | 49 |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Pauline | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2000 | Dirty Tricks | Alison | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | TC-14 (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1999 | Mansfield Park | Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | Elizabeth Leeford | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband | Lady Markby | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1999 | Expelling the Demon | Woman | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1999 | Shooting the Past | Marilyn Truman | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1998 | Get Real | Louise | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Lady Bellaston | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1996 | City Hall | Sydney Pappas | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1996 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hippolyta / Titania | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1995 | Jake's Progress | Monica | TV | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1995 | Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair | Narrator | Film | — | 44 |
| 1994 | The Rector's Wife | Anna Bouverie | TV | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1993 | A Year in Provence | Annie Mayle | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | Jeanne Durand | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1991 | The Storyteller: Greek Myths | Medea | TV | 8.2 | 40 |
| 1991 | G.B.H. | Barbara Douglas | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1991 | Redemption | Kath Peachey | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1991 | Body Parts | Dr. Agatha Webb | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1990 | TECX | Laura Pellin | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1990 | The Reflecting Skin | Dolphin Blue | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lady Tamplin | TV | 8.2 | 38 |
| 1989 | Traffik | Helen Rosshalde | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1989 | These Foolish Things | Gutrune Day | Film | — | 38 |
| 1989 | The Childeater | Eirwen | Film | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Gutrune Day | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1988 | Colin's Sandwich | Rosemary | TV | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1988 | Manifesto | Lily Sachor | Film | 4.0 | 37 |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Anthea Lahr | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Kath Peachey | TV | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1986 | Dead Head | Dana Cass | TV | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Dolphin Blue | TV | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1984 | Travelling Man | Andrea | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1984 | The Kit Curran Radio Show | Pamela Scott | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1984 | Samson and Delilah | Alice | Film | — | 33 |
| 1984 | Loose Connections | Sally | Film | 3.8 | 33 |
| 1984 | Rainy Day Women | Karen Miller | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Alexandra | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1982 | Muck and Brass | Jean Torrode | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1982 | On Approval | Helen | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1980 | Grown-Ups | Mrs Butcher | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1979 | Dick Turpin | Catherine Langford | TV | 7.4 | 28 |
| 1979 | The Winkler | Diane | Film | — | 28 |
| 1976 | The New Avengers | Jane | TV | 7.1 | 25 |
| 1976 | One-Upmanship | TV | 7.7 | 25 | |
| 1975 | Further Up Pompeii | Scrubba | Film | 7.6 | 24 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Christine Butcher | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Diane | TV | 7.0 | 16 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Helen Hayle | TV | 5.3 | 14 |
| The Entertainment System Is Down | Film | — | — | ||
| RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Daughter of Eden | Emer | Film | — | — | |
| These Foolish Things | Film | 10.0 | — | ||
| Alma | Film | — | — |