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Acting

Lindsay Duncan

Career: Active from 1979 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 43
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Longford
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lindsay Duncan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.6, average 2.4
Violence
3.4, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Social Commentary 7
Contemporary Realism 6
Thought-Provoking 6
Social Satire 5
Character Study 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Class Conflict 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Witty Dialogue 4
British History 3
Family Secrets 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

124

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Daughter of Eden

as Emer

2020s

14 titles · average score 64

Mint

44

TV show · as Ollie

H Is for Hawk

70

as Mum

The Death of Bunny Munro

76

TV show · as Doris Pennington

Truelove

78

TV show · as Phil

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

as Dora

Doctor Jekyll

42

as Sandra Poole

Last Call

70

as Kate

A Banquet

51

as June

Sherwood

80

TV show · as Jennifer Hale

The Wheel of Time

73

TV show · as Anvaere Damodred

Around the World in 80 Days

68

TV show · as Jane Digby

Made in Italy

49

as Kate

2010s

37 titles · average score 70

Blackbird

61

as Liz

National Theatre Live: Hansard

as Diana Hesketh

Gifted

72

as Evelyn Adler

Churchill's Secret

66

as Clemmie Churchill

The Honourable Woman

79

TV show · as Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle

About Time

71

as Mum

Le Week-End

72

as Meg Burrows

White Heat

47

TV show · as Lilly (present day)

Amish: A Secret Life

as Narrator (voice)

Black Mirror

80

TV show · as Alex Cairns

Christopher and His Kind

66

as Kathleen Isherwood

Sherlock

84

TV show · as Lady Smallwood

2000s

21 titles · average score 69

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

83

as Captain Adelaide Brooke

Margaret

57

as Margaret Thatcher

Criminal Justice

63

TV show · as Alison Slaughter

Merlin

75

TV show · as Queen Annis

Longford

87

as Lady Elizabeth Longford

Rome

83

TV show · as Servilia of the Junii

Agatha Christie's Marple

75

TV show · as Marina Gregg

Under the Tuscan Sun

64

as Katherine

Hamilton Mattress

as Beryl / Gertrude (voice)

Spooks

80

TV show · as Angela Wells

Perfect Strangers

73

TV show · as Alice

A History of Britain

83

TV show · as Reader

1990s

22 titles · average score 69

Shooting the Past

79

TV show · as Marilyn Truman

Mansfield Park

70

as Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram

Oliver Twist

69

TV show · as Elizabeth Leeford

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

57

as TC-14 (voice)

TV show · as Louise

A Midsummer Night's Dream

60

as Hippolyta / Titania

The Rector's Wife

TV show · as Anna Bouverie

A Year in Provence

68

TV show · as Annie Mayle

Body Parts

45

as Dr. Agatha Webb

G.B.H.

74

TV show · as Barbara Douglas

Redemption

as Kath Peachey

The Reflecting Skin

75

as Dolphin Blue

1980s

21 titles · average score 72

Traffik

79

TV show · as Helen Rosshalde

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Lady Tamplin

The Childeater

as Eirwen

Manifesto

56

as Lily Sachor

Prick Up Your Ears

68

as Anthea Lahr

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Dolphin Blue

Loose Connections

as Sally

The Kit Curran Radio Show

TV show · as Pamela Scott

Reilly: Ace of Spies

76

TV show · as Alexandra

as Helen

Muck and Brass

TV show · as Jean Torrode

Grown-Ups

73

as Mrs Butcher

1970s

6 titles · average score 72

Dick Turpin

73

TV show · as Catherine Langford

as Diane

The New Avengers

72

TV show · as Jane

One-Upmanship

TV show

Further Up Pompeii

as Scrubba

Playhouse

TV show · as Christine Butcher

1960s

2 titles · average score 61

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Diane

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Helen Hayle