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My Take
Lindsay Duncan is exactly the kind of actor I admire most: a stage heavyweight whose trophy case tells the real story. Two Olivier Awards and a Tony for Best Actress in a Play in 2002 put her in rarefied company, and the work she's done in Harold Pinter's plays signals an actor unafraid of difficult, sparse, emotionally exposed material. The CBE only underlines a career built on craft rather than celebrity. I find it telling that a Scottish actress from Edinburgh made her deepest mark on stage, where there are no second takes. That's the discipline I respect, and I'd trust her in anything theatrical.
Overview
Lindsay Vere Duncan (born 7 November 1950) is a Scottish 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lindsay Duncan
- Name (Japanese)
- リンゼイ・ダンカン
- Reading
- りんぜい・だんかん
- Born
- November 7, 1950 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1987 Theatre World Award
- 2002 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
- Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress
- 1990 Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.