Lindsay Vere Duncan, CBE (born 7 November 1950) is a Scottish stage,
television and film actress. On stage she has won two Olivier Awards,
a
Tony Award

Tony Award for her performance in
Private Lives

Private Lives and another Tony
Award nomination for her role in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Duncan has
starred in several plays by Harold Pinter. Her most famous roles on
television include: Barbara Douglas in Alan Bleasdale's G.B.H. (1991),
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Servilia of the Junii in the HBO/BBC/
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RAI series Rome (2005–2007),
and
Adelaide Brooke

Adelaide Brooke in the
Doctor Who

Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars"
(2009). On film she voiced the android
TC-14

TC-14 in Star Wars: Episode I
– The Phantom Menace (1999), Alice's mother in Tim Burton's Alice in
Wonderland (2010) and played the acerbic theatre critic Tabitha
Dickinson in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014).
She was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the
2009 Birthday Honours for services to drama.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
5 Theatre
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit]
Duncan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a working class family;[1]
her father had served in the army for 21 years before becoming a civil
servant.[2] Her parents moved to Leeds, then Birmingham, when she was
still a child. Duncan attended
King Edward VI High School for Girls

King Edward VI High School for Girls in
Birmingham

Birmingham through a scholarship.[3] Despite her origins, she speaks
with a received pronunciation accent.[1] As of 2011, her only role
with a Scottish accent is AfterLife (2003).[4]
Duncan's father died in a car accident when she was 15.[4] Her mother
was affected by
Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease and died in 1994; she inspired
Sharman Macdonald to write the play
The Winter Guest

The Winter Guest (1995), which was
later adapted as a film by Alan Rickman.[5]
Career[edit]
Duncan's first contact with theatre was through school productions.[2]
She became friends with the future playwright Kevin Elyot, who
attended the neighbouring King Edward's School for boys, and followed
him to Bristol, where he read Drama at university.[2] She did a number
of odd jobs while staging her own production of Joe Orton's Funeral
Games.[2]
Duncan joined London's
Central School of Speech and Drama

Central School of Speech and Drama at the age
of 21.[6] After her training she started out in summer weekly rep in
Southwold

Southwold to gain her Equity card.[1] She appeared in two small roles
in Molière's
Don Juan

Don Juan at the
Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre in 1976, and she
joined the Royal Exchange Theatre,
Manchester

Manchester when it opened. She
performed in the very first productions at the Royal Exchange and
appeared in eight plays in
Manchester

Manchester in the next two years. In 1978
she returned to
London

London in Plenty by David Hare at the National. She
appeared on the television in small roles in a special episode of Up
Pompeii! and in The New Avengers, and a commercial for Head &
Shoulders shampoo.[7] She made her breakthrough on
Top Girls by Caryl
Churchill, created at the Royal Court in
London

London and later transferred
to the Public Theater in New York: her performance as Lady Nijo, a
13th-century Japanese concubine, won her an Obie, her first award.[8]
The next year she took her first major role on film in Richard Eyre's
Loose Connections

Loose Connections with Stephen Rea.[2] At the same time her television
work included a filmed version of Frederick Lonsdale's On Approval
(1982),
Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983) and Dead Head (1985).
In 1985 she joined the
Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Company for the production of
Troilus and Cressida, in which she played Helen of Troy.[9] In
September she created the role of the Marquise de Merteuil in Les
Liaisons Dangereuses, the play by
Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton after the French
novel by Choderlos de Laclos. The play opened at The Other Place in
Stratford-upon-Avon. On 8 January 1986 the production transferred to
the 200-seat theatre The Pit in London's Barbican Centre, with its
original cast intact. In October of the same year the production moved
to the Ambassadors in the West End. In April 1987 the cast, including
Duncan, took the play to Broadway, with the
London

London production
completely recast. For her performance she was nominated for a Tony
and won the Olivier Award for Best Actress and a Theatre World Award.
She was however replaced by
Glenn Close

Glenn Close for
Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons —
Stephen Frears's film of the play; similarly
John Malkovich

John Malkovich was
selected for the role of Valmont instead of Duncan's co-star Alan
Rickman.[10]
In 1988 Duncan won an
Evening Standard Award for her role of Maggie in
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams. At the same time she
became a regular in the plays of
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter and the television work
of
Alan Bleasdale and Stephen Poliakoff.[11] She performed for a
second season with the RSC in 1994–1995, in A Midsummer Night's
Dream in which she played the double role of Hippolyta and Titania,
replacing Stella Gonet from the original production cast.[12] She went
on tour in the United States with the rest of the cast, but back and
neck pains forced her to in turn be replaced by Emily Button from
January to March 1997.[13] Impressed by her performance in David
Mamet's
The Cryptogram (1994),
Al Pacino

Al Pacino asked Duncan to play the role
of his wife in City Hall (1996) by Harold Becker.[4]
To please her young son, a
Star Wars

Star Wars fan, Duncan applied for the role
of Anakin Skywalker's mother in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom
Menace (1999), but was not cast; she finally accepted to voice an
android TC-14.[2] She reunited with
Alan Rickman
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Alan Rickman in a revival of Noël
Coward's
Private Lives

Private Lives (2001–02), and won a
Tony Award

Tony Award for Best
Actress and a second Olivier Award for her performance as Amanda
Prynne — she was also nominated the same year for her role in Mouth
To Mouth by Kevin Elyot.[14]
Duncan played Servilia Caepionis in the 2005 HBO-
BBC

BBC series Rome and
she starred as Rose Harbinson in Starter for 10. Aged by make-up, she
played Lord Longford's wife, Elizabeth, in the TV film Longford. In
February 2009, she played British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher in
Margaret. In November 2009, Duncan played Adelaide Brooke, companion
to the Doctor, in the second of the 2009
Doctor Who

Doctor Who specials.[15][16]
Duncan played Alice's mother in Tim Burton's 2010 film Alice in
Wonderland, alongside Mia Wasikowska,
Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham
Carter. She also starred in the original
London

London run of Polly Stenham's
play
That Face

That Face at the Royal Court co-starring Matt Smith and directed
by Jeremy Herrin. She did the narration for the Matt Lucas and David
Walliams 2010/2011 fly-on-the-wall mockumentary series Come Fly with
Me on the BBC. In October–November 2010, Duncan starred in a new
version by
Frank McGuinness of Ibsen's
John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman at the
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin

Dublin alongside her Liaisons dangereuses co-stars Alan
Rickman and Fiona Shaw.[17] The production transferred in
January–February 2011 to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[18]
Alan Bleasdale asked for Duncan to feature in his first work for
television after ten years of absence, The Sinking of the Laconia,
aired on January 2011; she plays an upper-class passenger in the
two-part drama based on a true story of World War II.[19] She also
played the mother of Matt Smith in the telefilm Christopher and His
Kind written by
Kevin Elyot after Christopher Isherwood's
autobiography of the same title. In October–November 2011, Duncan
read extracts of the
King James Bible

King James Bible at the National Theatre, London
as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations of the translation.[20]
She played Queen Annis, ruler of Caerleon and antagonist of Merlin, in
the 5th episode of the fourth series of BBC1's Merlin.[21] She also
appeared as Home Secretary Alex Cairns to Rory Kinnear's Prime
Minister in "The National Anthem", the first episode of Charlie
Brooker's anthology series Black Mirror.[22]
Duncan started 2012 as a guest in the New Year special of Absolutely
Fabulous, playing the part of Saffy's favourite film actress, 'Jeanne
Durand'. In February she returned to the West End in Noël Coward's
Hay Fever with Kevin McNally,
Jeremy Northam
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Jeremy Northam and Olivia Colman, once
again under the direction of Howard Davies.[23] Later in 2012, Duncan
featured in BBC2's productions of Shakespeare's history plays.[24] She
played the Duchess of York in the first film, Richard II, with David
Suchet as the Duke of York and
Patrick Stewart
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Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt.[25]
In October 2014, Duncan appeared as Claire in the revival of Edward
Albee's A Delicate Balance on Broadway.[26] That same year, she also
featured in the film Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),
which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Personal life[edit]
Duncan is married to fellow Scottish actor Hilton McRae, whom she met
in 1985 at the Royal Shakespeare Company.[27] They live in north
London. They have one son, Cal McRae, born September 1991.[6]
Duncan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(CBE) in the
2009 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[28]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1985
Loose Connections
Sally
1985
Samson and Delilah
Alice Nankervis
Short
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
Anthea Lahr
1988
Manifesto
Lily Sachor
1989
Child Eater, TheThe Child Eater
Eirwen
Short
1990
Reflecting Skin, TheThe Reflecting Skin
Dolphin Blue
Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival

Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
1991
Body Parts
Dr Agatha-Webb
1996
City Hall
Sydney Pappas
1996
Midsummer's Night Dream, AA Midsummer's Night Dream
Hippolyta/Titania
From the 1994–1995
Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Company stage production
1999
Ideal Husband, AnAn Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
1999
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
TC-14
Voice
1999
Expelling the Demon
Woman
Voice, short.
1999
Mansfield Park
Mrs. Price/Lady Bertram
2003
Under the Tuscan Sun
Katherine
2003
AfterLife
May Brogan
Bratislava International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Bowmore Scottish Screen Award
2004
Queen of Sheba's Pearls, TheThe Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Audrey Pretty
2006
Starter for Ten
Rose Harbinson
2007
The Rector's Wife
Anna Bouverie
2010
Burlesque Fairytales
Ice Queen
2010
Alice in Wonderland
Helen Kingsleigh
2012
Last Passenger
Elaine Middleton
2013
About Time
Mary Lake
2013
Le Week-End
Meg Burrows
2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Tabitha Dickinson
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Helen Kingsleigh
2017
Gifted
Evelyn Adler
Television[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1975
Up Pompeii!
Scrubba
Series (BBC), special episode 'Further Up Pompeii!'
1976
One-Upmanship
Series (BBC), episode 'Woomanship'
1977
New Avengers, TheThe New Avengers
Jane
Series, episode 'The Angels of Death'
1979
The Winkler
Diane
ITV Playhouse
1980
Dick Turpin
Catherine Langford
Series, episode 'Deadlier Than the Male'
1980
Grown-Ups
Christine Butcher
BBC2

BBC2 Playhouse, directed by Mike Leigh
1982
Muck and Brass
Jean Torrode
Series, episodes 'Public Relations' and 'Our Green and Pleasant Land'
1982
On Approval
Helen Hayle
Filmed production of Frederick Lonsdale's On Approval,
BBC

BBC Play of the
Month
1983
Reilly, Ace of Spies
The Plugger
Mini series, episode 'After Moscow'
1984
Rainy Day Women
Karen Miller
BBC

BBC Play for Today
1984
Travelling Man
Andrea
Series, episodes 'First Leg', 'The Collector', 'The Watcher',
'Grasser', 'Moving On', 'Sudden Death'
1986
Dead Head
Dana
Series, episodes 'Why me?', 'Anything for England', 'The Patriot'
1986
Kit Curran
Pamela Scott
Series, all episodes
1989
These Foolish Things
Gutrune Day
BBC

BBC The Play on One
1989
Traffik
Helen Rosshalde
Mini-series, written by Simon Moore, all episodes
1988–1990
Colin's Sandwich
Rosemary
Series, episodes 'Enough' (1988) and 'Zanzibar' (1990)
1990
TECX
Laura Pellin
Series, épisode 'Getting Personnel'
1991
Storyteller: Greek Myths, TheThe Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medea
Series, episode 'Theseus & the Minotaur'
1991
Screenplay
Kath Peachey
Series, episode 'Redemption'
1991
G.B.H.
Barbara Douglas
Mini-series, witten by Alan Bleasdale, episodes 'Only Here on a
Message', 'Send a Message to Michael', 'Message Sent', 'Message
received', 'Message Understood', 'Over and Out'
Nominated – TV BAFTA for Best Actress
1993
Year in Provence, AA Year in Provence
Annie Mayle
Miniseries, all episodes. After Peter Mayle's book.
1994
Rector's Wife, TheThe Rector's Wife
Anne Bouverie
Series, all episodes. After the novel by Joanna Trollope.
1995
Just William
Lady Walton
Series, episode 'William Clears the Slums'
1995
Jake's Progress
Monica
Miniseries, episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6
1999
History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, TheThe History of Tom Jones, A
Foundling
Lady Bellaston
Miniseries, episodes 1, 3, 4, 5. After the novel by Henry Fielding.
1998
Get Real
Louise
Series, all episodes
1999
Shooting the Past
Marilyn Truman
Telefilm (BBC), written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff
Nominated – TV BAFTA for Best Actress
1999
Oliver Twist
Elizabeth Leeford
Miniseries, all episodes. Adapted by
Alan Bleasdale after Charles
Dickens' novel.
2000
Dirty Tricks
Alison
Telefilm
2000
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
Pam
Christmas special, segment 'Women Institute'
2001
Perfect Strangers
Alice
Series, all episodes. Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff
Nominated — TV BAFTA for Best Actress
2001
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
Narrator's Voice
Telefilm
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Tamplin
Series, episode 'The Mystery of the Blue Train'
2005–2006
Spooks
Angela Wells
Episodes 'Diana' and 'Gas and Oil, Part One'
2005–2007
Rome
Servilia of the Junii
Series, 18 episodes
2006
Longford
Lady Longford
Telefilm
2007
Frankenstein
Professor Jane Pretorius
Telefilm
2008
Criminal Justice
Alison Slaughter
Miniseries, episodes 3–5
2008
Lost in Austen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Miniseries, episodes 3 and 4
2009
Margaret
Margaret Thatcher
Nominated – Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Actress
2009
Doctor Who
Adelaide Brooke
Special

Special episode: 'The Waters of Mars'
2009
Margot
Ninette de Valois
Telefilm (BBC)
2010
Agatha Christie's Marple
Marina Gregg
Episode: 'The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side'
2010
Mission: 2110
Cybele
Children game show
2010–2011
Come Fly with Me
Narrator (voice)
Series, all episodes
2011
Sinking of the Laconia, TheThe Sinking of the Laconia
Elisabeth Fullwood
Miniseries (BBC), all episodes. Written by Alan Bleasdale.
2011
Christopher and His Kind
Kathleen Isherwood
Telefilm, written by
Kevin Elyot after Christopher Isherwood's
autobiography
2011–2012
Merlin
Queen Annis
Series (BBC1), 4th season, 5th season
2011
Black Mirror
Home Secretary Alex Cairns
Miniseries, first episode: "The National Anthem" (Channel 4). Written
by Charlie Brooker.
2011
Against the Wall
Faith Kowalski
Police-crime drama television series, episode 'We Have a Cop in
Trouble Here'
2012
Absolutely Fabulous
Jeanne Durand
New Year's Day 'Special' (BBC1)
2012
White Heat
Lilly
Series (BBC2), written by Paula Milne
2012
Richard II
Duchess of York
Telefilm (BBC2) – filmed production of Shakespeare's play
2012
Spy
The Director
Episodes 'Codename: Citizen Lame' and 'Codename - Show Stopper'
2012
Wallander
Monika Westin
Episode 'Before the Frost'
2013
You, Me and Them
Lydia Walker
Series Regular
2013
Count Arthur Strong
Dame Agnes
2014–2017
Sherlock
Lady Smallwood
Episodes: "His Last Vow", "The Six Thatchers", and "The Lying
Detective"
2014
The Honourable Woman
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle
2015
Toast of London
Herself
Episode: "Global Warming"
2016
Churchill's Secret
Clementine Churchill
2016
Close to the Enemy
Frau Bellinghausen
BBC2

BBC2 mini-series, written & directed by Stephen Poliakoff
2017
The Leftovers
Grace
Season 3, Episodes 2,3...
2017
Carnage
Maude
Mockumentary
Theatre[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1976
Dom Juan
Charlotte/Violetta
Hampstead Theatre, London
1976
Script, TheThe Script
Hampstead Theatre, London
1976
Zack
Sally Teale
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1976
Rivals, TheThe Rivals
Lucy
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1976
Prince of Homburg, TheThe Prince of Homburg
Natalie
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. British premiere of the play.
1977
Deep Blue Sea, TheThe Deep Blue Sea
Anne
Cambridge Arts Theatre
1977
Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, TheThe Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Margaret
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. After a novel by Evelyn Waugh.
1977
What the Butler Saw
Geraldine Barclay
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1977
Skin of Our Teeth, TheThe Skin of Our Teeth
Gladys
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1977
Present Laughter
Daphne
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1977
Twelfth Night
Viola
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1978
Plenty
Dorcas
National Theatre, London
1978
Comings and Goings
Hilary
Hampstead Theatre, London
1979
Recruiting Officer, TheThe Recruiting Officer
Sylvia
Bristol

Bristol Old Vic/
Edinburgh

Edinburgh Festival
1980
Julius Caesar
Portia
Riverside Studios, London
1980
Provoked Wife, TheThe Provoked Wife
Belinda
National Theatre, London
1981
Incident at Tulse Hill
Rosemary
Hampstead Theatre, London. Directed by Harold Pinter.
1982
Top Girls
Lady Nijo/Win
Royal Court Theatre,
London

London then Joe Papp's Public Theater, New York
Won – Obie Award.
1984
Progress
Ronnie
Bush Theatre, London
1985–1986
Troilus and Cressida
Helen
Royal Shakespeare Company: Stratford-upon-Avon/Barbican Theatre
1985–1986
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Marquise de Merteuil
Royal Shakespeare Company: Ambassadors Theatre, Londres then Music Box
Theatre, New York.
Won – Olivier Award for Best Actress and a Theatre World Award;
nominated –
Tony Award

Tony Award for Best Actress.
1985–1986
Merry Wives of Windsor, TheThe Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Ford
Royal Shakespeare Company: Stratford-upon-Avon/Barbican Theatre
1988
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Maggie
National Theatre, London
Won – Evening Standard Theatre Award
1988
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Hampstead Theatre, London
1990
Bérénice
Bérénice
National Theatre, London
1993
Three Hotels
Barbara Boyle
Tricycle Theatre, London
1994
Cryptogram, TheThe Cryptogram
Donny
Ambassadors Theatre, London
1995
Midsummer Night's Dream, AA Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania/Hippolyta
Royal Shakespeare Company: Barbican Theatre,
London

London then The Lunt
Fontanne, New York, afterwards adapted to film
1996
Ashes to Ashes
Rebecca
Gramercy Theater, New York
1997
Homecoming, TheThe Homecoming
Ruth
National Theatre, London
2000
Celebration/The Room
Prue/Rose (double bill)
Almeida Theatre, London, then the Pinter Festival New York
2001
Mouth to Mouth
Laura
Albery Theatre, London
Won – Critics' Circle Theatre Award; nominated – Olivier Award,
Evening Standard Award
2001
Private Lives
Amanda Prynne
Albery Theatre, London, then Broadway
Won – Olivier Award for Best Actress,
Tony Award

Tony Award for Best Actress in
a Play, Critics' Circle Theatre Award,
Drama Desk Award and Variety
Club Showbusiness Award; nominated – Evening Standard Award
2007
That Face
Martha
Royal Court Theatre/Duke of York's Theatre
Nominated – Oliver Award for Best Actress
2010
John Gabriel Borkman
Ella Rentheim
Abbey Theatre, Dublin, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
2012
Hay Fever
Judith Bliss
Noël Coward

Noël Coward Theatre, London
2014
A Delicate Balance
Claire
John Golden Theatre, Broadway
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Lindsay Duncan on IMDb
"
Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan resume". Dalzell & Beresford. Archived from the
original on 17 December 2011.
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Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan Stars in 'Le Week-End'". The New York
Times.
Awards for Lindsay Duncan
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BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent
Film
Kathy Burke (1998)
Emily Watson
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Emily Watson (1999)
Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson (2000)
Kate Ashfield (2001)
Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton (2002)
Olivia Williams
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Olivia Williams (2003)
Imelda Staunton
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Imelda Staunton (2004)
Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz (2005)
Kate Dickie

Kate Dickie (2006)
Judi Dench

Judi Dench (2007)
Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga (2008)
Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan (2009)
Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan (2010)
Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman (2011)
Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough (2012)
Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan (2013)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (2014)
Saoirse Ronan
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Saoirse Ronan (2015)
Sasha Lane
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Sasha Lane (2016)
Florence Pugh (2017)
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (1975)
Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Harris (1976)
Irene Worth

Irene Worth (1977)
Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy (1978)
Constance Cummings

Constance Cummings /
Carole Shelley

Carole Shelley (1979)
Pat Carroll (1980)
Joan Copeland

Joan Copeland (1981)
Zoe Caldwell (1982)
Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy (1983)
Joan Allen
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Joan Allen (1984)
Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Harris (1985)
Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin (1986)
Linda Lavin

Linda Lavin (1987)
Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing (1988)
Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins (1989)
Geraldine James (1990)
Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl (1991)
Laura Esterman (1992)
Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander (1993)
Myra Carter (1994)
Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (1995)
Zoe Caldwell (1996)
Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer (1997)
Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (1998)
Kathleen Chalfant (1999)
Eileen Heckart (2000)
Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker (2001)
Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan (2002)
Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave (2003)
Viola Davis

Viola Davis /
Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad (2004)
Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (2005)
Lois Smith

Lois Smith (2006)
Eve Best

Eve Best (2007)
Deanna Dunagan (2008)
Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer (2009)
Jan Maxwell
.jpg/440px-Jan_Maxwell_(cropped).jpg)
Jan Maxwell (2010)
Frances McDormand
.jpg/440px-Frances_McDormand_2015_(cropped).jpg)
Frances McDormand (2011)
Tracie Bennett (2012)
Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson (2013)
Audra McDonald
.jpg/440px-Audra_McDonald_(1).jpg)
Audra McDonald (2014)
Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren (2015)
Jessica Lange
.JPG/440px-Jessica_Lange_(Cropped).JPG)
Jessica Lange (2016)
Laura Linney

Laura Linney (2017)
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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
Yvonne Bryceland (1985)
Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan (1986)
Judi Dench

Judi Dench (1987)
Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw (1989/1990)
Kathryn Hunter

Kathryn Hunter (1991)
Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson (1992)
Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman (1993)
Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw (1994)
Clare Higgins

Clare Higgins (1995)
Judi Dench

Judi Dench (1996)
Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer (1997)
Zoë Wanamaker

Zoë Wanamaker (1998)
Eileen Atkins (1999)
Janie Dee (2000)
Julie Walters

Julie Walters (2001)
Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan (2002)
Clare Higgins

Clare Higgins (2003)
Eileen Atkins (2004)
Clare Higgins

Clare Higgins (2005)
Eve Best

Eve Best (2006)
Tamsin Greig

Tamsin Greig (2007)
Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas (2008)
Margaret Tyzack

Margaret Tyzack (2009)
Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz (2010)
Nancy Carroll (2011)
Ruth Wilson
.jpg/440px-Ruth_Wilson_May_2015_(cropped).jpg)
Ruth Wilson (2012)
Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren (2013)
Lesley Manville
.jpg/440px-Leslie_Manville_(cropped).jpg)
Lesley Manville (2014)
Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton (2015)
Denise Gough (2016)
Billie Piper
.jpg/440px-Billie_Piper_2016_(cropped).jpg)
Billie Piper (2017)
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Tony Award

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman /
Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes (1947)
Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson /
Katharine Cornell

Katharine Cornell /
Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy (1948)
Martita Hunt (1949)
Shirley Booth

Shirley Booth (1950)
Uta Hagen

Uta Hagen (1951)
Julie Harris (1952)
Shirley Booth

Shirley Booth (1953)
Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (1954)
Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly (1955)
Julie Harris (1956)
Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton (1957)
Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes (1958)
Gertrude Berg

Gertrude Berg (1959)
Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft (1960)
Joan Plowright
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Joan Plowright (1961)
Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton (1962)
Uta Hagen

Uta Hagen (1963)
Sandy Dennis (1964)
Irene Worth

Irene Worth (1965)
Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Harris (1966)
Beryl Reid

Beryl Reid (1967)
Zoe Caldwell (1968)
Julie Harris (1969)
Tammy Grimes

Tammy Grimes (1970)
Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton (1971)
Sada Thompson

Sada Thompson (1972)
Julie Harris (1973)
Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst (1974)
Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (1975)
Irene Worth

Irene Worth (1976)
Julie Harris (1977)
Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy (1978)
Constance Cummings

Constance Cummings /
Carole Shelley

Carole Shelley (1979)
Phyllis Frelich (1980)
Jane Lapotaire (1981)
Zoe Caldwell (1982)
Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy (1983)
Glenn Close

Glenn Close (1984)
Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing (1985)
Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin (1986)
Linda Lavin

Linda Lavin (1987)
Joan Allen
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Joan Allen (1988)
Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins (1989)
Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith (1990)
Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl (1991)
Glenn Close

Glenn Close (1992)
Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn (1993)
Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg (1994)
Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (1995)
Zoe Caldwell (1996)
Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer (1997)
Marie Mullen (1998)
Judi Dench

Judi Dench (1999)
Jennifer Ehle
.jpg/440px-Jennifer_Ehle_(30443863926).jpg)
Jennifer Ehle (2000)
Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker (2001)
Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan (2002)
Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave (2003)
Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad (2004)
Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (2005)
Cynthia Nixon
.jpg/440px-Cynthia_Nixon_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Cynthia Nixon (2006)
Julie White

Julie White (2007)
Deanna Dunagan (2008)
Marcia Gay Harden
.jpg/440px-Marcia_Gay_Harden_2013_(cropped).jpg)
Marcia Gay Harden (2009)
Viola Davis

Viola Davis (2010)
Frances McDormand
.jpg/440px-Frances_McDormand_2015_(cropped).jpg)
Frances McDormand (2011)
Nina Arianda (2012)
Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson (2013)
Audra McDonald
.jpg/440px-Audra_McDonald_(1).jpg)
Audra McDonald (2014)
Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren (2015)
Jessica Lange
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Jessica Lange (2016)
Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalf (2017)
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WorldCat Identities
VIAF: 88576247
LCCN: no95020973
ISNI: 0000 0000 7841 3199
GND: 136078249
SUDOC: 07941883X
BNF: cb141737647 (data)
MusicBrainz: 83d90542-4c7b-4e84-adb0-