Michelle Duncan
Scottish-Canadian actress (born 1978)
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Michelle Duncan (born 14 April 1978) is a Scottish-Canadian actress, known for Driving Lessons (2006), Atonement (2007) and The Broken (2008). She portrayed Shelley Stern in the biographical drama film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Early life
The Perth-born Duncan studied and trained in acting at Queen Margaret University School of Drama before studying English and classics at St Andrews University.
Career
Duncan's television roles include Sugar Rush, Doctor Who,[1] Low Winter Sun, and Lost in Austen. She played Princess Diana in a TV film, Whatever Love Means, opposite Olivia Poulet as Camilla Parker Bowles and Laurence Fox as Prince Charles.[2][3]
Film work includes: Atonement, The Broken, and as Rupert Grint's love interest[4] in Driving Lessons with Julie Walters. Duncan's role in Atonement was particularly praised by The New Yorker theatre critic Anthony Lane:[5] Duncan's stage work includes Time and the Conways (Bath Theatre Royal/ touring), A Midsummer Night's Dream [6] and The Burning at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Further television work includes: New Tricks[7][8] Call the Midwife.[9] Duncan lent her voice to an adaptation of "The Little Mermaid"[10] by Hans Christian Andersen at Little Angel Puppet Theatre in 2006 alongside Dame Judi Dench, Sir Michael Gambon, Rory Kinnear, Claudie Blakley, Rosamund Pike, Claire Rushbrook and Peter Wight.
In 2007 she was cast as Portia [11] in The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare's Globe, but was unable to continue after the previews and was replaced by Kirsty Besterman. In 2012 Duncan appeared alongside Amanda Hale in Scrubber,[12] a film written and directed by Romola Garai. In 2013, Duncan appeared in the third series of the BBC TV drama Luther[13] and Case Histories.[14] In 2014, she appeared in the ITV drama Grantchester.
In 2015 she starred alongside Ruth Negga, Douglas Henshall and Tom Brooke in Scott Graham's[15] Film "Iona".[16] The closing gala film of the Edinburgh Film Festival.[17] She took the role of Bea[18] (originally performed by Helen Baxendale) in Deborah Bruce's play The Distance, directed by Charlotte Gwinner, for Sheffield and the Orange Tree Theatres.[19][20]
In 2017 she starred opposite Jamie Robson in Oscar nominated director Charlotte Wells' short film "Blue Christmas". Then in the following year she played Shelley Stern in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
In 2022, Duncan was cast in "Star Wars: Andor" where she plays the role of Roboda Beehaz. In the same year, Duncan starred opposite Dougray Scott in the short film "Slay and Prepare the Animal for Meat" directed by Oisin Kearney and written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth. She also played the role of Caroline Dupayne opposite Bertie Carvel in Dalgliesh Series 2: The Murder Room.
In 2023 Viaplay announced that Duncan had been cast in the Rebus reboot series based on the crime novels of author Ian Rankin.[21]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Waterloo | Short film | |
| 2006 | Driving Lessons | Bryony | |
| Sucking Is a Fine Quality in Women and Vacuum Cleaners | The Wife | Short film | |
| Chôshû Faibu | Emily | ||
| 2007 | Atonement | Fiona Maguire | |
| 2008 | The Broken | Kate Coleman | |
| 2012 | Scrubber | Neighbour | Short film |
| 2015 | Iona | Elizabeth | |
| 2017 | Blue Christmas | Lily | Short film |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Shelley Stern |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Andrea | Episode: "The Tale of the Time Trap" |
| 2005 | Sea of Souls | Claire Morrison | 2 episodes |
| Sugar Rush | Miss Forbes | ||
| Whatever Love Means | Princess Diana | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Doctor Who | Lady Isobel | Episode: "Tooth and Claw" |
| Low Winter Sun | Det Con Louise Cullen | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Lost in Austen | Charlotte Lucas | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | New Tricks | Georgia Wright | Episode: "The Girl Who Lived" |
| 2013 | Case Histories | Rachel Stewart | Episode: "Nobody's Darling" |
| Luther | Kiera Mills | ||
| Call the Midwife | Jeanette Heckford | ||
| 2014 | Grantchester | Annabel Morrison | |
| 2019-21 | Hanna | False Marissa | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Elizabeth is Missing | Mrs Palmer | TV movie |
| 2021 | Baptiste | Sally | |
| 2022 | Andor | Roboda Beehaz | Episode: "The Eye" |
| 2023 | Dalgleish (TV series) | Episode: "The Murder Room" | Caroline Dupayne |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sea of Souls | BAFTA Scotland | Best First-Time Performance | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Atonement | Gold Derby Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Dr Who".
- ^ "Exclisive: Charles' Love secrets on TV". Daily Mirror. 23 August 2005.
- ^ "Affairs to Remember". 19 November 2005.
- ^ "Rupert Grint Archives".
- ^ "Conflicting Stories". The New Yorker.
- ^ "A Midsummer Night's Dream review at Duddingston Kirk Manse".
- ^ "New Tricks".
- ^ BBC. "Call the Midwife series 3 episode 8". Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "Call the Midwife".
- ^ "The Little Mermaid review at Little Angel London".
- ^ "Portia played by Michelle Duncan".
- ^ "Scrubber". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Luther".
- ^ "Case Histories".
- ^ "Scott Graham". IMDb.
- ^ "Iona".
- ^ "EIFF Announces the World Premiere of Iona as 2015 Closing Night Gala".
- ^ "Cast announced for The Distance". 17 September 2015.
- ^ "The Distance review at Sheffield's Crucible Lyceum Studio – 'intelligent and wickedly comic'".
- ^ "The Distance". 9 December 2015.
- ^ Scotland, Screen (2 May 2023). "Filming commences in Scotland for new TV drama Rebus". Screen Scotland. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
External links
- Michelle Duncan at IMDb
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