---
name: "Michelle Duncan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michelle-duncan"
fi1m_id: "michelle-duncan"
imdb_id: "nm0242050"
tmdb_id: 32248
wikidata_id: "Q1395145"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 April 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T18:41:23.690194+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michelle Duncan

## Identity

Michelle Duncan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michelle-duncan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michelle-duncan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0242050
- **TMDB ID:** 32248
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1395145
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Duncan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32248

Actor. Born 14 April 1978 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 April 1978, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (3), 2010s 68 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,042m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Duncan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32248

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Elizabeth Is Missing*](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md) (82)
- **Discovery+:** [*Sugar Rush*](https://film.one/tv/sugar-rush.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michelle Duncan is a Scottish actress. Born on 14 April 1978 in Perth, she trained in acting at Queen Margaret University School of Drama in Edinburgh and studied English and classics at the University of St Andrews. She also trained under Philippe Gaulier at École Philippe Gaulier.

Her television roles include Miss Forbes in *Sugar Rush* (2005), Lady Isobel in *Doctor Who* (2006), and appearances in *Lost in Austen* (2008), *Luther* (2013) and *Andor* (2022). Film credits include Fiona Maguire in *Atonement* (2007), Kate Coleman in *The Broken* (2008) and Shelley Stern in *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018). She received a BAFTA Scotland nomination for her performance in *Sea of Souls*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thecourier.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Dept. Q* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Dr. Fiona Wallace — [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Elizabeth Is Missing* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Maud's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md)
- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Fi1m 55, as Shelley Stern — [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)
- *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, as Fiona Maguire — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, as Lady Isobel — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Sugar Rush* (2005), Fi1m 68, as Miss Forbes — [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar-rush.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dept. Q* (2025), series, as Dr. Fiona Wallace — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Rebus* (2024), series, as Maggie Blantyre
- *Slay & Prepare* (2023), as Celeste
- *Andor* (2022), series, as Roboda Beehaz — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Dalgliesh* (2021), series, as Caroline Dupayne
- *Elizabeth Is Missing* (2019), as Maud's Mother — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md)
- *Hanna* (2019), series, as False Marissa
- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), as Shelley Stern — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)
- *Blue Christmas* (2017), as Lily
- *Iona* (2015), as Elizabeth
- *Grantchester* (2014), series, as Annabel Morrison
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Jeanette Heckford — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Scrubber* (2012), as Neighbour
- *Case Histories* (2011), series, as Rachel Stewart
- *Luther* (2010), series, as Kiera Mills — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *The Broken* (2008), as Kate Coleman
- *Lost in Austen* (2008), series, as Charlotte Lucas
- *Atonement* (2007), as Fiona Maguire — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Low Winter Sun* (2006), as Louise Cullen
- *Driving Lessons* (2006), as Bryony
- *Whatever Love Means* (2005), as Lady Diana Spencer
- *Sugar Rush* (2005), series, as Miss Forbes — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar-rush.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Lady Isobel — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Are You Afraid of the Dark?* (1992), series, as Andrea

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/michelle-duncan