Michelle Duncan

Michelle Duncan (born 14 April 1978) is a Scottish actress, known for Driving Lessons (2006), Atonement (2007) and The Broken (2008). She portrayed Shelley Stern in the biographical drama film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

Michelle Duncan
Duncan in 2006
Born
Michelle Duncan

(1978-04-14) 14 April 1978
Perth, Scotland
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active1997–present

Early life

The Perth-born Duncan studied acting at Queen Margaret University College 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 2018, Duncan played Shelley Stern in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Girls Rule Student Short film
2017 Red Himself
2019 Campaign Brad
2019 The Love Guru Himself Uncredited
2020 Spies Agent 69
2020 Final Destination 6 Himself
2020 Hubie Halloween Lil Timmy Cameo
2022 Reboot Evil Director

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Brooklyn 99 Himself Episode: "Smug Thief"
2020 Stranger Things Kenneth 2 episodes
2021 The Show Himself 38 Episodes
2021 South Park Crippled Boy

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
  1. "Dr Who".
  2. "Exclisive: Charles' Love secrets on TV".
  3. "Affairs to Remember".
  4. "Rupert Grint Archives".
  5. "Conflicting Stories".
  6. "A Midsummer Night's Dream review at Duddingston Kirk Manse".
  7. "New Tricks".
  8. BBC. "Call the Midwife series 3 episode 8". Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  9. "Call the Midwife".
  10. "The Little Mermaid review at Little Angel London".
  11. "Portia played by Michelle Duncan".
  12. "Scrubber". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021.
  13. "Luther".
  14. "Case Histories".
  15. "Scott Graham".
  16. "Iona".
  17. "EIFF Announces the World Premiere of Iona as 2015 Closing Night Gala".
  18. "Cast announced for The Distance".
  19. "The Distance review at Sheffield's Crucible Lyceum Studio – 'intelligent and wickedly comic'".
  20. "The Distance".


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