6.7
Movie
Acting
Phyllida Law
- Born
- Died
- (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Credits
- 102 titles
Biography
Phyllida Law OBE (8 May 1932 — 27th July 2026) was a Scottish actress of screen and stage, and the mother of actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson.
Signature work
Known For
6.7
Movie
6.4
Movie
The Time Machine
7.0
Movie
Unleashed
7.0
Movie
Much Ado About Nothing
6.3
Movie
A Little Chaos
6.6
Movie
Emma
8.2
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
6.7
Movie
Miss Potter
6.3
Movie
Albert Nobbs
6.5
Movie
Saving Grace
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
6.6
Movie
Peter's Friends
6.5
Movie
Copying Beethoven
7.3
Movie
Before the Rain
6.1
Movie
Anna Karenina
5.2
Movie
Bakery in Brooklyn
7.9
TV
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
7.1
TV
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Acting credits 102
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Then Came You Film | Arlene |
| 2016 | Bakery in Brooklyn Film | Baker on the iPad #1 |
| 2015 | A Little Chaos Film | Suzanne |
| 2014 | Three Days in Havana Film | The Broker |
| 2012 | Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife TV | Lady Anne Meriot (2 ep) |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs Film | Mrs. Cavendish |
| 2010 | Love at First Sight Film | Ruth |
| 2010 | Ways to Live Forever Film | Grandmother |
| 2010 | Under the Hammer TV | (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Lecture 21 Film | Boheme |
| 2008 | Miss Austen Regrets Film | Mrs. Austen |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures TV | Bea Nelson-Stanley (2 ep) |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2007 | The Waiting Room Film | Helen |
| 2007 | Kingdom TV | Aunt Auriel (16 ep) |
| 2006 | Mia Sarah Film | Sarah |
| 2006 | Miss Potter Film | Mrs. Warne |
| 2006 | Copying Beethoven Film | Mother Canisius |
| 2006 | Day of Wrath Film | Esperanza de Mendoza |
| 2006 | Pinochet in Suburbia Film | Lucia Pinochet |
| 2005 | A Little Trip to Heaven Film | Head Mistress |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee Film | Mrs. Partridge (voice) |
| 2005 | Afterlife TV | (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Mee-Shee: The Water Giant Film | Mrs. Coogan |
| 2005 | Unleashed Film | Distinguished Lady |
| 2004 | Blinded Film | Bella Black |
| 2004 | Tooth Film | Mrs. Claus |
| 2003 | I'll Be There Film | Mrs. Williams |
| 2003 | The Royal TV | Daisy Crannagh (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Brush with Fate Film | Maria |
| 2002 | Two Men Went To War Film | Faith |
| 2002 | Foyle's War TV | Lady Muriel Sackville (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Timeshift TV | self (1 ep) |
| 2002 | The Time Machine Film | Mrs. Watchett |
| 2002 | The Swap Film | Rose Trenchard |
| 2002 | Stig of the Dump TV | Marjorie (6 ep) |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead TV | Mrs. Carstairs (2 ep) |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid Film | Signore Reale |
| 2000 | How Proust Can Change Your Life Film | Virginia Woolf |
| 2000 | Monarch of the Glen TV | Isobel Hogg (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Saving Grace Film | Margaret Sutton |
| 1999 | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns TV | Lady Margaret (2 ep) |
| 1999 | Mad Cows Film | Lady Drake (Alex's Mother) |
| 1999 | The Lost Lover Film | The Grandmother |
| 1999 | Milk Film | Veronica |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss Film | Shouting Woman (uncredited) |
| 1998 | I Want You Film | Woman at Hairdresser #1 |
| 1997 | The Winter Guest Film | Elspeth |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina Film | Vronskaya |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Felicity Dinsdale, Mary Bingham (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Emma Film | Mrs. Bates |
| 1995 | Degrees of Error TV | Margot (4 ep) |
| 1995 | Hamish Macbeth TV | Vicky Jeffreys (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Ready, Steady, Cook TV | Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 1994 | The Blue Boy Film | Marie's Mother |
| 1994 | Before the Rain Film | Anne's Mother |
| 1993 | All or Nothing at All TV | Mrs. Timpson (3 ep) |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing Film | Ursula |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends Film | Vera |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Nancy Bellow (1 ep) |