Phyllida Law

Phyllida Law

Phyllida Law is a Scottish actress, the mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson.

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Known For

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as The Wife

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as Joan

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Felicity Dinsdale

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Mary Bingham

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • as Lady Carrington

Filmography

2021

Then Came You
Then Came You
as Arlene
Movie - Released: 3/11/2021

2016

Bakery in Brooklyn
Bakery in Brooklyn
as Baker on the iPad #1
Movie - Released: 6/30/2016

2015

A Little Chaos
A Little Chaos
as Suzanne
Movie - Released: 3/26/2015

2014

Three Days in Havana
Three Days in Havana
as The Broker
Movie - Released: 3/28/2014

2012

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
as Lady Anne Meriot
TV - Released: 12/23/2012

2011

Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs
as Mrs. Cavendish
Movie - Released: 12/21/2011

2010

Ways to Live Forever
Ways to Live Forever
as Grandmother
Movie - Released: 10/29/2010
Love at First Sight
Love at First Sight
as Ruth
Movie - Released: 11/16/2010
TV
Under the Hammer
TV - Released: 7/26/2010

2008

Miss Austen Regrets
Miss Austen Regrets
as Mrs. Austen
Movie - Released: 2/3/2008
Lecture 21
Lecture 21
as Boheme
Movie - Released: 10/17/2008

2007

The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room
as Helen
Movie - Released: 8/18/2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Bea Nelson-Stanley
TV - Released: 9/24/2007
Kingdom
Kingdom
as Aunt Auriel
TV - Released: 4/22/2007
TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/3/2007

2006

Copying Beethoven
Copying Beethoven
as Mother Canisius
Movie - Released: 9/10/2006
Miss Potter
Miss Potter
as Mrs. Warne
Movie - Released: 12/3/2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Lucia Pinochet
Movie - Released: 3/26/2006
Day of Wrath
Day of Wrath
as Esperanza de Mendoza
Movie - Released: 6/27/2006
Mia Sarah
Mia Sarah
as Sarah
Movie - Released: 12/15/2006

2005

Unleashed
Unleashed
as Distinguished Lady
Movie - Released: 2/2/2005
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee
as Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/21/2005
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
as Mrs. Coogan
Movie - Released: 7/14/2005
A Little Trip to Heaven
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Head Mistress
Movie - Released: 12/26/2005
Afterlife
Afterlife
TV - Released: 9/24/2005

2004

Movie
Blinded
as Bella Black
Movie - Released: 8/21/2004
Tooth
Tooth
as Mrs. Claus
Movie - Released: 2/13/2004

2003

Brush with Fate
Brush with Fate
as Maria
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003
The Royal
The Royal
as Daisy Crannagh
TV - Released: 1/19/2003

2002

The Time Machine
The Time Machine
as Mrs. Watchett
Movie - Released: 3/4/2002
Two Men Went To War
Two Men Went To War
as Faith
Movie - Released: 11/1/2002
Movie
The Swap
as Rose Trenchard
Movie - Released: 2/10/2002
Stig of the Dump
Stig of the Dump
as Marjorie
TV - Released: 1/1/2002
Timeshift
Timeshift
as self
TV - Released: 10/10/2002
Foyle's War
Foyle's War
as Lady Muriel Sackville
TV - Released: 10/27/2002

2001

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
as Mrs. Carstairs
TV - Released: 6/18/2001

2000

Saving Grace
Saving Grace
as Margaret Sutton
Movie - Released: 1/24/2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
as Signore Reale
Movie - Released: 9/19/2000
Movie
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Virginia Woolf
Movie - Released: 3/19/2000
Monarch of the Glen
Monarch of the Glen
TV - Released: 2/27/2000

1999

Milk
Milk
as Veronica
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
Mad Cows
Mad Cows
as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
Movie - Released: 10/29/1999
The Lost Lover
The Lost Lover
as The Grandmother
Movie - Released: 10/5/1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Lady Margaret
TV - Released: 11/7/1999

1998

I Want You
I Want You
as Woman at Hairdresser #1
Movie - Released: 2/15/1998
Judas Kiss
Judas Kiss
as Shouting Woman (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/16/1998

1997

The Winter Guest
The Winter Guest
as Elspeth
Movie - Released: 12/27/1997
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
as Vronskaya
Movie - Released: 4/4/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Felicity Dinsdale
TV - Released: 3/23/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Mary Bingham
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Emma
Emma
as Mrs. Bates
Movie - Released: 8/2/1996

1995

Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth
as Vicky Jeffreys
TV - Released: 3/26/1995

1994

Before the Rain
Before the Rain
as Anne's Mother
Movie - Released: 6/9/1994
The Blue Boy
The Blue Boy
as Marie's Mother
Movie - Released: 7/2/1994
Ready Steady Cook
Ready Steady Cook
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 10/24/1994

1993

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
as Ursula
Movie - Released: 5/7/1993
All or Nothing at All
All or Nothing at All
as Mrs. Timpson
TV - Released: 12/3/1993

1992

Peter's Friends
Peter's Friends
as Vera
Movie - Released: 9/18/1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Nancy Bellow
TV - Released: 4/10/1992

1991

The House of Eliott
The House of Eliott
as Edith Duglass
TV - Released: 8/31/1991

1989

Tree of Hands
Tree of Hands
as Julia
Movie - Released: 3/7/1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV - Released: 1/13/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
TV - Released: 1/8/1989
TV
About Face
TV - Released: 11/6/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Lady Carrington
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

TV
That's Love
TV - Released: 1/19/1988
Clarence
Clarence
as Mrs. Vaile
TV - Released: 1/4/1988

1987

Ffizz
Ffizz
TV - Released: 9/9/1987

1986

TV
Hell's Bells
TV - Released: 6/9/1986

1984

The Life and Death of King John
The Life and Death of King John
as Lady Faulconbridge
Movie - Released: 11/24/1984

1983

Taggart
Taggart
TV - Released: 9/6/1983

1982

The Barchester Chronicles
The Barchester Chronicles
TV - Released: 11/10/1982

1979

Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
as Maggie Patton
TV - Released: 3/24/1979
Agony
Agony
as Mrs. Lucas
TV - Released: 3/11/1979
Minder
Minder
as Magistrate
TV - Released: 10/29/1979

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Lady Faulconbridge
TV - Released: 12/3/1978
Come Back, Lucy
Come Back, Lucy
as Aunt Gwen
TV - Released: 4/23/1978

1977

BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Phyllis
TV - Released: 9/21/1977

1976

Buffet
Buffet
as Joan
Movie - Released: 11/2/1976
When the Boat Comes In
When the Boat Comes In
TV - Released: 1/8/1976

1975

Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV - Released: 12/17/1975

1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Fraulein Manzialy
Movie - Released: 4/19/1973
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
as Mother
TV - Released: 5/1/1973

1971

Evelyn
Evelyn
as The Wife
Movie - Released: 10/28/1971
The Bristol Entertainment
The Bristol Entertainment
as Bridget
Movie - Released: 12/3/1971
Upstairs, Downstairs
Upstairs, Downstairs
as Lady Constance Weir
TV - Released: 10/10/1971

1970

Play for Today
Play for Today
as The Wife
TV - Released: 10/15/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as Joan
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1969

Otley
Otley
as Jean
Movie - Released: 3/11/1969
The Main Chance
The Main Chance
as Alison Murray
TV - Released: 6/18/1969

1968

TV
The Jazz Age
as Miss Cummins
TV - Released: 9/10/1968

1955

Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
as Rosie McCallion
TV - Released: 7/9/1955

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Maria
TV - Released: 12/24/1951