Phyllida Law
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 8 May 1932 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Died
- 27 July 2026
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.
Known for
Acting 51
- 2020Then Came You as Arlene
- 2016Bakery in Brooklyn as Baker on the iPad #1
- 2015A Little Chaos as Suzanne
- 2014Three Days in Havana as The Broker
- 2011Albert Nobbs as Mrs. Cavendish
- 2010Love at First Sight as Ruth
- 2010Ways to Live Forever as Grandmother
- 2008Lecture 21 as Boheme
- 2008Miss Austen Regrets as Mrs. Austen
- 2007The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon as Bea Nelson-Stanley
- 2007The Waiting Room as Helen
- 2006Mia Sarah as Sarah
- 2006Miss Potter as Mrs. Warne
- 2006Copying Beethoven as Mother Canisius
- 2006Day of Wrath as Esperanza de Mendoza
- 2006Pinochet in Suburbia as Lucia Pinochet
- 2005A Little Trip to Heaven as Head Mistress
- 2005Nanny McPhee as Mrs. Partridge (voice)
- 2005Mee-Shee: The Water Giant as Mrs. Coogan
- 2005Unleashed as Distinguished Lady
- 2004Blinded as Bella Black
- 2004Tooth as Mrs. Claus
- 2003I'll Be There as Mrs. Williams
- 2003Brush with Fate as Maria
- 2002Two Men Went To War as Faith
- 2002The Time Machine as Mrs. Watchett
- 2002The Swap as Rose Trenchard
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid as Signore Reale
- 2000How Proust Can Change Your Life as Virginia Woolf
- 2000Saving Grace as Margaret Sutton
- 1999Mad Cows as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
- 1999The Lost Lover as The Grandmother
- 1999Milk as Veronica
- 1998Judas Kiss as Shouting Woman (uncredited)
- 1998I Want You as Woman at Hairdresser #1
- 1997The Winter Guest as Elspeth
- 1997Anna Karenina as Vronskaya
- 1996Emma as Mrs. Bates
- 1994The Blue Boy as Marie's Mother
- 1994Before the Rain as Anne's Mother
- 1993Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
- 1992Peter's Friends as Vera
- 1989Tree of Hands as Julia
- 1989Colleagues From Hell
- 1984The Life and Death of King John as Lady Faulconbridge
- 1976Abide with Me as Joan Drummond
- 1976Buffet as Joan
- 1973Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Fraulein Manzialy
- 1971The Bristol Entertainment as Bridget
- 1971Evelyn as The Wife
- 1969Otley as Jean