Acting
Phyllida Law
EN, ES, MK cinema · 50 credits
Born
8 May 1932
Died
27 July 2026 (aged 94)
Birthplace
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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
Filmography
Then Came You
as Arlene
Bakery in Brooklyn
as Baker on the iPad #1
A Little Chaos
as Suzanne
Three Days in Havana
as The Broker
Albert Nobbs
as Mrs. Cavendish
Ways to Live Forever
as Grandmother
Miss Austen Regrets
as Mrs. Austen
Lecture 21
as Boheme
The Waiting Room
as Helen
Copying Beethoven
as Mother Canisius
Miss Potter
as Mrs. Warne
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Lucia Pinochet
Day of Wrath
as Esperanza de Mendoza
Mia Sarah
as Sarah
Unleashed
as Distinguished Lady
Nanny McPhee
as Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
as Mrs. Coogan
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Head Mistress
Blinded
as Bella Black
Tooth
as Mrs. Claus
Brush with Fate
as Maria
I'll Be There
as Mrs. Williams
The Time Machine
as Mrs. Watchett
Two Men Went To War
as Faith
The Swap
as Rose Trenchard
Saving Grace
as Margaret Sutton
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Virginia Woolf
Milk
as Veronica
Mad Cows
as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
The Lost Lover
as The Grandmother
I Want You
as Woman at Hairdresser #1
Judas Kiss
as Shouting Woman (uncredited)
The Winter Guest
as Elspeth
Anna Karenina
as Vronskaya
Emma
as Mrs. Bates
Before the Rain
as Anne's Mother
The Blue Boy
as Marie's Mother
Much Ado About Nothing
as Ursula
Peter's Friends
as Vera
Tree of Hands
as Julia
The Life and Death of King John
as Lady Faulconbridge
Buffet
as Joan
Abide with Me
as Joan Drummond
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Fraulein Manzialy
Evelyn
as The Wife
Otley
as Jean