
Phyllida Law
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1932
- Died
- July 27, 2026
- 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.
Filmography

Then Came You 2020
as Arlene

Bakery in Brooklyn 2016
as Baker on the iPad #1

A Little Chaos 2015
as Suzanne

Three Days in Havana 2014
as The Broker

Albert Nobbs 2011
as Mrs. Cavendish

Love at First Sight 2010
as Ruth

Ways to Live Forever 2010
as Grandmother

Lecture 21 2008
as Boheme

Miss Austen Regrets 2008
as Mrs. Austen

The Waiting Room 2007
as Helen

Mia Sarah 2006
as Sarah

Miss Potter 2006
as Mrs. Warne

Copying Beethoven 2006
as Mother Canisius

Day of Wrath 2006
as Esperanza de Mendoza

Pinochet in Suburbia 2006
as Lucia Pinochet

A Little Trip to Heaven 2005
as Head Mistress

Nanny McPhee 2005
as Mrs. Partridge (voice)

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant 2005
as Mrs. Coogan

Unleashed 2005
as Distinguished Lady

Blinded 2004
as Bella Black

Tooth 2004
as Mrs. Claus

I'll Be There 2003
as Mrs. Williams

Brush with Fate 2003
as Maria

Two Men Went To War 2002
as Faith

The Time Machine 2002
as Mrs. Watchett

The Swap 2002
as Rose Trenchard

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid 2000
as Signore Reale

How Proust Can Change Your Life 2000
as Virginia Woolf

Saving Grace 2000
as Margaret Sutton

Mad Cows 1999
as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)

The Lost Lover 1999
as The Grandmother

Milk 1999
as Veronica

Judas Kiss 1998
as Shouting Woman (uncredited)

I Want You 1998
as Woman at Hairdresser #1

The Winter Guest 1997
as Elspeth

Anna Karenina 1997
as Vronskaya

Emma 1996
as Mrs. Bates

The Blue Boy 1994
as Marie's Mother

Before the Rain 1994
as Anne's Mother

Much Ado About Nothing 1993
as Ursula

Peter's Friends 1992
as Vera

Tree of Hands 1989
as Julia

Colleagues From Hell 1989
Actor

The Life and Death of King John 1984
as Lady Faulconbridge

Abide with Me 1976
as Joan Drummond

Buffet 1976
as Joan

Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973
as Fraulein Manzialy
- The Bristol Entertainment
The Bristol Entertainment 1971
as Bridget

Evelyn 1971
as The Wife

Otley 1969
as Jean
Credits from TMDB.