Phyllida Law
Acting

Phyllida Law

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

Nanny McPhee
The Time Machine
Unleashed
Much Ado About Nothing
A Little Chaos
Emma
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Miss Potter
Albert Nobbs
Saving Grace
Midsomer Murders
Peter's Friends
Then Came You
Bakery in Brooklyn
A Little Chaos
Three Days in Havana
Albert Nobbs
Ways to Live Forever
Love at First Sight
Miss Austen Regrets
Lecture 21
The Waiting Room
Copying Beethoven
Miss Potter
Pinochet in Suburbia
Day of Wrath
Mia Sarah
Unleashed
Nanny McPhee
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
A Little Trip to Heaven
Blinded
Tooth
Brush with Fate
I'll Be There
The Time Machine
Two Men Went To War
The Swap
Saving Grace
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Milk
Mad Cows
The Lost Lover
I Want You
The Winter Guest
Anna Karenina
Emma
Before the Rain
The Blue Boy
Much Ado About Nothing
Peter's Friends
Tree of Hands
Colleagues From Hell
The Life and Death of King John
Buffet
Abide with Me
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Evelyn
Otley
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