- Born
- Birth namePhyllida Ann Law
- Height5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
- Phyllida Law was born on May 8, 1932 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Time Machine (2002), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and The Winter Guest (1997). She was previously married to Eric Thompson.
- SpouseEric Thompson(May 25, 1957 - November 30, 1982) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsWilliam LawMegsie Law
- RelativesGaia Wise(Grandchild)
- She was made an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to drama and charitable services.
- Mother of Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson.
- Plays together with her daughter Emma Thompson in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Peter's Friends (1992) as well as in Alan Rickman's The Winter Guest (1997) _ and (without her daughter) in his A Little Chaos (2014). They also played together in the Harry Potter Series, and in Sense and Sensibility.
- She is grandmother to Emma Thompson's daughter, Gaia Romilly Wise. She is also grandmother to Sophie Thompson's sons, Ernest Lumsden (born in 1997), and Walter Eric Lumsden (born in 2000).
- Former mother-in-law of Kenneth Branagh and Richard Lumsden.
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