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Phyllis Logan

Acting

Born January 11, 1956 · Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Also known as Филлис Логан · Філліс Логан · فیلیس لوگان

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress, known for playing Lady Jane Felsham in Lovejoy (1986–1993) and Mrs Hughes (later Carson) in Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the 1983 film Another Time, Another Place. Her other film appearances include Secrets & Lies (1996), Shooting Fish (1997), Downton Abbey (2019) and Misbehaviour (2020).

Awards & recognition

  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2013
  • BAFTA AwardMost Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles · 1984
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2014 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2013 · nominated
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actress in a Leading Role · 1984 · nominated
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  • BAFTA AwardMost Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles · 1984 · nominated

Filmography49 titles

Pie in the Sky

1994as Det. Supt. Chalmers

Bones

2005as Sandra Zins

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Nurse Hopkins

Downton Abbey

2010as Mrs. Hughes

The Adventures of Paddington

2019as Mrs. Bird (voice)

The Royal

as Lady George Fawcett

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

2022as Mrs Cleaver

Spooks

2002as Diana Jewell

The Good Karma Hospital

2017as Maggie Smart

Doctor Who

2005as Andinio

Murder in Suburbia

2004as Wendy

Secrets & Lies

1996as Monica Purley

Murder Most Puzzling

2025as Cora Felton

Shetland

2013as Grace Bain

Midsomer Murders

1997as Kate Merrill

Silent Witness

1996as Helen Wharton

A Touch of Frost

1992as Christine Moorhead

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

as Elizabeth Leaming

Vera

2011as Shirley

Lovejoy

1986as Lady Jane Felsham

New Tricks

2004as Dr. Mathieson

Kavanagh QC

1995as Samantha Fisher

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022as Mrs Hughes

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2001as Miriam Whitelaw

Heartbeat

1992as Rose Brown

A Taste for Murder

2026as Elena Da Vinale

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025as Elsie Hughes

Downton Abbey

2019as Mrs Hughes

Our Queen at War

2020as Narrator (voice)

Beneath the Skin

2005as DCI Grace Shilling

1984

1984as The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)

The Kitchen Toto

1988as Janet Graham

Guilt

2019as Maggie Lynch

The Last Bus

2021as Mary

Misbehaviour

2020as Evelyn Alexander

Lip Service

2010

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996as Det. Sgt. Jenny Ettrick

All the King's Men

1999as Mary Beck

Shooting Fish

1997as Mrs Ross

Miss Austen

2025as Mrs. Austen

No Way Up

2024as Mardy

Girlfriends

as Linda

Surprised by Oxford

2023as Provost Regina Knight

Chiller

1995as Anna Spalinsky

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011as Self - Participant

Missing

2006as Karen Foster

Honest

Silent Cries

1993as Nancy Muir

Another Time, Another Place

1983as Janie