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Phyllis Logan

Phyllis Logan

17 movies on Netflix

Biography

Phyllis Logan is a Scottish actress, born in Paisley, who trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, and graduated in 1977. She began in Dundee Repertory Theatre, left in 1979 for stage work in Edinburgh, and also appeared regularly on Scottish television. Michael Radford cast her as Janie in Another Time, Another Place (1983), a performance that won the Taormina Film Festival Gold Award for Best Actress, the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer, and a BAFTA Best Actress nomination. She was known for eight years as Lady Jane Felsham in Lovejoy and later played housekeeper Mrs Hughes in Downton Abbey. She also appeared in Secrets & Lies (1996), Shooting Fish (1997), Misbehaviour (2020), and the Downton Abbey film (2019). She voiced Ingsoc in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Nessie in Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992), and won a British Academy Scotland Award in 2022 for Guilt.

70years old

Turns 71 on January 11in 90 days

  • Born Paisley
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
17
Career span
41 years1984 to 2025

Genres

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  1. Big break

    Logan won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles in 1984 for her first feature film, Another Time, Another Place, after meeting writer-director Michael Radford on a BBC Scotland production.

  2. Early training

    Phyllis Logan attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, located in Glasgow, and in 1977 she earned the James Bridie gold medal upon graduating.

  3. First role

    After she graduated, Logan joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre. In 1979 she left that job to perform on stage in Edinburgh.

  4. Beyond film

    In a film version of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Logan was the broadcast voice of Ingsoc. She also voiced the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie, in the animated film Freddie as F.R.O.7.

Phyllis Logan movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Secrets & Lies1996 Comedy, Dramaas Monica

    IMDb rating 8.051K votes

  2. No Way Up2024 Action, Adventure, Dramaas Mardy

    IMDb rating 4.613K votes

  3. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale2025as Elsie Hughes

    IMDb rating 7.320K votes

  4. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect2022as Mrs. Cleaver

    IMDb rating 8.663K votes

  5. The Last Bus2021as Mary

    IMDb rating 6.65.3K votes

  6. Misbehaviour2020as Evelyn Alexander

    IMDb rating 6.412K votes

  7. Nineteen Eighty-Four1984as The Telescreen Anouncervoice

    IMDb rating 7.090K votes

  8. Downton Abbey: A New Era2022as Mrs. Hughes

    IMDb rating 7.439K votes

Most often with

Simon Curtis directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Hugh Bonneville, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Hugh BonnevilleJim Carter, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Jim CarterElizabeth McGovern, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Elizabeth McGovernAllen Leech, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Allen LeechMichelle Dockery, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Michelle DockeryJoanne Froggatt, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Joanne FroggattSimon CurtisDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Simon Curtis

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Box office

What Phyllis Logan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$425 million

10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 3Figure not found

Top grosser

Downton Abbey2019as Mrs Hughes$195 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Downton Abbey2019as Mrs Hughes
    $195M45.8% of the total
  2. 2
    Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale2025as Elsie Hughes
    $108M25.4% of the total
  3. 3
    Downton Abbey: A New Era2022as Mrs. Hughes
    $93M21.8% of the total
  4. 4
    Secrets & Lies1996as Monica
    $13M3.2% of the total
  5. 5
    Nineteen Eighty-Four1984as The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)
    $8.4M2.0% of the total
  6. 6
    Rocketry: The Nambi Effect2022as Mrs. Cleaver
    $3.9M0.9% of the total
  7. 7
    The Last Bus2021as Mary
    $1.6M0.4% of the total
  8. 8
    Freddie As F.R.O.7.1992as Nessie (voice)
    $1.1M0.3% of the total
Misbehaviour (2020), $1.1 millionShooting Fish (1997), $302,204

$1.4 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total

Awards

Two awards and honors from 1984 to 2013, two of them major.

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Phyllis Logan's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
BAFTA
1984Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film RolesAnother Time, Another PlaceWon
SAG Awards
2013Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesDownton AbbeyWon

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