Actor profile

Phyllis Logan

11th January 1956 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK Acting

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).

54 Movies 46 TV Shows 100 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale poster

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale 10th September 2025 as Elsie Hughes

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale poster

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale 10th September 2025 as Self

No Way Up poster

No Way Up 18th January 2024 as Mardy

Surprised by Oxford poster

Surprised by Oxford 27th September 2023 as Provost Regina Knight

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect poster

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 1st July 2022 as Mrs Cleaver

Harold & Mary poster

Harold & Mary 15th June 2022 as Mary

Downton Abbey: A New Era poster

Downton Abbey: A New Era 27th April 2022 as Mrs Hughes

Last Train to Christmas poster

Last Train to Christmas 18th December 2021 as Auntie Vi

The Last Bus poster

The Last Bus 18th June 2021 as Mary

You Really Got Me poster

You Really Got Me 2nd April 2021 as Older Linda

Our Queen at War poster

Our Queen at War 22nd April 2020 as Narrator (voice)

Misbehaviour poster

Misbehaviour 12th March 2020 as Evelyn Alexander

Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey 12th September 2019 as Mrs Hughes

Downton Abbey Live! poster

Downton Abbey Live! 18th August 2019 as Self

Day of the Flowers poster

Day of the Flowers 29th November 2013 as Brenda

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 poster

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 11th November 2013 as Self

Nativity! poster

Nativity! 27th November 2009 as Mrs. Lore

Missing poster

Missing 13th January 2006 as Karen Foster

Beneath the Skin poster

Beneath the Skin 3rd July 2005 as DCI Grace Shilling

Alibi poster

Alibi 25th August 2003 as Linda Brentwood

The Real Jane Austen poster

The Real Jane Austen 30th December 2002 as Mrs. Austen

Fields of Gold 8th June 2002 as Rachel Greenlaw

All the King's Men poster

All the King's Men 14th November 1999 as Mary Beck

The Game poster

The Game 6th June 1998 as Betty

Shooting Fish poster

Shooting Fish 22nd August 1997 as Mrs Ross

Secrets & Lies poster

Secrets & Lies 24th May 1996 as Monica Purley

Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One poster

Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One 29th January 1995 as Mrs Wilde

Silent Cries poster

Silent Cries 8th March 1993 as Nancy Muir

Soft Top Hard Shoulder poster

Soft Top Hard Shoulder 15th January 1993 as Karla

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life poster

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life 1st January 1993 as Frau Bunofsky

Freddie As F.R.O.7. poster

Freddie As F.R.O.7. 14th August 1992 as Nessie (voice)

Effie's Burning poster

Effie's Burning 29th August 1991 as Dr Ruth Kovacs

And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon poster

And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon 15th August 1991 as Andrea

Happy Feet poster

Happy Feet 1st January 1991 as Dora Jackson

The Dark Sun poster

The Dark Sun 4th February 1990 as Attorney Camilla Staffa

Goldeneye poster

Goldeneye 26th August 1989 as Ann Fleming

And a Nightingale Sang poster

And a Nightingale Sang 17th April 1989 as Helen

Defrosting the Fridge poster

Defrosting the Fridge 26th March 1989 as Lee

Sitting Targets poster

Sitting Targets 19th March 1989 as Alison

The Angry Earth poster

The Angry Earth 1st January 1989 as Mary Penrys Jones

The Kitchen Toto poster

The Kitchen Toto 29th April 1988 as Janet Graham

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway poster

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway 1st January 1988 as Mary Welsh

The Inquiry poster

The Inquiry 26th October 1986 as Claudia Procula

The McGuffin poster

The McGuffin 12th January 1986 as Anne

The Doctor and the Devils poster

The Doctor and the Devils 4th October 1985 as Elizabeth Rock

Time and the Conways 7th April 1985 as Kay Conway

Off Peak 1st January 1985 as Janet

Every Picture Tells a Story poster

Every Picture Tells a Story 1st December 1984 as Agnes Scott

Nineteen Eighty-Four poster

Nineteen Eighty-Four 9th November 1984 as The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)

The Chain poster

The Chain 1st November 1984 as Alison

End of the Line poster

End of the Line 11th July 1984 as Rose

The Dress poster

The Dress 3rd January 1984 as Julia

Another Time, Another Place poster

Another Time, Another Place 13th May 1983 as Janie

The Good Time Girls 7th April 1981 as Nancy Park

A Taste for Murder poster

A Taste for Murder 7th April 2026 as Elena Da Vinale

Murder Most Puzzling poster

Murder Most Puzzling 19th June 2025 as Cora Felton

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 poster

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 18th May 2025 as Moira Shearer

Miss Austen poster

Miss Austen 2nd February 2025 as Mrs. Austen

Elliott from Earth poster

Elliott from Earth 29th March 2021

The Adventures of Paddington poster

The Adventures of Paddington 20th December 2019 as Mrs. Bird (voice)

Guilt poster

Guilt 24th October 2019 as Maggie Lynch

Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends 3rd January 2018 as Linda

The Good Karma Hospital poster

The Good Karma Hospital 5th February 2017 as Maggie Smart

Shetland poster

Shetland 10th March 2013 as Grace Bain

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 24th October 2011 as Self - Participant

Vera poster

Vera 1st May 2011 as Shirley

Lip Service poster

Lip Service 12th October 2010

Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey 26th September 2010 as Mrs. Hughes

Honest poster

Honest 9th January 2008

Missing: All Secrets Have a Price poster

Missing: All Secrets Have a Price 1st January 2006

Bones poster

Bones 13th September 2005 as Sandra Zins

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Andinio

Murder in Suburbia poster

Murder in Suburbia 13th March 2004 as Wendy

Sea of Souls poster

Sea of Souls 2nd February 2004 as Elaine

New Tricks poster

New Tricks 1st January 2004 as Dr. Mathieson

The Royal poster

The Royal 19th January 2003 as Lady George Fawcett

Spooks poster

Spooks 13th May 2002 as Diana Jewell

Dickens poster

Dickens 11th May 2002 as Georgina Hogarth

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 8th April 2002 as Miriam Whitelaw

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) 18th March 2000

Hope and Glory poster

Hope and Glory 22nd June 1999 as Annie Gilbert

Invasion: Earth poster

Invasion: Earth 8th May 1998 as Sqn. Ldr. Helen Knox

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman poster

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 24th October 1997 as Elizabeth Leaming

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Kate Merrill

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996 as Helen Wharton

Chiller poster

Chiller 9th March 1995 as Anna Spalinsky

Kavanagh Q.C. poster

Kavanagh Q.C. 3rd January 1995 as Samantha Fisher

Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky 13th March 1994 as Det. Supt. Chalmers

Rik Mayall Presents poster

Rik Mayall Presents 20th May 1993 as Mrs. Wilde

A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost 6th December 1992 as Christine Moorhead

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 10th April 1992 as Rose Brown

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot 8th January 1989 as Nurse Hopkins

The Play on One poster

The Play on One 19th January 1988 as Andrea

Hannay poster

Hannay 6th January 1988

Bust poster

Bust 1st September 1987 as Sheila Walsh

Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy 10th January 1986 as Lady Jane Felsham

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Anne

Wogan poster

Wogan 4th May 1982 as Self

Shoestring poster

Shoestring 30th September 1979 as Linda

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Nancy Park