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Acting

Phyllis Logan

Career: Active from 1980 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 29
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Secrets & Lies
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Phyllis Logan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.8
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
British Drama 3
Psychological Depth 2
Character Study 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Romantic Intrigue 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Bleak Outlook 2
Contemporary Setting 2
Comfort Viewing 2
Wholesome Entertainment 2
Character-Driven Suspense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

18 titles · average score 65

A Taste for Murder

46

TV show · as Elena Da Vinale

Murder Most Puzzling

69

TV show · as Cora Felton

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

76

as Elsie Hughes

The Bombing of Pan Am 103

67

TV show · as Moira Shearer

Miss Austen

68

TV show · as Mrs. Austen

No Way Up

41

as Mardy

Surprised by Oxford

66

as Provost Regina Knight

The Last Bus

53

as Mary

You Really Got Me

as Older Linda

Last Train to Christmas

71

as Auntie Vi

Misbehaviour

66

as Evelyn Alexander

Our Queen at War

as Narrator (voice)

2010s

10 titles · average score 69

The Adventures of Paddington

79

TV show · as Mrs. Bird (voice)

Downton Abbey

74

as Mrs Hughes

Guilt

70

TV show · as Maggie Lynch

Girlfriends

73

TV show · as Linda

The Good Karma Hospital

52

TV show · as Maggie Smart

Shetland

72

TV show · as Grace Bain

Day of the Flowers

55

as Brenda

Vera

60

TV show · as Shirley

Downton Abbey

86

TV show · as Mrs. Hughes

Lip Service

69

TV show

2000s

18 titles · average score 68

Missing

63

as Karen Foster

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Andinio

Bones

75

TV show · as Sandra Zins

Beneath the Skin

65

as DCI Grace Shilling

New Tricks

83

TV show · as Dr. Mathieson

Murder in Suburbia

48

TV show · as Wendy

Sea of Souls

77

TV show · as Elaine

Alibi

62

as Linda Brentwood

Spooks

80

TV show · as Diana Jewell

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

81

TV show · as Miriam Whitelaw

The Real Jane Austen

80

as Mrs. Austen

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

67

TV show

1990s

26 titles · average score 67

Invasion: Earth

62

TV show · as Sqn. Ldr. Helen Knox

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Kate Merrill

Secrets & Lies

88

as Monica Purley

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Helen Wharton

Dalziel and Pascoe

69

TV show · as DS Jenny Ettrick

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

71

as Frau Bunofsky

Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One

77

as Mrs Wilde

Pie in the Sky

80

TV show · as Det. Supt. Chalmers

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

63

as Karla

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Julia Kendall / Rose Brown

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Christine Moorhead

The Dark Sun

as Attorney Camilla Staffa

1980s

29 titles · average score 62

Goldeneye

60

as Ann Fleming

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Nurse Hopkins

And a Nightingale Sang

as Helen

Defrosting the Fridge

as Lee

The Kitchen Toto

59

as Janet Graham

Bust

TV show · as Sheila Walsh

The Inquiry

65

as Claudia Procula

The Doctor and the Devils

35

as Elizabeth Rock

Every Picture Tells a Story

as Agnes Scott

The Dress

as Julia

Another Time, Another Place

51

as Janie

The White Bird Passes

as Janie (age 16)

1970s

2 titles · average score 74

Shoestring

76

TV show · as Linda

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Nancy Park