
Acting
Born September 29, 1946 · Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Patricia Ann Hodge OBE is an English actress. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in Jemima Shore Investigates (1983), Penny in Miranda (2009–2015) and Mrs Pumphrey in All Creatures Great and Small (2021–present). Hodge made her West End debut in 1972, and the next year, starred in the West End production of Pippin directed by Bob Fosse. Hodge has received two nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and in 2000, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the play Money. Her other screen credits include the 1983 film Betrayal, the 1986 TV adaptation of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, and the TV film Hotel du Lac (1986). For her role in Hotel du Lac, Hodge received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress.

Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert
2025

Arthur's Whisky
2024

Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
2023

The Laureate
2023

Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
2022

The Big Night In
2020

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
2020

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
2018

Miranda Hart’s Maracattack
2013

Maxwell
2007

Before You Go
2002

The Falklands Play
2002
Jilting Joe
1998

Prague Duet
1998

The Moonstone
1996

The Leading Man
1996

The Cloning of Joanna May
1992

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990

The Shell Seekers
1989
Thieves in the Night
1989

The Heat of the Day
1989

An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988

Just Ask for Diamond
1988

Sunset
1988

The Death of the Heart
1987

Vilde, the Wild One
1986

Hotel du Lac
1986

Hay Fever
1984

Betrayal
1983

Riding High
1981

Charlotte
1981

Rumpole's Return
1980

The Elephant Man
1980

Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978

The Disappearance
1977
Great Big Groovy Horse
1975

The Naked Civil Servant
1975