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My Take
Lloyd is a director I respect for the breadth of her command across stage, opera and film. She built her name in the theatre and opera house first, and you can feel that disciplined sense of performance in her screen work. Turning a stage musical into a global box-office hit is no small feat, but I'm most impressed by how she framed a towering lead performance as Margaret Thatcher with real gravity rather than caricature. Sustaining a top-tier career as a woman director through eras that offered few of them, all the way to a CBE, speaks to a tenacity and taste I find genuinely admirable.
Overview
Phyllida Christian Lloyd, (born 17 June 1957) is an English film and theatre director and producer. She has been nominated for a British Academy Film Award, a European Film Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and two Tony Awards. She was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2010 New Year Honours.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Phyllida Lloyd
- Name (Japanese)
- フィリダ・ロイド
- Reading
- ふぃりだ・ろいど
- Born
- June 17, 1957 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / theatre director / opera director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Birmingham
Awards & achievements
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.