Michelle Dockery
Birthday: 1981-12-15 | Place of Birth: Romford, Essex, England, UKMichelle Suzanne Dockery (born 15 December 1981) is an English actress. She is best known for starring as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She reprised her role in the films Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dockery made her professional stage debut in His Dark Materials in 2004. For her role as Eliza Doolittle in a 2007 London revival of Pygmalion, she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award. For her role in the 2009 play Burnt by the Sun, she earned an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Dockery has appeared in the films Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Non-Stop (2014), and The Gentlemen (2019). She has also played lead roles in the western miniseries Godless (2017), for which she received her fourth Emmy nomination, and the drama miniseries Defending Jacob (2020) and Anatomy of a Scandal (2022). She attended the Finch Stage School, and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2004
Known For
Acting
Role
as Clara
as Lady Mary
as Madolyn Harris
as Estella Williams
as Melanie Van Der Koy
as Kate Woodcroft
as Mary Crawley
as Laurie Barber
as Rosalind Pearson
as Mary Crawley
as Narrator
as Alice Fletcher
as Susie Webster
as Letty Dobesh
as Claire
as Herself - Narrator
as Herself - Narrator
as Lilias Trotter (voice)
as Connie Tough
as Nancy
as Christine
as Ruth Gilmartin
as Mary Crawley
