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Michelle Dockery

Acting 44 years old Romford, Essex, England, UK ★ 2.2
Born: December 15, 1981

Biography

Michelle 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

External Links

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Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Family Guy
Family Guy British Woman (voice) 1999
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey Mary Crawley 2010
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Sue Padgett 1992
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era Mary Crawley 2022

Filmography

Acting Credits (53)

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Lady Mary 2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale Self 2025
Please Don't Feed the Children
Please Don't Feed the Children Clara 2025
Flight Risk
Flight Risk Madolyn Harris 2025
Here
Here Pauline Harter 2024
Boy Kills World
Boy Kills World Melanie Van Der Koy 2024
This Town
This Town Estella Williams 2024
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era Mary Crawley 2022
Anatomy of a Scandal
Anatomy of a Scandal Kate Woodcroft 2022
Defending Jacob
Defending Jacob Laurie Barber 2020
The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen Rosalind Pearson 2020
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event Self 2019
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey Mary Crawley 2019
Wimbledon 2018 - Official Film Review
Wimbledon 2018 - Official Film Review Narrator 2018
Godless
Godless Alice Fletcher 2017
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending Susie Webster 2017
Good Behavior
Good Behavior Letty Dobesh 2016
Angie Tribeca
Angie Tribeca Victoria Nova 2016
Many Beautiful Things
Many Beautiful Things Lilias Trotter (voice) 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
Self/less
Self/less Claire 2015
Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands
Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands Herself - Narrator 2015
Non-Stop
Non-Stop Nancy 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Tough Justice
Tough Justice Connie Tough 2014
Restless
Restless Ruth Gilmartin 2012
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina Princess Myagkaya 2012
The Hollow Crown
The Hollow Crown Kate Percy 2012
Out of Time
Out of Time Christine 2012
Shades of Beige
Shades of Beige Jodie 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show Self 2011
Hanna
Hanna False Marissa 2011
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey Mary Crawley 2010
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw Ann 2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 Kathryn Tyler 2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 Kathryn Tyler 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Ewa Rozenfeld 2009
Red Riding
Red Riding Kathryn Tyler 2009
Poppy Shakespeare
Poppy Shakespeare Dawn 2008
Cranford
Cranford Erminia Whyte 2007
Hogfather
Hogfather Susan 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Consent
Consent 2007
Hogfather
Hogfather Susan Sto Helit 2006
Fingersmith
Fingersmith Betty 2005
American Dad!
American Dad! Narrator (voice) 2005
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead Gemma Morrison 2001
Family Guy
Family Guy British Woman (voice) 1999
The View
The View Self 1997
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Sue Padgett 1992
The Queen of Fashion
The Queen of Fashion Alexandra Shulman

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