Michelle Dockery
Known For
Acting
Born
1981-12-15 in Romford, Essex, England, UK
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
Most Known For
Family Guy
as British Woman (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
American Dad!
as Narrator (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Downton Abbey
as Mary Crawley
The View
as Self
Heartbeat
as Sue Padgett
Waking the Dead
as Gemma Morrison
Angie Tribeca
as Victoria Nova
Please Don't Feed the Children
as Clara
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
The Hollow Crown
as Kate Percy
Flight Risk
as Madolyn Harris
Defending Jacob
as Laurie Barber
Godless
as Alice Fletcher
The Gentlemen
as Rosalind Pearson
Self/less
as Claire