
Michelle Dockery
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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
Known For

Heartbeat

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Family Guy

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

American Dad!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Waking the Dead

The Jonathan Ross Show

The Hollow Crown

Cranford

Here

Hanna

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Anna Karenina

Fingersmith

This Town

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Self/less

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

Non-Stop

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Boy Kills World

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

Anatomy of a Scandal

Defending Jacob

Restless

The Gentlemen

Downton Abbey

Godless

Flight Risk

Good Behavior

The Turn of the Screw
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