Michelle Dockery
Acting
1981-12-15 · Romford, Essex, England, UK
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
Filmography
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 · Movie
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025 · Movie
Please Don't Feed the Children
2025 · Movie
Flight Risk
2025 · Movie
Here
2024 · Movie
Boy Kills World
2024 · Movie
This Town
2024 · Series
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 · Movie
Anatomy of a Scandal
2022 · Series
Defending Jacob
2020 · Series
The Gentlemen
2020 · Movie
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
2019 · Movie
Downton Abbey
2019 · Movie
Wimbledon 2018 - Official Film Review
2018 · Movie
Godless
2017 · Series
The Sense of an Ending
2017 · Movie
Good Behavior
2016 · Series
Angie Tribeca
2016 · Series
Many Beautiful Things
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Self/less
2015 · Movie
Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands
2015 · Series
Non-Stop
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Tough Justice
2014 · Movie
Restless
2012 · Series
Anna Karenina
2012 · Movie
The Hollow Crown
2012 · Series
Out of Time
2012 · Movie
Shades of Beige
2011 · Movie
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · Series
Hanna
2011 · Movie
Downton Abbey
2010 · Series
The Turn of the Screw
2009 · Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009 · Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
2009 · Movie
Red Riding
2009 · Series
Poppy Shakespeare
2008 · Movie
Cranford
2007 · Series
Hogfather
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Consent
2007 · Movie
Hogfather
2006 · Series
Fingersmith
2005 · Series
American Dad!
2005 · Series
Waking the Dead
2001 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Series
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
The Queen of Fashion
Movie