Michelle Dockery
Biography
Michelle Dockery is an English actress born on 15 December 1981 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. She is known for starring as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey. Dockery reprised her role in the films Downton Abbey and Downton Abbey: A New Era. After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she made her professional stage debut in His Dark Materials in 2004. Dockery was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for her role as Eliza Doolittle in a 2007 London revival of Pygmalion. She has appeared in numerous other stage and screen productions, with a total of 53 known credits.
Career overview
Michelle Dockery is an English actress born on 15 December 1981 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and made her professional stage debut in His Dark Materials in 2004. Dockery's early stage work included a 2007 London revival of Pygmalion, for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award.
Dockery's television career is notable for her starring role in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey, which she played from 2010 to 2015. She reprised her role in the films Downton Abbey in 2019 and Downton Abbey: A New Era in 2022. Her performance in Downton Abbey earned her nominations for a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Dockery has a long and varied career in acting, with over 50 known credits. She has appeared in numerous stage productions, television series, and films, although specific details of these roles are not provided. Dockery's talent and dedication have established her as a respected and accomplished actress in the entertainment industry.
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- Flight Risk (2025) as Madolyn Harris
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) as Lady Mary
- Please Don't Feed the Children (2025) as Clara
- Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale (2025) as Self
- Boy Kills World (2024) as Melanie Van Der Koy
- Here (2024) as Pauline Harter
- This Town (2024) as Estella Williams
- Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) as Mary Crawley
- Anatomy of a Scandal (2022) as Kate Woodcroft
- The Gentlemen (2020) as Rosalind Pearson
- Defending Jacob (2020) as Laurie Barber
- Downton Abbey (2019) as Mary Crawley
- Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event (2019) as Self
- Wimbledon 2018 - Official Film Review (2018) as Narrator
- Godless (2017) as Alice Fletcher
- The Sense of an Ending (2017) as Susie Webster
- Angie Tribeca (2016) as Victoria Nova
- Good Behavior (2016) as Letty Dobesh
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
- Self/less (2015) as Claire
- Many Beautiful Things (2015) as Lilias Trotter (voice)
- Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands (2015) as Herself - Narrator
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- Non-Stop (2014) as Nancy
- Tough Justice (2014) as Connie Tough
- The Hollow Crown (2012) as Kate Percy
- Anna Karenina (2012) as Princess Myagkaya
- Restless (2012) as Ruth Gilmartin
- Out of Time (2012) as Christine
- The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) as Self
- Hanna (2011) as False Marissa
- Shades of Beige (2011) as Jodie
- Downton Abbey (2010) as Mary Crawley
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Red Riding (2009) as Kathryn Tyler
- The Turn of the Screw (2009) as Ann
- The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) as Ewa Rozenfeld
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009) as Kathryn Tyler
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009) as Kathryn Tyler
- Poppy Shakespeare (2008) as Dawn
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Cranford (2007) as Erminia Whyte
- Hogfather (2007) as Susan
- Consent (2007)
- Hogfather (2006) as Susan Sto Helit
- American Dad! (2005) as Narrator (voice)
- Fingersmith (2005) as Betty
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Gemma Morrison
- Family Guy (1999) as British Woman (voice)
- The View (1997) as Self
- Heartbeat (1992) as Sue Padgett
- The Queen of Fashion as Alexandra Shulman