Michelle Dockery

Michelle Dockery

Known for
Acting
Born
December 15, 1981 (age 44)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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The Queen of Fashion

The Queen of Fashion

Movie · as Alexandra Shulman

2025
Please Don't Feed the Children poster

Please Don't Feed the Children

Movie · as Clara

2025
Flight Risk poster

Flight Risk

Movie · as Madolyn Harris

2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale poster

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Movie · as Lady Mary

2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale poster

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

Movie · as Self

2024
Boy Kills World poster

Boy Kills World

Movie · as Melanie Van Der Koy

2024
Here poster

Here

Movie · as Pauline Harter

2024
This Town poster

This Town

TV · as Estella Williams · 6 eps

2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era poster

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Movie · as Mary Crawley

2022
Anatomy of a Scandal poster

Anatomy of a Scandal

TV · as Kate Woodcroft · 6 eps

2020
The Gentlemen poster

The Gentlemen

Movie · as Rosalind Pearson

2020
Defending Jacob poster

Defending Jacob

TV · as Laurie Barber · 8 eps

2019
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

Movie · as Mary Crawley

2019
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event poster

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

Movie · as Self

2018
Wimbledon 2018 - Official Film Review poster

Wimbledon 2018 - Official Film Review

Movie · as Narrator

2017
The Sense of an Ending poster

The Sense of an Ending

Movie · as Susie Webster

2017
Godless poster

Godless

TV · as Alice Fletcher · 7 eps

2016
Good Behavior poster

Good Behavior

TV · as Letty Dobesh · 20 eps

2016
Angie Tribeca poster

Angie Tribeca

TV · as Victoria Nova · 1 ep

2015
Self/less poster

Self/less

Movie · as Claire

2015
Many Beautiful Things poster

Many Beautiful Things

Movie · as Lilias Trotter (voice)

2015
Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands poster

Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands

TV · as Herself - Narrator · 3 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Non-Stop poster

Non-Stop

Movie · as Nancy

2014
Tough Justice poster

Tough Justice

Movie · as Connie Tough

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

Movie · as Princess Myagkaya

2012
Out of Time poster

Out of Time

Movie · as Christine

2012
Restless poster

Restless

TV · as Ruth Gilmartin · 2 eps

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Kate Percy · 2 eps

2011
Hanna poster

Hanna

Movie · as False Marissa

2011
Shades of Beige poster

Shades of Beige

Movie · as Jodie

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

TV · as Mary Crawley · 47 eps

2009
The Turn of the Screw poster

The Turn of the Screw

Movie · as Ann

2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 poster

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

Movie · as Kathryn Tyler

2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 poster

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Movie · as Kathryn Tyler

2009
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler poster

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

Movie · as Ewa Rozenfeld

2009
Red Riding poster

Red Riding

TV · as Kathryn Tyler · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
Return to Cranford

Return to Cranford

TV · as Erminia · 2 eps

2008
Poppy Shakespeare poster

Poppy Shakespeare

Movie · as Dawn

2007
Hogfather poster

Hogfather

Movie · as Susan

2007
Consent poster

Consent

Movie

2007
Cranford poster

Cranford

TV · as Erminia Whyte · 2 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Hogfather poster

Hogfather

TV · as Susan Sto Helit · 2 eps

2005
Fingersmith poster

Fingersmith

TV · as Betty · 3 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Gemma Morrison · 2 eps

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as British Woman (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Aimee Hobbs · 2 eps

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Sue Padgett · 1 ep