Michelle Dockery | |
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 Dockery in 2019 | |
| Born | Michelle Suzanne Dockery 15 December 1981 Essex, England |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse |
Jasper Waller-Bridge
(m. 2023) |
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Michelle Suzanne Dockery[1] (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.[2] 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.[3] For her role in the 2009 play Burnt by the Sun, she earned an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[4]
Dockery has appeared in the films Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Non-Stop (2014), and The Gentlemen (2019).[5] 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).[1]
- ^ a b Fear, Helen (16 December 2020). "Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix: Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery joins cast". Entertainment Daily. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Golden Globes 2013: full list of winners". The Guardian. 14 January 2013. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "DOWNTON ABBEY's Michelle Dockery to Lead New Netflix Miniseries 'Godless'". Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Hollywood names up for Olivier theatre awards". Reuters. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Downton Abbey's Lady Mary talks starring in Non-Stop with Neeson". The Independent. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2017.