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
British Woman (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Mary Crawley
Madolyn
Sue Padgett
Victoria Nova
Kate Percy
Gemma Morrison
Laurie Barber
Erminia Whyte
Alice Fletcher
Letty Dobesh
Kathryn Tyler
Rosalind Pearson
Betty
Kate Woodcroft
Ruth Gilmartin
Claire
Melanie Van Der Koy
Nancy
False Marissa
Mary Crawley
Pauline Harter
Mary Crawley
Princess Myagkaya
Susan Sto Helit
Mary Crawley
Herself - Narrator
Susie Webster
Kathryn Tyler
Ewa Rozenfeld
Estella Williams
Lilias Trotter (voice)
Clara
Kathryn Tyler
Susan
Ann
Dawn
Self
Connie Tough
Self
Self - Guest
Jodie
Self
Christine
Narrator
Self
Self
Self