Laura Carmichael
Born: 1986-07-16 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Laura Carmichael is a British actress. Her TV appearances include her performance as Lady Edith Crawley in the ITV (UK) and PBS (US) television period drama series Downton Abbey, Marcella (2016), and the feature film A United Kingdom (2016). She is also a member of The Fitzrovia Radio Hour. Carmichael was born in Southampton, England. She is the middle of three daughters. Her sister Amy works for a software start-up company and her other sister Olivia is a charity fundraiser with the NHS. She was educated at Shirley Junior School, The Mountbatten School, and Peter Symonds College. Carmichael attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, graduating in 2007, before spending two years in various odd jobs, including a teaching assistant, receptionist, and nanny while going to tiny auditions in fringe theatres
Filmography
2025
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Lady Edith
- Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
2022
- Downton Abbey: A New Era as Edith Crawley
- Legs
2020
- The Secrets She Keeps as Agatha Fyfle
- A Wild Year On Earth as Narrator
2019
- The Spanish Princess as Maggie Pole
- Downton Abbey as Edith Crawley
- Downton Abbey Live! as Self
2017
- Man in an Orange Shirt as Daphne
2016
- Marcella as Maddy Stevenson
- A United Kingdom as Muriel Williams
- Burn Burn Burn as Seph
2015
- Madame Bovary as Henriette
2011
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Sal
2010
- Downton Abbey as Edith Crawley
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2004
- Big Fat Quiz as Self - Guest
1997
- The View as Self