Michelle Dockery
Born: 1981-12-15 in Romford, Essex, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2025
- Flight Risk as Madolyn
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Lady Mary
- Please Don't Feed the Children as Clara
- Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
2024
- Here as Pauline Harter
- Boy Kills World as Melanie Van Der Koy
- This Town as Estella Williams
2022
- Downton Abbey: A New Era as Mary Crawley
- Anatomy of a Scandal as Kate Woodcroft
2020
- The Gentlemen as Rosalind Pearson
- Defending Jacob as Laurie Barber
2019
- Downton Abbey as Mary Crawley
- Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event as Self
2018
- Wimbledon 2018 - Official Film Review as Narrator
2017
- Godless as Alice Fletcher
- The Sense of an Ending as Susie Webster
2016
- Angie Tribeca as Victoria Nova
- Good Behavior as Letty Dobesh
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Self/less as Claire
- Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands as Herself - Narrator
- Many Beautiful Things as Lilias Trotter (voice)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Tough Justice as Connie Tough
- Non-Stop as Nancy
2012
- The Hollow Crown as Kate Percy
- Anna Karenina as Princess Myagkaya
- Restless as Ruth Gilmartin
- Out of Time as Christine
2011
- Hanna as False Marissa
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Shades of Beige as Jodie
2010
- Downton Abbey as Mary Crawley
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler as Ewa Rozenfeld
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as Kathryn Tyler
- The Turn of the Screw as Ann
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as Kathryn Tyler
- Red Riding as Kathryn Tyler
2008
- Poppy Shakespeare as Dawn
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Consent
- Hogfather as Susan
- Cranford as Erminia Whyte
2006
- Hogfather as Susan Sto Helit
2005
- American Dad! as Narrator (voice)
- Fingersmith as Betty
2001
- Waking the Dead as Gemma Morrison
1999
- Family Guy as British Woman (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
1992
- Heartbeat as Sue Padgett