Biography
Michelle Dockery is an English actress. She was born on 15 December 1981 in Romford, Essex. She is known for playing Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV series Downton Abbey (2010–2015) and reprised the role in the films Downton Abbey (2019), Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025).
Dockery graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2004. She made her professional stage debut in His Dark Materials that year. She received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 2009 play Burnt by the Sun and an Evening Standard Award nomination for her performance in a 2007 London revival of Pygmalion.
Her other film credits include Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Non-Stop (2014) and The Gentlemen (2019). She has also appeared in the miniseries Godless (2017), Defending Jacob (2020) and Anatomy of a Scandal (2022). Dockery has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination.
