Michelle Dockery
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
Acting
Movie
The Gentlemen
as Rosalind Pearson
2020
Movie
Non-Stop
as Nancy
2014
TV
Family Guy
as British Woman (voice)
1999
Movie
Hanna
as False Marissa
2011
Movie
Self/less
as Claire
2015
Movie
Anna Karenina
as Princess Myagkaya
2012
TV
American Dad!
as Narrator (voice)
2005
TV
Defending Jacob
as Laurie Barber
2020
Movie
Downton Abbey
as Mary Crawley
2019
TV
Downton Abbey
as Mary Crawley
2010
Movie
Flight Risk
as Madolyn Harris
2025
Movie
Boy Kills World
as Melanie Van Der Koy
2024
TV
Godless
as Alice Fletcher
2017
Movie
Here
as Pauline Harter
2024
Movie
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Mary Crawley
2022
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as Kathryn Tyler
2009
TV
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Movie
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Lady Mary
2025
TV
Anatomy of a Scandal
as Kate Woodcroft
2022
Movie
The Sense of an Ending
as Susie Webster
2017
Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as Kathryn Tyler
2009
Movie
Hogfather
as Susan
2007