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