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Michelle Dockery

1981 - Today

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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), Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025). After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dockery made her professional stage debut in His Dark Materials in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Michelle Dockery is the 6,332nd most popular actor (down from 5,686th in 2024), the 4,862nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,255th in 2019) and the 719th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michelle Dockery ranks 6,332 out of 13,578Before her are Buck Angel, Kim Sung-ryung, Audrey Landers, Steven Brill, Yasmine Bleeth, and Bobcat Goldthwait. After her are Kevin Alejandro, Josh Bowman, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Neil Dudgeon, Wallace Langham, and Sergei Garmash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Michelle Dockery ranks 187Before her are Roman Pavlyuchenko, Andrés D'Alessandro, Johan Elmander, Danijel Pranjić, Stephen Hunt, and Nicky Jam. After her are Cristian Zaccardo, Jo In-sung, Summer Glau, Patrick J. Adams, Lee Chun-soo, and Fredrik Backman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michelle Dockery ranks 4,863 out of 8,785Before her are Michael Foot (1913), Alan Hansen (1955), Grey Owl (1888), John Eliot (1604), Barnes Wallis (1887), and Bart McGhee (1899). After her are Josh Bowman (1988), Neil Dudgeon (1961), Mark Haddon (1962), Doogie White (1960), David Owen (1938), and Lady Charlotte Guest (1812).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Michelle Dockery ranks 719Before her are Denis Lawson (1947), Sophie Okonedo (1968), Jack Davenport (1973), Michelle Ryan (1984), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), and Kathryn Beaumont (1938). After her are Josh Bowman (1988), Neil Dudgeon (1961), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), Cathleen Nesbitt (1888), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), and Robert Newton (1905).