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Michelle Dockery

Michelle Suzanne Dockery (born 15 December 1981) is an English actress and singer. She is most widely known for her leading performance as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV (UK) and PBS (U.S.) television period drama series ''Downton Abbey'' (2010–15), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Dockery made her professional stage debut in ''His Dark Materials'' in 2004. For her role as Eliza Doolittle in the 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. From 2017 to 2018, she starred with Bryan Cranston in the stage adaptation of ''Network'', earning rave reviews for her portrayal of the role Faye Dunaway previously played on screen. Her other notable stage credits include ''Pillars of the Community'' (2005) and ''Hamlet'' (2010).

Dockery has also had starring roles in films, such as ''Hanna'' (2011), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), and ''Non-Stop'' (2014). In autumn of 2016, she began portraying the lead role of a drug-addicted, alcoholic, American con artist in the U.S. TNT drama series ''Good Behavior''. In 2017, she played the lead role of Alice Fletcher in the Netflix western-drama limited series ''Godless'', for which she received a fourth Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Provided by Wikipedia