Laura Carmichael
- Acting
- July 16, 1986 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
Laura Carmichael is a British actress. Her TV appearances include her performance as Lady Edith Crawley in the ITV (UK) and PBS (US) television period drama series Downton Abbey, Marcella (2016), and the feature film A United Kingdom (2016). She is also a member of The Fitzrovia Radio Hour. Carmichael was born in Southampton, England. She is the middle of three daughters. Her sister Amy works for a software start-up company and her other sister Olivia is a charity fundraiser with the NHS. She was educated at Shirley Junior School, The Mountbatten School, and Peter Symonds College. Carmichael attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, graduating in 2007, before spending two years in various odd jobs, including a teaching assistant, receptionist, and nanny while going to tiny auditions in fringe theatres
Known for
Filmography
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale · Lady Edith
- Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale · Self
- Legs
- Downton Abbey: A New Era · Edith Crawley
- A Wild Year On Earth · Narrator
- The Secrets She Keeps · Agatha Fyfle
- Downton Abbey · Edith Crawley
- Downton Abbey Live! · Self
- The Spanish Princess · Maggie Pole
- Man in an Orange Shirt · Daphne
- A United Kingdom · Muriel Williams
- Burn Burn Burn · Seph
- Marcella · Maddy Stevenson
- Madame Bovary · Henriette
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · Sal
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- Downton Abbey · Edith Crawley
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Big Fat Quiz · Self
- The View · Self
- A Night at Claridge’s · Miss Roach