Michelle Dockery first burst onto the British and American scene as Lady Mary on the long-running ITV period drama Downton Abbey. In 2015, Michelle embodied the spirit of Lady Sybil Crawley in the period drama film adaptation of The Countess. She has since appeared in The White Queen, the award-winning series of historical nonfiction films starring James McAvoy and Lily James, and has also been seen in two UK TV productions - Downton Abbey: The Exhibition and Downton Abbey: A Royal Romance. Over the past decade, Michelle has starred in critically acclaimed independent films such as Anna Karenina and Love & Friendship
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In 2015, she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for her role as a sassy young socialite in HBO's Big Little Lies. In 2017, she was named as one of Variety Magazine’s “10 Actors to Watch” for her performance as Elizabeth Bennet in Sony Pictures’ adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.