Michelle Dockery Biography
Michelle Dockery is an English actress famous for portraying Lady Mary Crawley in ITV’s Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015. Her performance in the film won her a Golden Globe Award nomination and three successive Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Awards nominations.
Michelle Dockery Age
Dockery was born Michelle Suzanne Dockery on December 15, 1981, in Essex, England. She is 43 years old as of 2024. Dockery celebrates her birthday on December 15th.
Michelle Dockery Height
Dockery stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 8 inches.
Michelle Dockery Family
Dockery was born to Lorraine Witton and Michael Dockery in England. Lorraine hailed from from Stepney, England, and worked as a care home assistant. On the other hand, Michael hailed from Ireland and worked as a lorry driver. Further, he was in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, into a family of 9 siblings. The couple raised her in Romford, Essex alongside her siblings, Louise Sarah and Joanne Michelle.
Michelle Dockery Husband
Dockery married to Jasper Waller-Bridge on September 22, 2023. They shared news of their engagement in January 2022 after being in a relationship for 3 years, starting in 2019. Jasper is the brother of Fleabag creator, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and composer, Isobel Waller-Bridge.
John Dineen
Before Jasper, Dockery was in a relationship with John Dineen. They began dating in 2013 after her Downtown Abbey co-star, Allen Leech, introduced them. At the time, John worked as a public relations director at FTI Consulting in London. They got engaged on Valentine’s Day in February 2015. On December 13, 2015, John passed away at the age of 34 from a rare form of cancer at the Marymount Hospice in Cork. She performed his favorite song The Folks Who Live On the Hill during his funeral in County Cork, Ireland on December 16, 2015.
Michelle Dockery Net Worth
Dockery has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an actress.
Michelle Dockery Education
Dockery studied at Finch Stage School before joining the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. In 2004, she received her Bachelor Of Fine Arts degree. The school awarded her its Gold Medal Drama Award.
Michelle Dockery Downton Abbey
Dockery rose to prominence for portraying Lady Mary Crawley in ITV’s Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015. She recurred the role of Lady Mary in Downton Abbey in 2019 and Downton Abbey: A New Era in 2022.
Lady Mary is the eldest daughter of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, and Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham. Initially shown as cold, entitled, and snobbish, she has a strong sense of loyalty to her aristocratic family. However, she regularly shows no warmth to others, including he sisters. Her icy attitude begins to thaw significantly after she gets married to Matthew Crawley. However, she is left with grief and resentment when her husband.
In the film, Mary grapples with the expectations society imposes on her as the eldest daughter of an aristocratic family. She also shows frustrations with how women are treated in a society where the only way to secure her future is through marriage
Her performance in the film won her a 2013 Golden Globe Award nomination and three successive Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Awards nominations(2012, 2013, and 2014).
Michelle Dockery The Gentlemen
Dockery starred as Rosalind “Roz” Pearson opposite Matthew McConaughey in The Gentlemen. Rosalind is the wife of drug baron Michael “Mickey” Pearson(played by Matthew McConaughey). Independent and strong-willed, she comes from a self-made wealthy family and owns a flourishing garage business. With plans of retiring from the illegal business, Michael faces challenges including an attempted kidnapping and rape of Rosalind.
Michelle Dockery Career
Dockery rose to prominence for portraying Lady Mary Crawley in ITV’s Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015. Her performance in the film won her a Golden Globe Award nomination and three successive Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Awards nominations. She recurred the role of Lady Mary in Downton Abbey in 2019 and Downton Abbey: A New Era in 2022.
Following her graduation from college, Dockery professionally debuted on stage in 2004 in His Dark Materials. In 2007, she portrayed Eliza Doolittle in a London revival of Pygmalion, winning her an Evening Standard Award nomination. Her 2009 role in the play, Burnt by the Sun, won her an Olivier Best Supporting Actress Award nomination.
Dockery has starred in other films like Hanna in 2011, Anna Karenina in 2012, Non-Stop in 2014, Godless in 2017, The Gentlemen in 2019, Defending Jacob in 2020, and Anatomy of a Scandal in 2022. Her performance in Godless won her her fourth Emmy nomination.
Stage
Dockery served as a member of the National Youth Theatre and debuted on stage at the Royal National Theatre in His Dark Materials in 2004. In 2006, she received an Ian Charleson Award nomination for her execution as Dina Dorf in Pillars of the Community at the National Theatre.
Dockery appeared in Burnt by the Sun at the National Theatre, earning her an Olivier Best Supporting Actress Award nomination. She won another Ian Charleson Award for her portrayal of Eliza Doolittle in Peter Hall’s production of Pygmalion at the Theatre Royal, Bath, which transferred to The Old Vic in 2008 after touring the UK. That same work won her a 2008 Evening Standard Best Newcomer Award nomination. In 2010, she portrayed Ophelia in Hamlet at the Crucible Theatre opposite John Simm.
Film and TV
In 2006, Dockery played the role of Susan Sto Helit in Hogfather. Two years later, she starred as Kathryn in Channel 4’s The Red Riding Trilogy and made a guest appearance in BBC’s Waking the Dead where she portrayed Gemma Morrison, a distressed rape victim. She starred as Erminia in BBC’s Cranford Christmas special (also known as Return to Cranford) in 2009. Moreover, she portrayed a young governess in The Turn of the Screw.
Dockery rose to prominence for portraying Lady Mary Crawley in ITV’s Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015. Her performance in the film won her a Golden Globe Award nomination and three successive Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Awards nominations. She recurred the role of Lady Mary in Downton Abbey in 2019 and Downton Abbey: A New Era in 2022.
2011 to present;
Dockery’s had her first big screen role in 2011, portraying False Marissa in Hanna. The following year, she portrayed Princess Myagkaya in Restless on BBC One. She starred opposite Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, and Lupita Nyong’o in January 2014 in the film, Non-Stop. That same year, she became a Fellow of the Guildhall School for her contribution to TV. The Sunday Times also mentioned her in its list of Britain’s 500 Most Influential People.
After leaving Downton Abbey, Dockery continued her Hollywood career by starring in Self/less opposite Ryan Reynolds in 2015. The following year, she began playing the role of Letty Raines in Good Behavior. In 2017, she appeared in The Sense of an Ending as Susie Webster. Later that year, she starred in Netflix’s Godless.
In 2019, Dockery reprised her role of Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey opposite Hugh Bonneville and Maggie Smith. Later that year, she starred as the wife of a drug baron in The Gentlemen. In 2025, she will star in Flight Risk and Untitled Downton Abbey: A New Era sequel.
Music
Besides acting, Dockery is a trained singer who sang at the 50th Anniversary of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London. Moreover, she regularly sang alongside Sadie and the Hotheads. A February 2022 announcement revealed that she and Michael C. Fox had signed a record deal with Decca Records as the duo Michelle and Michael.
Charity Work
 Oxfam revealed that Dockery would be their first-ever Humanitarian Ambassador on World Humanitarian Day 2014. That same year, she alongside 8 other Brotish celebrities appeared in a short film to promote Stand Up to Cancer UK. She serves as a patron for Changing Faces and other charities.
Michelle Dockery Movies and TV Shows
Dockery has starred in several movies and TV shows during her career such as
- Shades of Beige
- Out of Time
- A Poem is…
- Angelic Voices: The Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral
- Many Beautiful Things
- District Zero: What’s Hidden Inside the Smartphone of a Refugee
- Tough Justice
- Fingersmith
- Dalziel and Pascoe
- Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974
- The Sense of an Ending
- Defending Jacob
- Boy Kills World
- Amphibia
- Anatomy of a Scandal
- Please Don’t Feed the Children
- Here
- This Town