Laura Carmichael
Actor
- Born
- July 16, 1986 (age 40) · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
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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
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
September 16, 2011
Downton Abbey
September 12, 2019
Downton Abbey: A New Era
April 27, 2022
A United Kingdom
November 25, 2016
Madame Bovary
June 4, 2015
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
September 10, 2025
Burn Burn Burn
October 28, 2016
Downton Abbey Live!
August 18, 2019
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
September 10, 2025
Legs
September 2, 2022
Acting11
- 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Lady Edith
- 2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
- 2022Legs
- 2022Downton Abbey: A New Era as Edith Crawley
- 2019Downton Abbey as Edith Crawley
- 2019Downton Abbey Live! as Self
- 2016A United Kingdom as Muriel Williams
- 2016Burn Burn Burn as Seph
- 2015Madame Bovary as Henriette
- 2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy