"the biggest development, Downton Abbey becomes a convalescent home for wounded officers. Upstairs Downstairs A 46-minute documentary compiled in anticipation of the Christmas 2011 two-hour special broadcast, ""Behind the Drama"" features behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of the series and short interviews with Julian Fellowes, the writer, actors (Elizabeth McGovern, Joanne Froggatt, Brendan Coyle, Dan Stevens, Michelle Dockery, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Penelope Wilton, Phyllis Logan, Thomas Howes, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Allen Leech), and other members of the team that produces ""Downton Abbey"". It was shown in the United Kingdom at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 21 December 2011"
"Michelle Dockery Michelle Suzanne Dockery (born December 15, 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"
"Laura Carmichael Laura Elizabeth Carmichael (born 16 July 1986) is an English actress, most widely known for her performance as Lady Edith Crawley in the ITV (UK) and PBS (US) television period drama series"" Downton Abbey"". Her other work includes television series ""Marcella"" (2016), and the feature film ""A United Kingdom"" (2016). Carmichael was born in Southampton, England, to Sarah, a radiographer, and Andy Carmichael, a software consultant. She is the middle of three daughters. Her sister Amy works for a software start-up company and her sister Olivia is a charity fundraiser with the NHS. One of Carmichael's paternal great-grandfathers"
"Jessica Brown Findlay Jessica Rose Brown Findlay (born 14 September 1989) is an English actress, most widely known for her role as Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV television period drama series"" Downton Abbey"", and for her role as Emelia Conan Doyle in the 2011 British comedy-drama feature film ""Albatross"". In 2014, she appeared as Beverly Penn in the film adaptation of the Mark Helprin novel ""Winter's Tale"". In 2015, she co-starred in Paul McGuigan's ""Victor Frankenstein"" as Lorelei, the Esmerelda-like acrobat. In 2016, she joined the cast of the new biopic feature film, ""England is Mine"", about the early"
"been renewed for a second season. 2017 also saw the debut of ""This Beautiful Fantastic"", an indie film in which Brown-Findlay starred as Bella Brown, a repressed foundling who forms a new life through her relationships with a curmudgeonly neighbor (Tom Wilkinson), a gifted cook (Andrew Scott) and an eccentric inventor (Jeremy Irvine). That same year, she voiced the character of Fay in the animated film, ""Monster Family"". Jessica Brown Findlay Jessica Rose Brown Findlay (born 14 September 1989) is an English actress, most widely known for her role as Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV television period drama series"""
"Elizabeth McGovern Elizabeth Lee McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actress, and musician. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the 1981 film ""Ragtime"". She is also known for her performance as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham in the British drama series ""Downton Abbey"", for which she has been nominated for an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award. Her other films include ""Ordinary People"" (1980), ""Once Upon a Time in America"" (1984), ""The Handmaid's Tale"" (1990) and ""The Wings of the Dove"" (1997). McGovern was born in Evanston,"
"shooting her first major role, in ""Albatross"", Brown Findlay landed the role of Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV period drama television series ""Downton Abbey"", which became her breakthrough role, as the youngest of the Grantham daughters. In a 2012 interview with ""Vanity Fair"", Brown Findlay stated, ""I thought this character of Sybil was fascinating, and I liked her modern attitude to life"". Brown Findlay was the first major cast member to leave the series for pastures new, when her character, the forward thinking Lady Sybil, died in childbirth in the third series. During a 2015 interview, ""Downton Abbey"" creator,"
"Sophie McShera Sophie McShera (born 1985) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Ros McCain in the fifth series of the BBC television series ""Waterloo Road"", as Daisy Mason in the ITV television series ""Downton Abbey"", and as Drizella Tremaine in the 2015 Disney film ""Cinderella"". McShera was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, into a large Irish family. Her mother is a teacher and her father is a teacher turned financial adviser. At an early age, her family moved to nearby Eccleshill, West Yorkshire, also in Bradford, where she attended St Joseph's College. After high"
"""The Turn of the Screw"" with her future ""Downton Abbey"" co-star Dan Stevens, in the role of her psychiatrist. Dockery came to public prominence in 2010 when she played Lady Mary Crawley in Julian Fellowes' series ""Downton Abbey"". ""Downton Abbey"" was filmed from February–August 2010-15. The series was broadcast on ITV September–November, with a special Christmas night episode for Series 2-6 in 2011-15, with a later airing schedule in the U.S. for PBS. For her role as Lady Mary Crawley in the ""Downton Abbey"" series, Dockery received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations in the category for Outstanding Lead Actress In"
"Lesley Nicol (actress) Lesley Nicol (born in Manchester) is an English actress and three-time SAG Award-winner who is best known for her starring role as Beryl Patmore in the ITV and PBS drama TV series ""Downton Abbey"". She is also known for her roles as Mrs. Beaver in the 1988 BBC adaptation of ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" and as the Queen Giant in ""The Silver Chair"" (1990). Nicol graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in the early 1970s. On stage, Nicol appeared as Rosie in the second and third years of the original"
"London children's charity Scene & Heard and an ambassador for WaterAid. Hugh Bonneville Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963), known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. He is best known for playing Robert Crawley in the television series ""Downton Abbey"" (2010–2015), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. Bonneville was born in Paddington, in west London, to a mother who was a nurse and a father who was a urological surgeon. He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School and at Sherborne School, an independent school in"
"Rose Leslie Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a British actress. After winning a Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance for her role in ""New Town"", she rose to fame as Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series ""Downton Abbey"" and as Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series ""Game of Thrones"". She stars as Maia Rindell in the CBS All Access legal and political drama ""The Good Fight"". Leslie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. and raised at Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire, her family's 15th century ancestral seat, where she lived until the age of 10. Her father, Sebastian"
"Samantha Bond Samantha Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress, perhaps best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films during the series' Pierce Brosnan years, and for her role on ""Downton Abbey"" as the wealthy widow Lady Rosamund Painswick, sister of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham. She is also well-known for originating the role of ""Miz Liz"" Probert in the Rumpole of the Bailey series. Bond is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Samantha Bond is the daughter of actor Philip Bond and TV producer Pat Sandys, and is the sister of the"
"Amy Nuttall Amy Abigail Nuttall (born 7 June 1982) is an English actress and singer known for playing Chloe Atkinson in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"" from 2000 until 2005, and housemaid Ethel Parks in ITV period drama ""Downton Abbey"". Nuttall was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. She was educated at Bury Grammar School for Girls and trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. She performed with the National Youth Music Theatre, notably playing the lead role of Princess Ismene in ""Aurelius"" at the Tyne Opera House, Newcastle and the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh in August 1997. Nuttall is"
"at the Duke of York's Theatre. In 2010, Stevens got his biggest break when he was cast as Matthew Crawley in the ITV series ""Downton Abbey"", created and written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes. The series went on to be a global sensation and has been nominated for several Emmy, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards since its debut. The central love story of Matthew Crawley and his distant cousin, Lady Mary Crawley, played by Michelle Dockery, was enormously popular. Stevens left the series after finishing the third season and the Christmas Special in 2012. His exit caused"
"series 17 of ""Silent Witness"". In 2015 Wragg appeared as Izzy Cartwright in the BBC TV series ""Death in Paradise"" Series 4 Episode 7. Having been together for 14 years, Wragg married Jamie Darling at Tatton Park, Cheshire, on 17 November 2007. They have two daughters Matilda and Molly. Kaye Wragg Kaye Michelle Wragg (born 15 December 1972 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English actress best known for her television roles as Sergeant Diane Noble in ""The Bill"", Kate Oakley in ""No Angels"", Essie Harrison in ""Holby City"" and Lucy Archer in ""The Lakes"". She studied at the University of"
"Catherine Steadman Catherine Steadman (born February 8, 1987) is an English actress and author, best known for playing Mabel Lane Fox in series 5 (2014) of ITV drama ""Downton Abbey"". Her debut novel, the psychological thriller, ""Something in the Water"" was published in June 2018 by Simon & Schuster UK and Penguin Random House USA. Steadman trained at the Oxford School of Drama and made her screen debut playing Julia Bertram in the ITV adaptation of ""Mansfield Park"" opposite Billie Piper, James D'arcy, Rory Kinnear and Michelle Ryan. Since then she has appeared in television dramas such as the CBC/Showtime"
"reboot of ""The Odd Couple"" and multiple episodes of ABC-TV's ""The Catch"", in a recurring role playing the matriarch of a vicious London gangland family. Nicol began writing an original one-woman musical with pop songwriter Mark Mueller in 2016 and its first performance was given in 2017 at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, her alma mater. Lesley Nicol (actress) Lesley Nicol (born in Manchester) is an English actress and three-time SAG Award-winner who is best known for her starring role as Beryl Patmore in the ITV and PBS drama TV series ""Downton Abbey"". She is also known for"
"Cara Theobold Cara Louise Theobold (born 8 January 1990) is an English actress who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her first acting role was Ivy Stuart in the third and fourth series of television period drama ""Downton Abbey"" and is also known for voice acting as Tracer in the video game ""Overwatch"". Theobold was educated at Outwood Grange Academy before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She initially auditioned for the role of Ivy over Christmas 2011, during her final year. She was allowed to finish her final year of drama school early to"
"Hugh Bonneville Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963), known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. He is best known for playing Robert Crawley in the television series ""Downton Abbey"" (2010–2015), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. Bonneville was born in Paddington, in west London, to a mother who was a nurse and a father who was a urological surgeon. He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School and at Sherborne School, an independent school in Dorset. Following secondary education, Bonneville read theology at Corpus Christi College,"
"Zara Dawson Zara Dawson (born 24 September 1983) is an English actress and television presenter. Dawson was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her highest-profile television roles to date include ""Down to Earth"" (in which she played Emma Murphy, the wayward daughter of Ricky Tomlinson and Denise Welch), ""Holby City"", ""Doctors"", """" and ""Family Affairs"", in which she played Eve O'Brien. After producers realised the popularity of her character, they decided the last episode should centre around Eve's wedding to Nathan. In addition, she has guest presented the CBBC show ""Xchange"" and ""Diggit"" on ITV. She appeared in the Nicholas Winter"
"child. In February 2018, Webb and Wolfenden married; their costar, Lucy Pargeter, was a bridesmaid. Charley Webb Charlotte Anne ""Charley"" Webb (born 26 February 1988) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Debbie Dingle in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"". Before landing the role of Debbie, Webb previously appeared on the stage in Manchester in a production of ""Bugsy Malone"" when she was eight. She joined the soap opera ""Emmerdale"" in 2002 at the age of fourteen. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 2009 British Soap Awards and was also nominated for Sexiest Female at"
"""The Avengers"", ""Adam Adamant Lives!"", ""The Troubleshooters"", ""The Spies"", ""Mystery and Imagination, ""Department S"", ""Ace of Wands"", ""The Capone Investment"" and ""The Brief"" (1984). As Isobel Gatward, she was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2017 New Year Honours for her services to the charitable sector, in particular her work for the Mayflower Theatre Trust in Southampton over the past 30 years. Isobel Black Isobel Anne Black (born 15 December 1942 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British actress who is known for her roles on film and television. She is the daughter of the screenwriter Ian Stuart Black She"
"Hotel"" (2012), and ""The Lady in the Van"" (2015). She won an Emmy Award in 2003 for ""My House in Umbria"", to become one of the few actresses to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, and starred as Lady Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, on ""Downton Abbey"" (2010–2015), for which she won three Emmys, her first non-ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award, and her third Golden Globe. Her honorary awards include the BAFTA Special Award in 1993, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996, and the Special Olivier Award in 2011. She received the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award in 2012,"
"Isobel Black Isobel Anne Black (born 15 December 1942 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British actress who is known for her roles on film and television. She is the daughter of the screenwriter Ian Stuart Black She is possibly best known for her parts in films such as ""The Kiss of the Vampire"" (1963), ""Twins of Evil"" (1971) (both horror films made by Hammer), ""The Magnificent Two"" (1967) with Morecambe and Wise, ""David Copperfield"" (1969), and ""10 Rillington Place"" (1971). She has also made many appearances on television, including ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Elephant Boy"", ""Danger Man"", ""The Plane Makers"","
"at the 2011 Inside Soap Awards. Tracy Barlow Tracy McDonald (also Barlow, Preston, Cropper and Langton) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". She was born on screen during the episode broadcast on 24 January 1977. She was played by Christabel Finch until 21 November 1983. Holly Chamarette played the role from 8 July 1985 until 23 March 1988. Dawn Acton played the role from 12 December 1988, until 14 June 1995, Acton reprised the role in November 1996, and departed in December 1997. She reprised the role once again on 17 March 1999 and"
"the 2008 series finale, ""The Stolen Earth"", she made a final appearance, now as the former Prime Minister who sacrifices herself for extermination by the Daleks so that the Doctor's companions can contact him. Wilton appeared on television as Barbara Poole, the mother of a missing woman, in the BBC television drama series ""Five Days"" in 2005; and in ITV's drama ""Half Broken Things"" (October 2007) and the BBC production of ""The Passion"" (Easter 2008). Beginning in 2010, she appeared as Isobel Crawley in all six seasons of the hit period drama ""Downton Abbey"". She was the castaway on BBC"
"""Sapphire and Steel"" audio drama ""Second Sight"" and ""Doctors"". In 2011, she played Laura Gabriel in the BBC TV series, ""The Shadow Line"". From 2011 to 2013 she played Shep in the ITV series ""Vera"". Clare Calbraith Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1974) is an English actress whose recent appearances include roles in the ITV period drama series ""Home Fires"", ""Downton Abbey"" and the BBC2 drama ""The Shadow Line"". Calbraith has appeared in many other television series including ""DCI Banks"", ""Silent Witness"", ""Casualty"", ""Holby City"", ""The Bill"", ""55 Degrees North"" and Dr Tricia Summerbee in ""Heartbeat"". She joined ""Coronation Street"" in"
"Fiona Dolman Fiona Dolman (born 30th January 1970) is a Scottish actress best known for playing Miss Pamela Andrews in the ITV daytime drama series and spinoff to ""The Royal"", ""The Royal Today"", and for the role of Jackie Rosemary Lambert Bradley, PC Mike Bradley's solicitor wife in ""Heartbeat"". In the series, her character Jackie drove a blue Hillman Imp (129 EWR) and then a green Sunbeam Alpine (LVY666F). She left at the end of series 10 when she confessed to Mike that she’d met someone else. She also featured in Channel 4's vampire serial ""Ultraviolet"". Dolman featured briefly in"
"Roz Laws of the ""Sunday Mercury"" branded Debbie as an ""ice queen"". Debbie Dingle Debbie Dingle (also Jones and Barton) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"", portrayed by Charley Webb. Webb has taken maternity leave twice, with the first time being in 2010 and the second throughout 2016 with Debbie departing on 1 January 2016. It was confirmed in December 2016 that Debbie would be making her on-screen return the following month, making her first screen appearance in over a year in the episode aired 24 January 2017. She was introduced as the foster child"
"Antonia Bernath Antonia Bernath (born 1984) is an English/American actress, voiceover artist and singer. She starred as Priscilla Presley in the Emmy nominated CBS show Elvis, alongside Jonathan Rhys Myers’. She played the role of Chloe in film ""St Trinians"" and Susan Borman in the ABC show, The Astronaut Wives Club. She starred as Katherine Beckett in the 2005 Bollywood film """" and had a leading role in the television series ""Trinity"". She also played Laura Edmunds in ""Downton Abbey"". According to an article in the ""Daily Mail"", her role in <nowiki>""Kisna""</nowiki> made her ""the first white British actress to"
"""The Seagull"" at the Royal Exchange Theatre. Her role in ""The Seagull"" also earned her a nomination at the 2003 Ian Charleson Awards. Emma Lowndes Emma Lowndes (born 1975) is an English actress, known for portraying Bella Gregson in ""Cranford"", Mary Rivers in ""Jane Eyre"" and Margie Drewe in Downton Abbey. Brought up in Irlam, near Manchester, Lowndes attended Irlam Primary School and Urmston Grammar School, where she was Head Girl. She studied English at the University of York before training at RADA, graduating in 2000. Her training was partly funded by the Salford Sports and Arts Trust, established by"
"Tania Nolan Tania Nolan (born 19 August 1983) is an actress from Rakaia, Canterbury, New Zealand. She is best known for her roles as Isobel Jones in the New Zealand television series ""The Hothouse"" (2007) and Angelina Caulfield in the comedy/drama series ""Go Girls"" (2009). Nolan was born in Rakaia where she lived until age eight, and then moved to nearby Barrhill for the next two years. Nolan graduated from Toi Whakaari Drama School in 2005. She appeared in ""The Hothouse"" as Isobel Jones, a role that earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 2007 NZ Qantas Television"