"Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special for Brian Percival, Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special for Julian Fellowes, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Dame Maggie Smith, who won again the following year for series 2. At the 63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the series won Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special and Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie – both for ""Episode One"". Downton Abbey (series 1) The first series of ""Downton Abbey"" comprises 7 episodes, and was broadcast in the"
"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,"
"her first Emmy Award for the 2003 TV film ""My House in Umbria"". On stage, she starred as Madeleine Palmer, opposite Judi Dench, in the David Hare play ""The Breath of Life"" in 2002, toured Australia in Alan Bennett's ""Talking Heads"" in 2004, and starred in ""The Lady from Dubuque"" in 2007. Beginning in 2010, Smith appeared as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the British period drama ""Downton Abbey"". This role won her a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. In 2014, the role also won her a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2012, she played Muriel"
"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,"
"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"
"October 2012. The couple live in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. In 2013 Froggatt became an ambassador for global children's charity Plan UK's ""Because I Am a Girl"" campaign. Joanne Froggatt Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is an English actress of stage, television, and film. From 2010, she played lady's maid Anna Bates in all six seasons of the period drama ""Downton Abbey"". For this role, she received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2014. In autumn 2017, she starred in"
"Joanne Froggatt Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is an English actress of stage, television, and film. From 2010, she played lady's maid Anna Bates in all six seasons of the period drama ""Downton Abbey"". For this role, she received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2014. In autumn 2017, she starred in the six-part suspense miniseries ""Liar"", which aired on ITV in the UK and on SundanceTV in the U.S. Froggatt's early TV appearances include ""Coronation Street"" (1997–98), ""Bad"
"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"
"Lily James Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her acting career in the British television series ""Just William"" (2010). Following her supporting role as Lady Rose MacClare in the period drama series ""Downton Abbey"" (2012–2015), James had her film breakthrough playing the eponymous role in the fantasy film ""Cinderella"" (2015). James went on to play Countess Natasha Rostova in the period television series ""War & Peace"" (2016). In 2017, she starred in the action crime film ""Baby Driver"""
"Matthew Goode as Henry Talbot. Downton Abbey's senior staff are portrayed by Jim Carter as Mr Carson, the butler, and Phyllis Logan as Mrs Hughes, the housekeeper. Tensions rise when Rob James-Collier, portraying Mr Barrow, a valet and footman, along with Siobhan Finneran as Miss O'Brien, the personal maid to the Countess of Grantham (up to series three), plot against Brendan Coyle as Mr Bates, the valet to the Earl of Grantham, and his love interest and eventual wife, Anna (Joanne Froggatt), the personal maid to Lady Mary. Kevin Doyle plays the unlucky Mr Molesley, valet to Matthew Crawley; he"
"written by Irish novelist Emma Donoghue, whose best-selling novel ""Room"" was subsequently filmed by Lenny Abrahamson. Catherine Walker (actor) Catherine Walker (born 1975 in Dublin) is an Irish actress, notable for British and Irish television appearances including ""The Clinic"" (2003–2009), ""Northanger Abbey"" (2007), ""Bitter Sweet"" (2008), ""Critical"" (2015) and ""A Dark Song"" (2016). More recently, she appeared as Madame Scarron / Madame de Maintenon in series 2 of the TV series ""Versailles"". She won the ""Irish Times"" Irish Theatre Award for Best Actress twice, for ""What Happened Bridgie Cleary"" by Tom MacIntyre at the Peacock Theatre and for ""The Talk"
"Camilla Luddington Camilla Luddington (born 15 December 1983) is an English actress, known for her roles as Kate Middleton in the Lifetime TV film """" (2011) and as Jo Karev (Wilson) in the ABC medical drama ""Grey's Anatomy"". She provided the voice and motion capture work for the main character Lara Croft in three video games in the ""Tomb Raider"" series, the 2013 reboot and its sequels ""Rise of the Tomb Raider"" (2015) and ""Shadow of the Tomb Raider"" (2018). Luddington was born in Ascot, Berkshire, on 15 December 1983. She later attended the American School in England at Thorpe,"
"Jenny Platt Jennifer ""Jenny"" Platt (born 24 September 1979) is an English actress best known for her role as Violet Wilson in the long-running television soap ""Coronation Street"" and her role as Jeanne in ""Versailles"". Platt was born in Ipswich, Suffolk. She trained at East 15 Acting School, and has appeared in many theatre roles. Her first appearance in ""Coronation Street"" was on 8 October 2004. Prior to the role of Violet, she had small roles in TV series' including ""The Bill"", ""Where the Heart Is"" and ""Foyle's War"". In September 2008 Platt appeared in ""The Merchant of Venice"" playing"
"Annabelle Apsion Jane Annabelle Apsion (born 17 September 1960 in Hammersmith, London) is an English actress, best known for playing Joy Wilton in ""Soldier Soldier"" and Violet Buckle in ‘’Call the Midwife’’. Apsion is also known for her portrayals of Kirsty in ""My Good Friend"", Beverly in ""The Lakes"", Patricia Hillman in ""Coronation Street"", and Mrs. Beech in Michelle Magorian's ""Goodnight Mister Tom"". She has appeared in two separate episodes of ""Midsomer Murders"", ""Death in Chorus"" and ""Dead Man's 11"", as two different characters. She also played a part in the docu-drama about the Hillsborough Disaster, which aired in 1996"
"the BBC Radio Four play ""The Disappearance by Peter Walley"". In her film début, ""In Our Name"", Froggatt played Suzy, a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She garnered critical acclaim for her performance and won Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards. Since 2010, Froggatt has appeared in ""Downton Abbey"" as Anna, Lady's Maid to Lady Mary Crawley, for which she received an Emmy nomination in both 2012 and 2014. On 11 January 2015 she was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie for the role. On 25 December 2010,"
"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"
"Harriet Walter Dame Harriet Mary Walter (born 24 September 1950) is an English stage and screen actress. Her film appearances include ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1995), ""The Governess"" (1998), ""Villa des Roses"" (2002), ""Atonement"" (2007) and ""Man Up"" (2015). On television she starred as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series """" (2009–14), as Lady Prudence Shackleton in four episodes of ""Downton Abbey"" (2013–15), and as Clementine Churchill in ""The Crown"" (2016). She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2011 for services to drama. Walter began her career in 1974 and made her Broadway"
"Phyllis Logan Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress, known for playing Lady Jane Felsham in ""Lovejoy"" (1986–93) and Mrs Hughes (later Carson) in ""Downton Abbey"" (2010–15). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the 1983 film ""Another Time, Another Place"". Her other film appearances include ""Secrets & Lies"" (1996) and ""Shooting Fish"" (1997). Logan was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and grew up in nearby Johnstone, where she was educated at Johnstone High School. She studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and graduated with the James Bridie gold"
"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"
"Warehouse transferred to Broadway, where it was nominated for numerous Tony Awards, including Best Actress nods for her and her co-star Janet McTeer. Harriet Walter Dame Harriet Mary Walter (born 24 September 1950) is an English stage and screen actress. Her film appearances include ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1995), ""The Governess"" (1998), ""Villa des Roses"" (2002), ""Atonement"" (2007) and ""Man Up"" (2015). On television she starred as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series """" (2009–14), as Lady Prudence Shackleton in four episodes of ""Downton Abbey"" (2013–15), and as Clementine Churchill in ""The Crown"" (2016). She was appointed Dame Commander of"
"Helena Bonham Carter Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in both low-budget independent art films and large-scale blockbusters. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Kate Croy in ""The Wings of the Dove"" (1997). For her role as Queen Elizabeth in ""The King's Speech"" (2010), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She also won the 2010 International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role"
"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"
"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"
"Deanna Dunagan Deanna Dunagan (born May 25, 1940) is a Chicago-based American actress. Although Dunagan has appeared on television and in films, she is most admired for her work as a stage actress. She is best known for her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Violet Weston in Tracy Letts' """" and for her portrayal of Nana in M. Night Shyamalan's 2015 film ""The Visit"". She has also appeared in the recurring role of Mother Bernadette on the Fox television series ""The Exorcist"", and Dr. Willa Sipe in the 2018 film ""An Acceptable Loss"" by writer Joe Chappelle. Dunagan was born and"
"appeared on Irish screens early in 2011 on TG4's ""Corp & Anam"" in her first Irish-language acting role. Also in 2011, she joined the cast of ITV's period drama ""Downton Abbey"", appearing as Vera Bates, estranged wife of the Earl of Grantham's valet, one of her most recognizable roles within the UK. In the same year, she also played a small role as a maid in the film ""Albert Nobbs"", alongside American actress Glenn Close. In 2012, Doyle Kennedy played a leading role in the ITV miniseries ""Titanic"" and also appeared beside fellow Irish actress Saoirse Ronan in Neil Jordan's"
"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"
"during World War II. James' father, James Thomson, died from cancer in 2008. She took her father's given name as her stage name when she learnt there was already an actress named Lily Thomson. Lily James Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her acting career in the British television series ""Just William"" (2010). Following her supporting role as Lady Rose MacClare in the period drama series ""Downton Abbey"" (2012–2015), James had her film breakthrough playing the eponymous role"
"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"
"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"
"Dan Stevens Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982) is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series ""Downton Abbey"" (2010–12). He also starred as David in the thriller film ""The Guest"" (2014), Sir Lancelot in the adventure film """" (2014), The Beast/Prince in Disney's live action adaptation of ""Beauty and the Beast"" (2017), Lorin Willis in the biographical legal drama ""Marshall"" (2017), and Charles Dickens in the biographical drama ""The Man Who Invented Christmas"" (2017). Since 2017, he has starred as David Haller in the FX"
"performance, she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Brenneman also had starring roles as Violet Turner in the Shonda Rhimes medical drama series ""Private Practice"" (2007–2013), and as Laurie Garvey on the HBO drama series ""The Leftovers"" (2014–2017). Brenneman was born in New London, Connecticut, to Frederica Joanne (née Shoenfield), a judge of the Connecticut State Superior Court, and Russell Langdon Brenneman Jr., an environmental lawyer. Her aunt was Cold War-era journalist Beryl D. Hines. Brenneman was raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where she participated in theatre as a teenager, both in school and with"
"Judy Parfitt Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt (born 7 November 1935) is an English theatre, film and television actress. She made her film debut in a minor supporting part in ""Information Received"" (1961), followed by supporting role in the BBC television serial ""David Copperfield"" (1966). She also appeared as Queen Gertrude in Tony Richardson's 1969 film adaptation of ""Hamlet"". Later credits include as Vera Donovan in the Stephen King film adaptation of ""Dolores Claiborne"" (1995), and in ""Girl with a Pearl Earring"" (2003), the latter for which she earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Beginning in 2012, Parfitt has"
"returned to Broadway in the Steppenwolf Theatre's transplant production of Tracy Letts' """". For her performance, Dunagan won a Tony Award, Theatre World Award a Drama Desk Award and an [(Outer Critics Circle Award]). She went on to portray Violet Weston in productions in London's West End in 2009 and in Sydney, Australia in 2010. She returned to New York in 2017 to Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway to perform in the world premiere of ""The Treasurer."" Deanna Dunagan Deanna Dunagan (born May 25, 1940) is a Chicago-based American actress. Although Dunagan has appeared on television and in films, she is most"