Laura Carmichael
Biography
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.
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
Movies 11
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Sal
2011
Downton Abbey
as Edith Crawley
2019
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Edith Crawley
2022
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Lady Edith
2025
A United Kingdom
as Muriel Williams
2016
Madame Bovary
as Henriette
2015
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self
2025
Burn Burn Burn
as Seph
2016
A Night at Claridge’s
as Miss Roach
Legs
2022
Downton Abbey Live!
as Self
2019TV Shows 10
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
The View
as Self
1997
Downton Abbey
as Edith Crawley
2010
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2011
Big Fat Quiz
as Self - Guest
2004
The Spanish Princess
as Maggie Pole
2019
Marcella
as Maddy Stevenson
2016
The Secrets She Keeps
as Agatha Fyfle
2020
Man in an Orange Shirt
as Daphne
2017
A Wild Year On Earth
as Narrator
2020