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
Filmography
Cast Credits
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Character: Edith Crawley
MOVIE • 2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Character: Self
TV • 2025
Legs
Character:
MOVIE • 2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Character: Edith Crawley
MOVIE • 2022
A Wild Year On Earth
Character: Narrator
TV • 2020
The Secrets She Keeps
Character: Agatha Fyfle
TV • 2020
Downton Abbey
Character: Edith Crawley
MOVIE • 2019
Downton Abbey Live!
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
The Spanish Princess
Character: Maggie Pole
TV • 2019
Man in an Orange Shirt
Character: Daphne
TV • 2017
A United Kingdom
Character: Muriel Williams
MOVIE • 2016
Burn Burn Burn
Character: Seph
MOVIE • 2016
Marcella
Character: Maddy Stevenson
TV • 2016
Madame Bovary
Character: Henriette
MOVIE • 2015
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Character: Sal
MOVIE • 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Character: Self
TV • 2011
Downton Abbey
Character: Edith Crawley
TV • 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2009
Big Fat Quiz
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2004