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

• 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale — Lady Edith
• 2022Downton Abbey: A New Era — Edith Crawley
• 2022Legs
• A Wild Year On Earth — Narrator
• The Secrets She Keeps — Agatha Fyfle
• 2019Downton Abbey — Edith Crawley
• The Spanish Princess — Maggie Pole
• Man in an Orange Shirt — Daphne
• 2016A United Kingdom — Muriel Williams
• 2016Burn Burn Burn — Seph
• Marcella — Maddy Stevenson
• 2015Madame Bovary — Henriette
• 2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Sal
• Downton Abbey — Edith Crawley
• A Night at Claridge’s — Miss Roach

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale — Self
• 2019Downton Abbey Live! — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Big Fat Quiz — Self - Guest
• The View — Self