14 Facts About Laura Carmichael

Laura Carmichael was born on 16 July 1986 and is an English actress, most widely known for her performance as Lady Edith Crawley in the ITV and PBS television period drama series Downton Abbey.

Laura Carmichael's sister Amy works for a software start-up company and her other sister Olivia is a charity fundraiser with the NHS.

Laura Carmichael was educated at Shirley Junior School, The Mountbatten School, and Peter Symonds College.

Laura Carmichael starred in the 2015 British black comedy feature film Burn, Burn, Burn, a coming-of-age tale, inspired by the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road published in 1957.

In 2016, Laura Carmichael starred in ITV's new television crime drama series, Marcella, as Maddy Stevenson.

In 2016, Laura Carmichael portrayed Muriel Williams in A United Kingdom, a political yet romantic drama, starring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo.

The film saw Laura Carmichael immersing herself in the early days of 1940s apartheid.

Laura Carmichael played Muriel, the sister of Ruth Williams, the Englishwoman who challenged colonial racism to marry Seretse Khama, who would become King of Bechuanaland in 1948.

From 2020 to 2022, Laura Carmichael had a starring role in The Secrets She Keeps, an Australian psychological thriller drama television series, adapted from Michael Robotham's novel of the same name.

Laura Carmichael portrayed Agatha Fyfle, a crafty and troubled woman obsessed with pregnancy and babies, who kidnaps an infant.

Laura Carmichael made her West End debut in Uncle Vanya opposite Anna Friel and Samuel West in October 2012.

Laura Carmichael played Arabella in The Fitzrovia Radio Hour at The Underglobe Theatre in early 2013.

In 2016, Laura Carmichael played Madam in Jamie Lloyd's production of The Maids at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End, co-starring Uzo Aduba.

Laura Carmichael played Laura in Reasons for Living as part of the 2009 Scratch Festival at Battersea Arts Centre.