Michelle Dockery
Michelle Dockery (* December 15, 1981 in Essex ) is a British theater and television actress.
Biography
Childhood and youth
Dockery was born in 1981 in Essex and grew up with two sisters.
Even as a 9 -year-old, she performed in a school production of Dick Whittington and His Cat. Her father insisted that she earned her own pocket money. With this money lessons were paid at the Finch Stage School, where she took acting and tap dancing lessons. Encouraged by her acting teacher, she applied to the National Youth Theatre in London, where she gained more acting experience. During her education she earned with various weekend and evening jobs their money, including as a waitress and in the ad department of the London newspaper The Times.
Career
Dockery studied drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 2004. The following year she received her first small role in the BBC miniseries Fingersmith. That same year, she began training at the Royal National Theatre, where she played in the following 14 months, various minor roles in four productions, His Dark Materials, The UN Inspector, Henry IV ( Parts 1 and 2 ) and Pillars Of The Community. For her portrayal of Dina Dorf in Pillars of the Community, she was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award.
In 2006, she played in the television adaptation of Terry Pratchett 's novel Hogfather ( German Book Title: Hogfather ) Susan Sto Helit the, her first television starring role.
The breakthrough as a stage actress succeeded Dockery in July 2007 in the role of Eliza Doolittle in Peter Hall's implementation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. The play was performed at the Theatre Royal Bath and moved in May 2008 to the Old Vic Theatre. For this role she won the second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards. From January to April 2008, Dockery played again in a production of Peter Hall, the drama of Uncle Vanya, in which they gave the Yelena.
In 2009, she played with, among others, in the TV miniseries Red Riding, the television movie The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler and a Christmas special of the series Cranford. As of August 2009, she turned the castle of terror, an adaptation of the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, which was sent on 30 December of the year 2009, she returned to the National Theatre and gave the Maroussia in Peter Flannery's Burnt by the Sun, an adaptation of the Russian film Burnt by the Sun Burnt by. For this role she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress.
2010 Dockery gained through the role of Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey the most expensive British television series produced to date, great fame. For her performance in the second season, she received a 2012 Emmy nomination. In autumn 2010, she played the role of Ophelia in Daniel Evans's Hamlet at the side of John Simm at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
In addition, she received a role in the action thriller Hanna Eric Bana, who came to the theaters in 2011.
Filmography
- 2005: Fingersmith
- 2006: Hogfather
- 2007: Consent
- 2007: Dalziel and Pascoe
- 2008: Poppy Shakespeare
- 2008: Heartbeat (TV series, one episode )
- 2009: Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974
- 2009: Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983
- 2009: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
- 2009: Waking the Dead - On behalf of the Dead (TV series, 2 episodes )
- 2009: Cranford ( Christmas Special, 1 episode )
- 2009: Castle of Secrets ( The Turn of the Screw)
- 2010: Spoiler (Short Film )
- 2010: Shades of Beige ( short film )
- Since 2010: Downton Abbey ( TV series)
- 2011: Who is Hanna?
- 2012: Anna Karenina
- 2014: Non-Stop
Theater performances
Awards
Ian Charleson Award
- 2006: nomination for her performance of Dina Dorf in Pillars of the Community
- 2007: Second prize for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion
Laurence Olivier Award
- 2010: nomination for " Best Actress in a Supporting Role " for Burnt by the Sun
Evening Standard Award
- 2008: Nominated for the " The Milton Shulman Award for outstanding newcomer " for Pygmalion