Personal Publicity | Previous client | Michelle Dockery

Sunday Times | Style Magazine | Sept 2013

Milk Publicity previously worked with Michelle Dockery for over 10 years on her personal publicity.

Dockery first became globally recognisable as Lady Mary Crawley in the multi-award winning hit show Downton Abbey, which won her numerous awards and nominations. These include; two nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in A Drama Series Award at the Primetime Emmys®, (2012, 2014); Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series (Drama) Award, Golden Globe Awards®, 2013; Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series Award, Screen Actors Guild Awards®, 2013; and Best Actress Award, TV Choice Awards®, 2013.

In 2017 Dockery was nominated for a PRIMETIME EMMY Award (Outstanding Lead Actress in A Limited Series) for her portrayal as Alice Fletcher in the award winning Netflix original limited series, Godless. The seven-part cinematic event from Golden Globe-nominated screenwriter and director Scott Frank (Out of Sight, Get Shorty), executive producer Casey Silver, and Academy Award-winner Steven Soderbergh won numerous awards and critical acclaim.

Other TV work includes: Angie Tribeca (TBS), Restless (BBC), in which she starred alongside Charlotte Rampling and Michael Gambon; Henry IV: Parts 1& 2 (BBC/Shakespeare Productions Ltd.) playing Kate Percy; The Turn of the Screw (BBC) playing Ann; Erminia in the award-winning BBC television series Cranford (BBC) and The Courageous Heart of Irena Soldier (CBS); Waking the Dead (BBC); the Red Riding trilogy (Revolution Films); Hogfather (Sky One); Fingersmith (ITV).

In film, Dockery has starred in both studio and independent features, most recently alongside Matthew McConaughey, Henry Golding and Hugh Grant in Guy Ritchie’s upcoming feature film The Gentlemen

Dockery has recently reprised her role as Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey: The Movie (Focus Features) which was released in September 2019.

In Ritesh Batra's The Sense of an Ending (Origin Pictures, BBC Films and FilmNation Entertainment production) Dockery starred alongside Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling and Harriet Walter.

Starring alongside Ryan Reynolds in Tarsem Singh’s Self/Less and Liam Neeson and Lupita Nyongo in the action thriller Non-Stop (Universal Pictures).

Dockery worked with director Joe Wright taking on roles in both Anna Karenina (Working Title Films) and Hanna (Phenomenon Pictures).

In addition to her television and film roles, Dockery has worked extensively in theatre following her apprenticeship at London’s National Theatre. In November 2017 she returned to the National Theatre to star in the world-premiere of Network, Lee Hall’s adaptation of the Oscar-winning film by Paddy Chayefsky.

Directed by Ivo van Hove, Tony award winner Bryan Cranston plays Howard Beale and Dockery plays Diana Christenson.

Previously Dockery has appeared as Ophelia in Hamlet (Crucible Theatre) directed by Paul Miller and starred alongside Ciaran Hinds in Burnt by the Sun (Royal National Theatre). It was for her role as Eliza Doolittle in Peter Hall’s Pygmalion (Old Vic) that Dockery was nominated for the Evening Standard Award 2008, Best Newcomer. Other notable theatre credits include Uncle Vanya (English Touring Theatre); Dying for It (Almeida); Pillars of the Community (Royal National Theatre); The UN Inspector (Royal National Theatre); Henry IV (Royal National Theatre); and His Dark Materials (Royal National Theatre).

Michelle is represented by WME, Anonymous Content and Hamilton Hodell.

AWARDS

Primetime Emmy Awards, 2018

Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in A Limited Series or Movie Award.

Character: Alice Fletcher in Godless. Netflix

SAG Awards, 2017

Nominated for Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series Award