Laura Carmichael
Laura Carmichael
Laura Elizabeth Carmichael is an English actress, most widely known for her role as Lady Edith Crawley in the TV period drama series Downton Abbey. In 2016, Carmichael starred in a play production, The Maids, alongside Uzo Aduba and Zawe Ashton...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth18 July 1986
play people actors
As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!
teacher people acting
My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.
mean people roles
Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.
good
In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
might wearing
There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.
email quite replied tweeting
If I'm tweeting about being somewhere, and I haven't replied to somebody's email from three days ago, that's quite rude.
women
There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.
attitude sort twenties
The Twenties have this sort of attitude where you never know what's around the corner.
Sometimes we do things that are really awful.
best friend goes lead life thinking
No one goes through life thinking that they're the best friend of the lead character.
best
I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.
ask cup director runner work
We all have hierarchies at work - even on set, the runner would never walk up to the director and ask for a cup of coffee.
travel wherever work
I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.
brilliant british good handful hang jonathan kane talented wonderful
I've been really lucky because I've managed to become wonderful friends with a handful of very talented British designers. Christopher Kane has become one of my very good friends - also Erdem. Jonathan Saunders is another brilliant talent who's very kind. We all hang out.