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
best friend goes lead life thinking
No one goes through life thinking that they're the best friend of the lead character.
thinking careers gorgeous
I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.
thinking helping tricky
When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.
character thinking lead-characters
No one goes through life thinking that theyre the best friend of the lead character.
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
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.