Michelle Dockery in Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy

Michelle Dockery is known for playing Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey, and is an actor and singer-songwriter.

Dockery will star as Helen in Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy at Stratford East from 3 September to 10 October 2026.

Michelle Dockery in Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy

Dockery will play Helen in Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy at Stratford East from 3 September to 10 October 2026.

The play reimagines the aftermath of the Trojan War from the perspective of the woman at its centre. Years after walking out on her family, Helen has returned home following a war fought in her name, and while her husband celebrates her return, her childhood friend Cee (Laura Aikman) does not.

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About Michelle Dockery

Dockery was a member of the National Youth Theatre, and made her professional debut in His Dark Materials at the Royal National Theatre in 2004. She was nominated 2006 for the Ian Charleson Award for her performance as Dina Dorf in Pillars of the Community at the National Theatre in 2006.

She also won second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her performance as Eliza Doolittle in Peter Hall’s production of Pygmalion at the Theatre Royal in Bath, which toured the UK and transferred to The Old Vic in 2008, and she appeared in Burnt by the Sun at the National Theatre in 2008, for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Film and TV credits

Dockery starred as Susan Sto Helit in a two-part adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s novel Hogfather in 2006, and played the guest role of tormented rape victim Gemma Morrison in BBC’s Waking the Dead in 2008.

She is best known for starring in Julian Fellowes’ series Downton Abbey as Lady Mary Crawley, which ran between 2010 and 2015. The role landed her three consecutive Emmy Award nominations in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress In a Drama Series, in 2012, 2013, and 2014, and she earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2013.

Dockery’s first big screen role was as False Marissa in Hanna in 2011, and she appeared as Princess Myagkaya in the film adaptation of Anna Karenina in 2012.

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