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Laura Carmichael Agents Dallas Smith Associate Agent Sarah Roberts [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 Assistant Alexandra Rae [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 Charlotte Davies Assistant [email protected] Cat Palethorpe +44 (0)20 3214 0800 [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 Roles Film Production Character Director Company DOWNTON ABBEY: THE Lady Edith Crawley Michael Engler Carnival Film & Television | MOVIE Focus Features A UNITED KINGDOM Muriel Amma Asante Pathé BURN BURN BURN Seph Chanya Button Urban Distribution International MADAME BOVARY Henrietta Sophie Barthes Radiant Films TINKER, TAILOR, Sal Tomas Alfredson Studio Canal/Working Title SOLDIER, SPY United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Television Production Character Director Company THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS Agatha Catherine Millar / Network 10 / BBC Jennifer Leacey THE SPANISH PRINCESS Maggie Birgitte Staermose New Pictures/Starz Series 1 and 2 MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT Daphne Michael Samuels Kudos MARCELLA Maddy Stevenson Charles Martin Buccaneer Media / ITV DOWNTON ABBEY (Series Lady Edith Various Carnival 1-6) Crawley THE HEART OF THOMAS Hardy's Maid Harry Hook BBC HARDY HOUSE AT THE END OF Yvonne Derek Lister Christchurch Studios OUR STREET Stage Production Character Director Company APOLOGIA Trudi Jamie Lloyd ATG THE MAIDS Jamie Lloyd ATG/The Jamie Lloyd Company UNCLE VANYA Sonya Lyndsay Posner Vaudeville Theatre PLENTY Louise/Dorcas Thea Sharrock Sheffield Crucible Theatre REASONS FOR LIVING Laura Gemma Kerr BAC- Scratch Festival THE FITZROVIA RADIO Arabella Tom Mallaburn The Underglobe, Bankside HOUR THE TEMPEST Miranda Simon Plumridge Platform 4 (UK Tour) STAGS & HENS Maureen Richard Howard Bristol Old Vic Theatre School THE LONDON Eugenia Sue Wilson Bristol Old Vic Theatre CUCKOLDS School AS YOU LIKE IT Phebe Andrew Normington Bristol Old Vic Theatre School PEACE IN OUR TIME Phyllis Dick Tuckey Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Radio Production Character Director Company United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] DEAD APPEALING Lisa/Policewoman Ed Viney Christchurch Studios RETURN OF THE Mrs Yeobright / Susan Nunsuch Sue Wilson Christchurch Studios NATIVE Other Production Character Director Company FORWARD Kylie Vanessa Caswell Annex Films HOUSE AT THE END OF OUR Yvonne Derek Lister Christchurch Studios STREET SIREN (Rehearsed Reading) Kim Andrew Hull Poisson Rouge Productions THE PRESIDENT'S HOLIDAY Irina Patrick Sandford` The Nuffield Theatre, (Workshop) Southampton United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected].

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