I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

Carmichael made her West End debut in Uncle Vanya opposite Anna Friel and Samuel West in October 2012. She is also a member of The Fitzrovia Radio Hour. Since graduating from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2007 Carmichael's TV appearances include appearing on Downton Abbey as Lady Edith Crawley.

Laura Elizabeth Carmichael (born 1986) is a British actress. One of her paternal great-grandfathers was aviatior Norman Blackburn. She was educated at Shirley Junior School The Mountbatten School Peter Symonds College.