Lesley Nicol

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Actress

Birth Date: August 7, 1953

Age: 69 years old

Birth Place: Manchester, England, UK

A veteran performer on the English stage and television since the mid-1980s, actress Leslie Nicol vaulted to international fame as the imperious cook, Mrs. Patmore, on "Downton Abbey (ITV/PBS, 2010-16). For much of her early career, Nicol divided her time between bit and supporting roles on television and in theater productions, with her first feature coming more than a decade after her first small-screen appearance on the hit U.K. comedy "East is East" (1999). By the year 2000, she had advanced to major roles in musicals like "Mamma Mia!" and a recurring turn in TV advertisements for Tetley Tea. But it was "Downton Abbey" that thrust Nicol, like many of its performers, into the international spotlight, where public television viewers around the world delighted in her iron rule of the Crawley estate's kitchen staff, as well as her increasingly matronly relationship with Sophie McShera's maid, Daisy. The exposure afforded by "Downton" led to roles in American television, but more importantly, a second act to a career that seemed at long last pointed towards more substantive stardom.

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Downton Abbey: A New EraStream

Actor
Mrs Patmore
Movie
2022
86%

GMA3: What You Need to Know

Guest
TV Show
2020

Piney: The Lonesome Pine

Voice
Forever Tree
Movie
2020

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

Guest
TV Show
2019

Downton Abbey Live!

Guest
TV Show
2019

Beecham HouseStream

Actor
Henrietta Beecham
TV Show
2019
46%

Downton AbbeyStream

Actor
Mrs. Patmore
Movie
2019
84%

Summer Camp IslandStream

Actor
TV Show
2018

VampirinaStream

Guest Voice
Mary-Margaret Mummyton
TV Show
2017

Megyn Kelly Today

Guest
TV Show
2017

Jill Robinson: To the Moon and Back

Actor
TV Show
2017

Celebrity PageStream

Guest
TV Show
2016

The CatchStream

Guest Star
TV Show
2016
74%

Goldie & BearStream

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Fairy Godmother
TV Show
2015

The Odd CoupleStream

Guest Star
TV Show
2015

q

Guest
TV Show
2014

Sarah & Duck

Actor
TV Show
2013

Sarah & Duck

Voice
Scarf Lady
TV Show
2013

Father BrownStream

Actor
Majorie Chummy
TV Show
2013

Entertainment Studios.TV

Guest
TV Show
2012

Doc McStuffinsStream

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Pip
TV Show
2012

Sunday Brunch

Guest
TV Show
2011

Once Upon a TimeStream

Guest Star
TV Show
2011
78%

The Chew

Guest
TV Show
2011

Downton Abbey

Actor
Mrs. Patmore
TV Show
2011

Downton AbbeyStream

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Mrs. Patmore
TV Show
2010
87%

Raising HopeStream

Guest Star
TV Show
2010
96%

Access Hollywood Live

Guest
TV Show
2010

Lorraine

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TV Show
2010

Hot in ClevelandStream

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Margaret
TV Show
2010

West Is West

Actor
Auntie Annie
Movie
2010

Skavlan

Guest
TV Show
2009

All Star Family Fortunes

Contestant
TV Show
2006

SupernaturalStream

Guest Star
TV Show
2005
93%

Doc MartinStream

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Mrs Irene Moore
TV Show
2004

Holby City

Actor
Eileen McMahon
TV Show
1999

East Is East

Actor
Auntie Annie
Movie
1999

The View

Guest
TV Show
1997

Access Hollywood

Guest
TV Show
1996

HeartbeatStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1992

This Morning

Guest
TV Show
1988

The Bill

Actor
Mrs. Rogers
TV Show
1984

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