"I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless."

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I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement.

— Michelle Dockery