BuzzFeed - Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith Crawley on the period drama, talks to BuzzFeed News about her character's impressive growth throughout the show's five seasons, culminating with the Feb. 8 episode's shocking and heartbreaking development. WARNING: SPOILERS WITHIN FOR SEASON 5, EPISODE 6! Lady Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael) and her daughter, Marigold, on Downton Abbey. Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television Limited 2014 for MASTERPIECE When Downton Abbey first premiered in the U.S. in 2011, then-17-year-old Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) was arguably the most disliked member of the Crawley family. The middle child of the Lord (Hugh Bonneville) and Lady of Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern) had a complex relationship with her older sister Mary (Michelle Dockery), a nasty tone, and came across to viewers as, well, just plain rude. But Carmichael, who bares few, if any, similarities to the character she's played for five seasons â she's a self-describ
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