Emma Lowndes

Emma Lowndes (born 1975) is an English actress, known for portraying Bella Gregson in Cranford, Mary Rivers in Jane Eyre and Margie Drewe in Downton Abbey.

Background Brought up in Irlam, near Manchester, Lowndes attended Irlam Primary School and Urmston Grammar School, where she was Head Girl. She studied English at the University of York before training at RADA, Her training was partly funded by the Salford Sports and Arts Trust, established by Albert Finney and Harold Riley to assist the city's young talent. and played Sarah Badger in the 2001 The Tomorrow People audio drama, The New Gods.

Her theatre work includes Whose Life Is It Anyway?, She joined the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London from 24 May 2017, playing the role of Ginny Potter.

Awards Lowndes won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2003 Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for productions of Port and The Seagull at the Royal Exchange Theatre. Her role in The Seagull also earned her a nomination at the 2003 Ian Charleson Awards.

Filmography Television Year Show Episode Role Notes 2002 Lenny Blue DC Kerry Allen Television film Heartbeat A Girl's Best Friend (2002) Teresa Period crime drama 2003 Burn It Jane Drama series 2004 Von Trapped Leisl 'Lee' Moogan Television film 2005 The Walk Gillian Television film Waking the Dead Straw Dog (parts one and two) (2005) Young Grace Foley Police procedural 2006 Jane Eyre Episode 1.4 (2006) Mary Rivers Miniseries Afterlife A Name Written in Water (2006) Zoe Supernatural drama 2007 Cranford June 1842 (2007)August 1842 (2007)November 1842 (2007)April 1843 (2007) Bella Gregson Comedy drama 2008 Doctors Attack of the Centorts: Part 1 (2008)Attack of the Centorts: Part 2 (2008) Mia Arnell Soap opera The Royal Blood's Thicker Than Water (2008) Penny Darnby Period medical drama Heartbeat Missing Persons (2008) Julie Period crime drama 2009 Moving On The Rain Has Stopped (2009) Alice Anthology series Cranford August 1844 (2009)October to December 1844 (2009) Bella Gregson Comedy drama Paradox Episode 1.5 (2009) Julie Hughes Sci-fi crime drama 2010 Survivors Episode 2.4 (2010)Episode 2.5 (2010) Sally Post-apocalyptic drama 2011 Silent Witness First Casualty: Parts 1 & 2 (2011) Claire Lockford Crime drama Vera Little Lazarus Renagh Salter Crime drama 2014 Downton Abbey (Series 5, Downton Abbey series 6) Mrs Margie Drewe Period drama 2015 The Musketeers Emilie (episode 2.4) Emilie Drama series 2020 Call the Midwife Episode 9.1 (2020) Brenda Donnelly Period medical drama

Film Year Film Role Notes 2002 All or Nothing Party Girl 2003 This Little Life Nurse Anne 2005 Frozen Receptionist Uncredited 2019 Military Wives Annie

Selected theatre performances Rachel in Port by Simon Stephens . World premiere directed by Marianne Elliott at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Lowndes won a MEN Award for her performance. (2002) Nina in The Seagull by Anton Chekov. Directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Lowndes won a MEN Award for her performance. (2003) Nancy in Cold Meat Party by Brad Fraser. World premiere directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2003) Little Voice in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright. Directed by Sarah Frankcom at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2004) May in The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan. Directed by James Dacre at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2013).