I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.

Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.

I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play.

I am a hopeless romantic.

I love when people become obsessed with Downton.

I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.