Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery recalls her rock music past

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Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery has revealed she used to perform alongside a grunge band. The actress is best known for playing aristocrat Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV period drama but has now told of her rock music past.

Dockery – an avowed fan of heavy metal groups Metallica and Slipknot – told US TV host Jimmy Fallon: “I wasn’t officially in a band but there was a band in my school when I was 15 and they were really grungy, sometimes a bit sort of metal. “And I would sometimes be their guest appearance at pub gigs and I would do songs like Zombie (by) The Cranberries.” Dockery – who revealed she has picked the guitar back up during lockdown – said she was into “teenage angst,” adding: “I did all of that.