How Lady Edith Finally Won Our Hearts On "Downton Abbey" — buzzfeed.com

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.

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