Lesley Nicol Overview

Lesley Nicol is an English actress best known for her role as Mrs. Beryl Patmore, the head cook on the acclaimed television series Downton Abbey. Born on August 7, 1953, in Manchester, England, she grew up the daughter of a doctor and a mother who worked as both a model and television presenter. As a teenager attending St. Elphin’s Boarding School in Derbyshire, Lesley originally didn’t plan to be an actress, but her involvement with the Manchester Library Theatre inspired her to pursue... See All