Raquel Cassidy

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Raquel Josephine Dominic Cassidy (born 22 January 1968) is an English actress.

She is best known for her role as Phyllis Baxter in the last three seasons of the television show Downton Abbey (2013–2015).

She appeared in a sequel to the same name (2019).

Early life and education

She was the third child and the couple's only daughter, born to a Spanish mother and an English father. She was born and raised in Fleet, Hampshire, and then moved to Girton College, Cambridge, where she concentrated on modern languages. She earned a PhD in biological anthropology but then left it for a career in acting.

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Career

In an early role, Cassidy played Lola Chaves in an episode of The Bill, speaking predominantly in Spanish. In 2001 she took the role of Susan Gately in Teachers, returning for the second series in 2002. She has also played the Home Office Junior Minister Jo Porter in Party Animals, Cassie Turner in The Worst Week of My Life, Nancy Weeks in Moving Wallpaper and Mel in Lead Balloon.

In 2013 Cassidy joined the cast of Downton Abbey, playing the role of rehabilitated thief and ladies maid Phyllis Baxter for the show's final three series. In 2015 the cast won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. She reprised the role for the show's 2019 feature film, also called Downton Abbey and its 2022 sequel.

She has subsequently played the role of Miss Hardbroom in four series of the 2017 television revival of The Worst Witch. In 2022, she is appearing in series 4 of The Good Karma Hospital as Frankie Martin.

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