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Emmys 2012: Meet the Cast of Downton Abbey

Elizabeth McGovern

Cora, Countess of Grantham

Cora is an American-born heiress and Lord Grantham's wife. She and Robert married for love (unheard of at the time) after a whirlwind romance. A voice of reason to her daughters and a highly-respected lady to her staff, Cora is not a woman to cross.
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