Raquel Cassidy

Raquel Cassidy is an English actress known for her role as Phyllis Baxter in the television series Downton Abbey, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award. She reprised the role in the 2019 feature film and its 2022 sequel. Cassidy has also appeared in leading roles in various TV series including Teachers, Party Animals, Moving Wallpaper, Lead Balloon, The Worst Witch, and The Good Karma Hospital. Born to a Spanish mother and an English father, Cassidy was raised in Fleet, Hampshire. She studied modern languages at Girton College, Cambridge before pursuing a career in acting.