'Downton Abbey' star Joanne Froggatt gets married

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Published Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 7:34AM EDT

'Downton Abbey' star Joanne Froggatt has married.

The 31-year-old actress -- who plays housemaid Anna Bates in the period drama -- wed her long-term partner James Cannon on Oct. 6, 2012.

The church ceremony was attended by several cast members from Julian Fellowes' award-winning show.
The blonde beauty is also a married woman on-screen and is constantly trying to prove her husband, valet John Bates -- played by Brendan Coyle -- didn't murder his first wife.

Froggatt will be taking a short break from her role as Anna, to settle in with her IT director husband and enjoy a relaxing honeymoon.

The actress previously admitted she was struggling to find time to plan her wedding while juggling filming commitments.

Froggatt told People magazine: "This is what you hope for, really -- you've just got to take these times and enjoy them and grasp them by the horns and go with it because there will be quiet times again in the future. But I'm enjoying every minute of it at the moment."


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'Downton Abbey' star dishes on season 3's 'spiky' barbs, Anna and Bates Dave M. Benett / By Randee Dawn (THE CLICKER)

Late last year, something happened to Joanne Froggatt for the first time: She was recognized. In America.

“I was in a deli in New York, and it was really weird for me!” remembered the woman who plays maid Anna on "Downton Abbey," one of the biggest cult sensations to leap across the pond in years. It happened during a break in the press junket for “Downton’s” second season last December, and she recalled, “I raced back to the hotel and told everyone!”

Froggatt’s Anna is, of course, half of the dynamic, romantic duo that also includes Mr. Bates. As viewers may remember, the valet has been incarcerated for allegedly killing his first wife – Anna is now his second. It’s one of the most popular stories on the PBS series, and part of that attraction comes from Anna's sweet disposition.


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