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Downton's Joanne Froggatt weds

Joanne Froggatt and James Cannon
Joanne Froggatt and James Cannon

Joanne Froggatt, who plays housemaid Anna Bates on Downton Abbey, tied the knot with her partner James Cannon on Saturday.

The church ceremony was attended by several cast members from Julian Fellowes' award-winning show.

The 31-year-old actress 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 enjoy her honeymoon with her IT director husband.

Speaking to People magazine, Froggatt previously admitted that she enjoying every minute of the wedding planning, saying: ''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.''

Joanne will next star as a policewoman in new film Filth opposite James McAvoy.

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