Photos:: ‘Downton Abbey’: Meet the cast without their costumes

Hugh Bonneville plays Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham and head of the Crawley family.  (ITV for Masterpiece / Los Angeles Times)

Elizabeth McGovern plays Cora Crawley (nee Levinson), Countess of Grantham.  (Masterpiece / Getty Images)

Elizabeth McGovern (Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham) with iPad in hand and actor Hugh Bonneville in a puffy jacket, during filming of Season 3.  (Matthew Lloyd / For The Times)

Laura Carmichael plays Lady Edith Crawley, middle daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham.  (Carnival Film & Television Limited 2013 for Masterpiece / Los Angeles Times)

Michelle Dockery, left, Hugh Bonneville and Laura Carmichael attend the “Downton Abbey” cast photo call on Dec. 10, 2013, in New York.  (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)

Allen Leech and Michelle Dockery during filming of Season 3 of “Downton Abbey.”  (Matthew Lloyd / For The Times)

Joanne Froggatt plays Anna May Bates (nee Smith), head housemaid and wife to John Bates.  (Carnival Film & Television Limited 2012 for Masterpiece / Los Angeles Times)

Lily James plays Lady Rose MacClare, cousin and ward of the Granthams, daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Flintshire.  (Carnival Film & Television Limited 2013 for Masterpiece / Getty images)

Dan Stevens plays heir presumptive (third cousin once removed) of Lord Grantham, a former lawyer.  (ITV for Masterpiece / Los Angeles Times)

Maggie Smith plays Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham.  (PBS / Getty images)

Jim Carter plays Charles Carson, the Crawley family butler.  (Carnival Film & Television Limited 2012 for Masterpiece / Los Angeles Times)

Phyllis Logan plays Mrs. Hughes, the Crawley family housekeeper.  (MCT / Los Angeles Times)

Lesley Nicol plays Beryl Patmore, the Crawley family cook.  (Carnival Film & Television Limited 2012 for Masterpiece / Los Angeles Times)

Sophie McShera plays Daisy Mason (nee Robinson), who begins the series as a kitchen maid.  (Carnival Film & Television Limited 2013 for Masterpiece / Los Angeles Times)

Rob James-Collier begins the series as the Crawley family’s first footman.  (Masterpiece / Associated Press)