Downtown Abbey star Joanne Froggatt is moving to the U.S. to further her acting career.

Froggatt won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the Golden Globes earlier this month (Jan15) for her role in the historical drama, and she is now buying a house in Los Angeles in a bid to break into Hollywood.

She currently lives in Buckinghamshire, England with her husband James Cannon but a source tells Britain's Daily Star Sunday newspaper, "Joanne is big news in Hollywood. Winning a Golden Globe increases your value tenfold. She knows this is the time to take her career to the next step. Instead of having to fight for roles she will now be sent scripts. She doesn't want to move to America full-time but knows she will need to live there for part of the year at least."

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