Kelly Macdonald
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1976-02-23 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Kelly Macdonald
Biography
Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish actress. Known for her film and television performances, she has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Macdonald made her film debut in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in the Coen brothers film No Country for Old Men (2007). During her career, she has taken roles in Elizabeth (1998), Gosford Park (2001), Intermission (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Anna Karenina(2012), T2 Trainspotting (2017), and Operation Mincemeat (2021). She voiced Princess Merida in the Disney Pixar animated Brave (2012).
On television, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role in the BBC One film The Girl in the Cafe (2005). She was further Emmy-nominated for portraying Margaret Thompson in the period crime drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). She also acted in Black Mirror's Hated in the Nation (2016), the limited series Giri/Haji (2019), and Line of Duty(2021).
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
The Radleys
as Helen Radley
(2024)
(2023)
Typist Artist Pirate King
as Sandra Panza
(2022)
I Came By
as Lizzie Nealey
(2022)
Operation Mincemeat
as Jean Leslie
(2020)
Dirt Music
as Georgie
(2018)
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Merida (voice)
(2018)
Holmes & Watson
as Mrs. Martha Hudson
(2018)
Puzzle
as Agnes
(2018)
The Child in Time
as Julie Lewis
(2018)
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
as Reader
(2017)
T2 Trainspotting
as Diane
(2017)
Goodbye Christopher Robin
as Olive Rand / Nou
(2016)
Special Correspondents
as Claire Maddox
(2016)
Swallows and Amazons
as Mrs. Walker
(2016)
(2014)
(2014)
(2012)
Brave
as Merida (voice)
(2012)
Anna Karenina
as Dolly
(2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Helena Ravenclaw
(2011)
The Decoy Bride
as Katie Meaghaid
(2009)
In the Electric Mist
as Kelly Drummond
(2009)
Skellig
as Louise
(2008)
Choke
as Paige Marshall
(2008)
(2008)
The Merry Gentleman
as Kate Frazier
(2008)
Diary of a Country Sheriff
as Self
(2007)
No Country for Old Men
as Carla Jean Moss
(2005)
Nanny McPhee
as Evangeline
(2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Reporter
(2005)
Lassie
as Jeanie
(2005)
A Cock and Bull Story
as Jenny
(2005)
The Girl in the Café
as Gina
(2005)
All the Invisible Children
as Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")
(2004)
Finding Neverland
as Peter Pan
(2003)
Intermission
as Deirdre
(2003)
Brush with Fate
as Aletta Pieters
(2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self
(2001)
Gosford Park
as Mary Maceachran
(2001)
Strictly Sinatra
as Irene
(2000)
Some Voices
as Laura
(2000)
House!
as Linda
(2000)
Two Family House
as Mary O'Neary
(1999)
Splendor
as Mike
(1999)
Entropy
as Pia
(1999)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Susan
(1999)
Tube Tales
as Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")
(1999)
My Life So Far
as Elspeth Pettigrew
(1998)
Elizabeth
as Isabel Knollys
(1998)
Cousin Bette
as Hortense Hulot
(1997)
Stella Does Tricks
as Stella
(1996)
Trainspotting
as Diane
(1996)
Flowers of the Forest
as Amy Ogilvie
(1996)
Dancing, Some Days
as Sharon
(1996)