Kelly Macdonald
Acting
- Born:
- 1976-02-23
- Place of birth:
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelly Macdonald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Lanterns
Lanterns: The Official Podcast
This Ordinary Thing
Dept. Q
Royal Carols: Together at Christmas
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
The Radleys
Typist Artist Pirate King
I Came By
Operation Mincemeat
Truth Seekers
Dirt Music
Giri/Haji
The Victim
Holmes & Watson
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
Puzzle
The Child in Time
Somebody Feed Phil
Goodbye Christopher Robin
T2 Trainspotting
Urban Myths
The Journey Is the Destination
Swallows and Amazons
Special Correspondents
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Strap Hanging
Anna Karenina
Line of Duty
Brave
Black Mirror
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Decoy Bride
Boardwalk Empire
Skellig
In the Electric Mist
Choke
Memories of "Trainspotting"
The Merry Gentleman
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
No Country for Old Men
All the Invisible Children
Lassie
Nanny McPhee
A Cock and Bull Story
The Girl in the Café
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Finding Neverland
Intermission
State of Play
Brush with Fate
The Making of Gosford Park
Gosford Park
Alias
Strictly Sinatra
Some Voices
House!
Two Family House
Entropy
Tube Tales
Splendor
My Life So Far
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Elizabeth
Cousin Bette
Stella Does Tricks
Flowers of the Forest
Dead Eye Dick
Trainspotting
Dancing, Some Days
Screen Two
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dennis