Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

Known for
Acting
Born
February 23, 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

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Dennis

Dennis

Movie

2026
Lanterns poster

Lanterns

TV · as Sheriff Kerry Kane · 8 eps

2026
Lanterns: The Official Podcast poster

Lanterns: The Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
This Ordinary Thing poster

This Ordinary Thing

Movie · as Self (voice)

2025
Dept. Q poster

Dept. Q

TV · as Dr Rachel Irving · 9 eps

2024
The Radleys poster

The Radleys

Movie · as Helen Radley

2024
Royal Carols: Together at Christmas poster

Royal Carols: Together at Christmas

Movie · as Self

2024
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew poster

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

TV · as Pokkit · 2 eps

2023
Typist Artist Pirate King poster

Typist Artist Pirate King

Movie · as Sandra Panza

2022
Operation Mincemeat poster

Operation Mincemeat

Movie · as Jean Leslie

2022
I Came By poster

I Came By

Movie · as Lizzie Nealey

2020
Dirt Music poster

Dirt Music

Movie · as Georgie

2020
Truth Seekers poster

Truth Seekers

TV · as JoJo 74 · 2 eps

2019
The Victim poster

The Victim

TV · as Anna Dean · 4 eps

2019
Giri/Haji poster

Giri/Haji

TV · as Sarah · 8 eps

2018
Holmes & Watson poster

Holmes & Watson

Movie · as Martha Hudson

2018
The Child in Time poster

The Child in Time

Movie · as Julie Lewis

2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet poster

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Movie · as Merida (voice)

2018
Puzzle poster

Puzzle

Movie · as Agnes

2018
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women poster

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women

Movie · as Reader

2018
Somebody Feed Phil poster

Somebody Feed Phil

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Goodbye Christopher Robin poster

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Movie · as Olive

2017
T2 Trainspotting poster

T2 Trainspotting

Movie · as Diane

2017
Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths

TV · as Princess Margaret · 1 ep

2016
Special Correspondents poster

Special Correspondents

Movie · as Claire Maddox

2016
Swallows and Amazons poster

Swallows and Amazons

Movie · as Mrs. Walker

2016
The Journey Is the Destination poster

The Journey Is the Destination

Movie · as Duff

2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire poster

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

Movie · as Self

2014
Strap Hanging

Strap Hanging

Movie

2012
Brave poster

Brave

Movie · as Merida (voice)

2012
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

Movie · as Dolly

2012
Line of Duty poster

Line of Duty

TV · as DCI Jo Davidson · 7 eps

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie · as Helena Ravenclaw

2011
The Decoy Bride poster

The Decoy Bride

Movie · as Katie Nic Aodh

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Karin Parke · 1 ep

2010
Boardwalk Empire poster

Boardwalk Empire

TV · as Margaret Schroeder, Margaret Thompson · 24 eps

2009
In the Electric Mist poster

In the Electric Mist

Movie · as Kelly Drummond

2009
Skellig poster

Skellig

Movie · as Louise

2008
The Merry Gentleman poster

The Merry Gentleman

Movie · as Kate Frazier

2008
Choke poster

Choke

Movie · as Paige Marshall

2008
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary poster

Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary

Movie · as Self

2008
Memories of "Trainspotting" poster

Memories of "Trainspotting"

Movie · as Self

2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' poster

The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

Movie · as Self - Carla Jean Moss

2007
No Country for Old Men poster

No Country for Old Men

Movie · as Carla Jean Moss

2006
All the Invisible Children poster

All the Invisible Children

Movie · as Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")

2005
Nanny McPhee poster

Nanny McPhee

Movie · as Evangeline

2005
A Cock and Bull Story poster

A Cock and Bull Story

Movie · as Jenny

2005
The Girl in the Café poster

The Girl in the Café

Movie · as Gina

2005
Lassie poster

Lassie

Movie · as Jeanie

2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy poster

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Movie · as Reporter

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Finding Neverland poster

Finding Neverland

Movie · as Peter Pan

2003
Intermission poster

Intermission

Movie · as Deirdre

2003
Brush with Fate poster

Brush with Fate

Movie · as Aletta Pieters

2003
State of Play poster

State of Play

TV · as Della Smith · 6 eps

2002
The Making of Gosford Park poster

The Making of Gosford Park

Movie · as Self

2001
Gosford Park poster

Gosford Park

Movie · as Mary Maceachran

2001
Strictly Sinatra poster

Strictly Sinatra

Movie · as Irene

2001
Alias poster

Alias

TV · as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene · 1 ep

2000
Two Family House poster

Two Family House

Movie · as Mary O'Neary

2000
Some Voices poster

Some Voices

Movie · as Laura

2000
House! poster

House!

Movie · as Linda

1999
Entropy poster

Entropy

Movie · as Pia

1999
Splendor poster

Splendor

Movie · as Mike

1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence poster

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

Movie · as Susan

1999
Tube Tales poster

Tube Tales

Movie · as Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")

1999
My Life So Far poster

My Life So Far

Movie · as Elspeth Pettigrew

1998
Elizabeth poster

Elizabeth

Movie · as Isabel Knollys

1998
Cousin Bette poster

Cousin Bette

Movie · as Hortense Hulot

1997
Stella Does Tricks poster

Stella Does Tricks

Movie · as Stella

1996
Trainspotting poster

Trainspotting

Movie · as Diane

1996
Dancing, Some Days poster

Dancing, Some Days

Movie · as Sharon

1996
Flowers of the Forest poster

Flowers of the Forest

Movie · as Amy Ogilvie

1996
Dead Eye Dick

Dead Eye Dick

Movie

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Amy Ogilvie · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Aletta Pieters · 1 ep