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Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

Birthday: 1976-02-23 | Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Dept. Q

as    Dr Rachel Irving

2024
The Radleys

as    Helen Radley

2023
Typist Artist Pirate King

as    Sandra Panza

2022
Operation Mincemeat

as    Jean Leslie

2022
I Came By

as    Lizzie Nealey

2022
Holmes & Watson: The Abandoned Case

as    Mrs. Martha Hudson

2020
Dirt Music

as    Georgie

2019
The Victim

as    Anna Dean

2019
Giri/Haji

as    Sarah

2018
Puzzle

as    Agnes

2018
The Child in Time

as    Julie Lewis

2018
Holmes & Watson

as    Mrs. Martha Hudson

2017
T2 Trainspotting

as    Diane

2017
Goodbye Christopher Robin

as    Olive Rand / Nou

2016
Special Correspondents

as    Claire Maddox

2016
2016
Swallows and Amazons

as    Mrs. Walker

2012
Line of Duty

as    DCI Jo Davidson

2012
Anna Karenina

as    Dolly

2012
Brave

as    Merida (voice)

2011
The Decoy Bride

as    Katie Meaghaid

2010
Boardwalk Empire

as    Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson

2009
In the Electric Mist

as    Kelly Drummond

2009
Skellig

as    Louise

2008
The Merry Gentleman

as    Kate Frazier

2008
Choke

as    Paige Marshall