Kelly Macdonald
Born: 1976-02-23
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Lanterns as Sheriff Kerry
2025
- Dept. Q as Dr Rachel Irving
- This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
2024
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Pokkit
- The Radleys as Helen Radley
- Royal Carols: Together at Christmas as Self
2023
- Typist Artist Pirate King as Sandra Panza
2022
- Operation Mincemeat as Jean Leslie
- I Came By as Lizzie Nealey
2020
- Truth Seekers as JoJo 74
- Dirt Music as Georgie
2019
- Giri/Haji as Sarah
- The Victim as Anna Dean
2018
- Ralph Breaks the Internet as Merida (voice)
- Somebody Feed Phil as Self
- Holmes & Watson as Mrs. Martha Hudson
- Puzzle as Agnes
- The Child in Time as Julie Lewis
- Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women as Reader
2017
- Urban Myths as Princess Margaret
- T2 Trainspotting as Diane
- Goodbye Christopher Robin as Olive Rand / Nou
2016
- Special Correspondents as Claire Maddox
- The Journey Is the Destination as Duff
- Swallows and Amazons as Mrs. Walker
2012
- Brave as Merida (voice)
- Line of Duty as DCI Jo Davidson
- Anna Karenina as Dolly
2011
- Black Mirror as Karin Parke
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Helena Ravenclaw
- The Decoy Bride as Katie Nic Aodh
2010
- Boardwalk Empire as Margaret Schroeder
2009
- In the Electric Mist as Kelly Drummond
- Skellig as Louise
2008
- Choke as Paige Marshall
- The Merry Gentleman as Kate Frazier
- The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self - Carla Jean Moss
- No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
- Memories of "Trainspotting" as Self
2007
- No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean Moss
2006
- All the Invisible Children as Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Nanny McPhee as Evangeline
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Reporter
- Lassie as Jeanie
- A Cock and Bull Story as Jenny
- The Girl in the Café as Gina
2004
- Finding Neverland as Peter Pan
2003
- State of Play as Della Smith
- Intermission as Deirdre
- Brush with Fate as Aletta Pieters
2002
- The Making of Gosford Park as Self
2001
- Alias as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene
- Gosford Park as Mary Maceachran
- Strictly Sinatra as Irene
2000
- Some Voices as Laura
- House! as Linda
- Two Family House as Mary O'Neary
1999
- Splendor as Mike
- Entropy as Pia
- Tube Tales as Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")
- My Life So Far as Elspeth Pettigrew
- The Loss of Sexual Innocence as Susan
1998
- Elizabeth as Isabel Knollys
- Cousin Bette as Hortense Hulot
1997
- Stella Does Tricks as Stella
1996
- Trainspotting as Diane
- Flowers of the Forest as Amy Ogilvie
- Dead Eye Dick
- Dancing, Some Days as Sharon
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Aletta Pieters