Kelly Macdonald
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
Credits
- 2025 · Dept. Q as Dr Rachel Irving
- 2024 · Royal Carols: Together at Christmas as Self
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Pokkit
- 2022 · I Came By as Lizzie Nealey
- 2020 · Truth Seekers as JoJo 74
- 2019 · Giri/Haji as Sarah
- 2018 · Ralph Breaks the Internet as Merida (voice)
- 2018 · Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women as Reader
- 2018 · Somebody Feed Phil as Self
- 2017 · T2 Trainspotting as Diane
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Princess Margaret
- 2016 · Swallows and Amazons as Mrs. Walker
- 2016 · Special Correspondents as Claire Maddox
- 2012 · Anna Karenina as Dolly
- 2012 · Line of Duty as DCI Jo Davidson
- 2012 · Brave as Merida (voice)
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Karin Parke
- 2011 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Helena Ravenclaw
- 2011 · The Decoy Bride as Katie Meaghaid
- 2010 · Boardwalk Empire as Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson
- 2008 · Choke as Paige Marshall
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean Moss
- 2006 · All the Invisible Children as Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")
- 2005 · Nanny McPhee as Evangeline
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Reporter
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Finding Neverland as Peter Pan
- 2003 · State of Play as Della Smith
- 2003 · Brush with Fate as Aletta Pieters
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Mary Maceachran
- 2001 · Alias as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene
- 1999 · Entropy as Pia
- 1998 · Elizabeth as Isabel Knollys
- 1997 · Stella Does Tricks as Stella
- 1996 · Trainspotting as Diane
- Future · Lanterns as Sheriff Kerry
- 2025 · This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
- 2024 · The Radleys as Helen Radley
- 2023 · Typist Artist Pirate King as Sandra Panza
- 2022 · Operation Mincemeat as Jean Leslie
- 2020 · Dirt Music as Georgie
- 2019 · The Victim as Anna Dean
- 2018 · Holmes & Watson as Mrs. Martha Hudson
- 2018 · Puzzle as Agnes
- 2018 · The Child in Time as Julie Lewis
- 2017 · Goodbye Christopher Robin as Olive Rand / Nou
- 2016 · The Journey Is the Destination as Duff
- 2014 · The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire as Self
- 2014 · Strap Hanging as
- 2009 · Skellig as Louise
- 2009 · In the Electric Mist as Kelly Drummond
- 2008 · Memories of "Trainspotting" as Self
- 2008 · The Merry Gentleman as Kate Frazier
- 2008 · No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2005 · Lassie as Jeanie
- 2005 · A Cock and Bull Story as Jenny
- 2005 · The Girl in the Café as Gina
- 2003 · Intermission as Deirdre
- 2002 · The Making of Gosford Park as Self
- 2001 · Strictly Sinatra as Irene
- 2000 · Some Voices as Laura
- 2000 · House! as Linda
- 2000 · Two Family House as Mary O'Neary
- 1999 · Tube Tales as Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")
- 1999 · Splendor as Mike
- 1999 · My Life So Far as Elspeth Pettigrew
- 1999 · The Loss of Sexual Innocence as Susan
- 1998 · Cousin Bette as Hortense Hulot
- 1996 · Flowers of the Forest as Amy Ogilvie
- 1996 · Dead Eye Dick as
- 1996 · Dancing, Some Days as Sharon
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Aletta Pieters