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Born:
1976-02-23

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Credits:
73 Total Roles

Kelly Macdonald

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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).

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 This Ordinary Thing MOVIE Self (voice)
2025 Dept. Q TV Dr Rachel Irving
2024 Royal Carols: Together at Christmas MOVIE Self
2024 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew TV Pokkit
2024 The Radleys MOVIE Helen Radley
2023 Typist Artist Pirate King MOVIE Sandra Panza
2022 I Came By MOVIE Lizzie Nealey
2022 Operation Mincemeat MOVIE Jean Leslie
2020 Truth Seekers TV JoJo 74
2020 Dirt Music MOVIE Georgie

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