Kelly Macdonald
Known For
Acting
Born
1976-02-23
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.
Most Known For
Black Mirror
as Karin Parke
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Boardwalk Empire
as Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson
Line of Duty
as DCI Jo Davidson
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Helena Ravenclaw
No Country for Old Men
as Carla Jean Moss
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
as Pokkit
Brave
as Merida (voice)
Dept. Q
as Dr Rachel Irving
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Merida (voice)
Trainspotting
as Diane
Somebody Feed Phil
as Self
Alias
as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene
Lassie
as Jeanie
Giri/Haji
as Sarah
Nanny McPhee
as Evangeline
Gosford Park
as Mary Maceachran
Urban Myths
as Princess Margaret
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Reporter
The Victim
as Anna Dean