Kelly Macdonald profile
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Kelly Macdonald

23rd February 1976 Acting

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.

55 Movies 16 TV Shows 2 In Production 77 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Brave poster
Brave 21st June 2012 as Merida (voice)
Choke poster
Choke 26th September 2008 as Paige Marshall
Lassie poster
Lassie 16th December 2005 as Jeanie
Tube Tales poster
Tube Tales 19th November 1999 as Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")
Dept. Q poster
Dept. Q 29th May 2025 as Dr Rachel Irving
Alias poster
Alias 30th September 2001 as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene
Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? poster Coming soon
Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? 18th September 2026 as Self
Lanterns poster Coming soon
Lanterns 16th August 2026 as Sheriff Kerry