Kelly Macdonald
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.
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Movies (38)
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
2025
Royal Carols: Together at Christmas
as Self
2024
The Radleys
as Helen Radley
2024
Typist Artist Pirate King
as Sandra Panza
2023
I Came By
as Lizzie Nealey
2022
Operation Mincemeat
as Jean Leslie
2022
Dirt Music
as Georgie
2020
Holmes & Watson
as Mrs. Martha Hudson
2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Merida (voice)
2018
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
as Reader
2018
Puzzle
as Agnes
2018
The Child in Time
as Julie Lewis
2018
Goodbye Christopher Robin
as Olive Rand / Nou
2017
T2 Trainspotting
as Diane
2017
The Journey Is the Destination
as Duff
2016
Swallows and Amazons
as Mrs. Walker
2016
Special Correspondents
as Claire Maddox
2016
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
2014
Strap Hanging
2014
Anna Karenina
as Dolly
2012
Brave
as Merida (voice)
2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Helena Ravenclaw
2011
The Decoy Bride
as Katie Nic Aodh
2011
Skellig
as Louise
2009
In the Electric Mist
as Kelly Drummond
2009
Choke
as Paige Marshall
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
2008
No Country for Old Men
as Carla Jean Moss
2007
All the Invisible Children
as Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")
2006
Lassie
as Jeanie
2005
Nanny McPhee
as Evangeline
2005
A Cock and Bull Story
as Jenny
2005
The Girl in the Café
as Gina
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Reporter
2005
Finding Neverland
as Peter Pan
2004
Intermission
as Deirdre
2003
TV Shows (12)
Dept. Q
as Dr Rachel Irving
2025
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
as Pokkit
2024
Truth Seekers
as JoJo 74
2020
Giri/Haji
as Sarah
2019
The Victim
as Anna Dean
2019
Somebody Feed Phil
as Self
2018
Urban Myths
as Princess Margaret
2017
Line of Duty
as DCI Jo Davidson
2012
Black Mirror
as Karin Parke
2011
Boardwalk Empire
as Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson
2010
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
State of Play
as Della Smith
2003