Katherine Kelly
Acting • Born 1979-11-19
Biography
Katherine Kelly is an English actress. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Becky McDonald on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2006–2012), for which she received multiple awards, including the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2009) and the NTA for Best Serial Drama Performance (2012). Kelly's subsequent television roles include Lady Mae in Mr Selfridge (2013–2014, 2016), DI Jodie Shackleton in Happy Valley (2016), Miss Andrea Quill in Class (2016), Jane Lowry in Strike Back (2017–2018), DCI Natalie Hobbs in Criminal: UK (2019–2020), Elizabeth Sutherland in Gentleman Jack (2019–2022), DI Karen Renton in Liar (2020), Sally Wright in Innocent (2021), and Angela van Den Bogerd in Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024). Katherine Kelly was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She grew up in both South Yorkshire and the United States. She has strong links with The Lamproom Theatre in Barnsley, established in 1998 by her father John (who is originally from Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland), and has regularly supported fund-raising events held there. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with fellow students Meredith MacNeill, Leo Bill, Elliot Cowan, Laurence Fox, and actor and novelist Anna Hope, graduating in 2001.
Filmography
51 credits
Let Her Go
Movie • 2022
Absent Princess
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Movie • 2009
Becky McDonald
Last Train to Christmas
Movie • 2021
Paula
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Movie • 2012
Lee Everett-Alkin
Mischief Night
Movie • 2006
Junkie Jane
The Sound of Music Live!
Movie • 2015
Baroness Elsa Schraeder
Sons & Lovers
Movie • 2003
Suffragette Speaker - Emily
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
Movie • 2008
Becky Granger
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
Movie • 2012
Miss Hardcastle
The Last Witch
Movie • 2013
Alice Lister
Dirty God
Movie • 2019
Lisa
Kat and the Band
Movie • 2020
Liz Malone
Affection
Movie • 2019
Pauline
Official Secrets
Movie • 2019
Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Movie • 2024
Self
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
Life on Mars
TV • 2006
Auntie Heather
Innocent
TV • 2018
Sally Wright
The Justin Lee Collins Show
TV • 2009
Self
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
TV • 2010
Odd One In
TV • 2010
Mr Selfridge
TV • 2013
Lady Mae Loxley
The Guilty
TV • 2013
Claire Reid
The Secret River
TV • 2015
Mrs. Webb
Class
TV • 2016
Miss Quill
The Royal
TV • 2003
Tina Binnington
Bloods
TV • 2021
George
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
The Long Shadow
TV • 2023
Emily Jackson
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
TV • 2024
Angela van den Bogerd
The Visit
TV • 2007
Julie
Flack
TV • 2019
Brooke
Hotel Custody
TV • 2022
Narrator
Cheat
TV • 2019
Leah Dale
Ruby Speaking
TV • 2023
Vicki
The Crow Girl
TV • 2025
Sophia Craven
Gentleman Jack
TV • 2019
Elizabeth Sutherland
Criminal: UK
TV • 2019
Natalie Hobbs
Murdertown
TV • 2018
Presenter
Inside No. 9
TV • 2014
Lynne
Happy Valley
TV • 2014
DI Jodi Shackleton
Coronation Street
TV • 1960
Becky Granger / Becky McDonald
Liar
TV • 2017
DI Karen Renton
The Night Manager
TV • 2016
Permanent Secretary
In Flight
TV • 2025
Jo Conran
Protection
TV • 2024
DCI Hannah Wheatley
The Hack
TV • 2025
Sheridan McCoid
How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
TV • 2025
Katrina
HIM
TV • 2016
Hannah
Number 10
TV