Kelly Macdonald
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.
Filmography
73 credits
Finding Neverland
Movie • 2004
Peter Pan
Trainspotting
Movie • 1996
Diane
Elizabeth
Movie • 1998
Isabel Knollys
Gosford Park
Movie • 2001
Mary Maceachran
Entropy
Movie • 1999
Pia
Nanny McPhee
Movie • 2005
Evangeline
The Merry Gentleman
Movie • 2008
Kate Frazier
No Country for Old Men
Movie • 2007
Carla Jean Moss
A Cock and Bull Story
Movie • 2005
Jenny
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie • 2011
Helena Ravenclaw
The Girl in the Café
Movie • 2005
Gina
The Decoy Bride
Movie • 2011
Katie Nic Aodh
Splendor
Movie • 1999
Mike
Choke
Movie • 2008
Paige Marshall
In the Electric Mist
Movie • 2009
Kelly Drummond
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Movie • 1999
Susan
Brave
Movie • 2012
Merida (voice)
Two Family House
Movie • 2000
Mary O'Neary
Tube Tales
Movie • 1999
Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")
Intermission
Movie • 2003
Deirdre
Skellig
Movie • 2009
Louise
My Life So Far
Movie • 1999
Elspeth Pettigrew
All the Invisible Children
Movie • 2006
Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")
Cousin Bette
Movie • 1998
Hortense Hulot
Some Voices
Movie • 2000
Laura
Brush with Fate
Movie • 2003
Aletta Pieters
The Radleys
Movie • 2024
Helen Radley
Dancing, Some Days
Movie • 1996
Sharon
Anna Karenina
Movie • 2012
Dolly
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Movie • 2014
Self
Stella Does Tricks
Movie • 1997
Stella
Strictly Sinatra
Movie • 2001
Irene
Flowers of the Forest
Movie • 1996
Amy Ogilvie
House!
Movie • 2000
Linda
Typist Artist Pirate King
Movie • 2023
Sandra Panza
Special Correspondents
Movie • 2016
Claire Maddox
Strap Hanging
Movie • 2014
Swallows and Amazons
Movie • 2016
Mrs. Walker
The Journey Is the Destination
Movie • 2016
Duff
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Movie • 2017
Olive Rand / Nou
T2 Trainspotting
Movie • 2017
Diane
Holmes & Watson
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Martha Hudson
The Child in Time
Movie • 2018
Julie Lewis
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Movie • 2018
Merida (voice)
Lassie
Movie • 2005
Jeanie
Puzzle
Movie • 2018
Agnes
Dirt Music
Movie • 2020
Georgie
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
Movie • 2018
Reader
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Movie • 2008
Self
Operation Mincemeat
Movie • 2022
Jean Leslie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie • 2005
Reporter
The Making of Gosford Park
Movie • 2002
Self
I Came By
Movie • 2022
Lizzie Nealey
Royal Carols: Together at Christmas
Movie • 2024
Self
Dead Eye Dick
Movie • 1996
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Movie • 2008
Self
This Ordinary Thing
Movie • 2025
Self (voice)
Dennis
Movie
Boardwalk Empire
TV • 2010
Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson
Alias
TV • 2001
Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene
State of Play
TV • 2003
Della Smith
Line of Duty
TV • 2012
DCI Jo Davidson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Aletta Pieters
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Karin Parke
Dept. Q
TV • 2025
Dr Rachel Irving
Somebody Feed Phil
TV • 2018
Self
The Victim
TV • 2019
Anna Dean
Giri/Haji
TV • 2019
Sarah
Truth Seekers
TV • 2020
JoJo 74
Lanterns
TV
Sheriff Kerry
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
TV • 2024
Pokkit
Urban Myths
TV • 2017
Princess Margaret