Name
Kelly Macdonald
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1976-02-23 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
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- 2004 Finding Neverland as Peter Pan
- 1996 Trainspotting as Diane
- 1998 Elizabeth as Isabel Knollys
- 2001 Gosford Park as Mary Maceachran
- 1999 Entropy as Pia
- 2005 Nanny McPhee as Evangeline
- 2008 The Merry Gentleman as Kate Frazier
- 2007 No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean Moss
- 2005 A Cock and Bull Story as Jenny
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Helena Ravenclaw
- 2005 The Girl in the Café as Gina
- 2011 The Decoy Bride as Katie Nic Aodh
- 1999 Splendor as Mike
- 2008 Choke as Paige Marshall
- 2009 In the Electric Mist as Kelly Drummond
- 1999 The Loss of Sexual Innocence as Susan
- 2012 Brave as Merida (voice)
- 2000 Two Family House as Mary O'Neary
- 1999 Tube Tales as Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")
- 2003 Intermission as Deirdre
- 2009 Skellig as Louise
- 1999 My Life So Far as Elspeth Pettigrew
- 2006 All the Invisible Children as Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")
- 1998 Cousin Bette as Hortense Hulot
- 2000 Some Voices as Laura
- 2003 Brush with Fate as Aletta Pieters
- 2024 The Radleys as Helen Radley
- 1996 Dancing, Some Days as Sharon
- 2012 Anna Karenina as Dolly
- 2014 The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire as Self
- 1997 Stella Does Tricks as Stella
- 2001 Strictly Sinatra as Irene
- 1996 Flowers of the Forest as Amy Ogilvie
- 2000 House! as Linda
- 2023 Typist Artist Pirate King as Sandra Panza
- 2016 Special Correspondents as Claire Maddox
- 2014 Strap Hanging
- 2016 Swallows and Amazons as Mrs. Walker
- 2016 The Journey Is the Destination as Duff
- 2017 Goodbye Christopher Robin as Olive Rand / Nou
- 2017 T2 Trainspotting as Diane
- 2018 Holmes & Watson as Mrs. Martha Hudson
- 2018 The Child in Time as Julie Lewis
- 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet as Merida (voice)
- 2005 Lassie as Jeanie
- 2018 Puzzle as Agnes
- 2020 Dirt Music as Georgie
- 2018 Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women as Reader
- 2008 No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2022 Operation Mincemeat as Jean Leslie
- 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Reporter
- 2002 The Making of Gosford Park as Self
- 2022 I Came By as Lizzie Nealey
- 2024 Royal Carols: Together at Christmas as Self
- 1996 Dead Eye Dick
- 2008 Memories of "Trainspotting" as Self
- 2025 This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
- Soon Dennis
- 2008 The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self - Carla Jean Moss
- Soon Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? as Self
- 2010 Boardwalk Empire ( 24 episodes ) as Margaret Schroeder
- 2001 Alias ( 1 episode ) as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene
- 2003 State of Play ( 6 episodes ) as Della Smith
- 2012 Line of Duty ( 7 episodes ) as DCI Jo Davidson
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Aletta Pieters
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as Karin Parke
- 2025 Dept. Q ( 9 episodes ) as Dr Rachel Irving
- 2018 Somebody Feed Phil ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Victim ( 4 episodes ) as Anna Dean
- 2019 Giri/Haji ( 8 episodes ) as Sarah
- 2020 Truth Seekers ( 2 episodes ) as JoJo 74
- 2026 Lanterns ( 8 episodes ) as Sheriff Kerry
- 2024 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew ( 2 episodes ) as Pokkit
- 2017 Urban Myths ( 1 episode ) as Princess Margaret
- 2010 Boardwalk Empire ( 32 episodes ) as Margaret Thompson
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Amy Ogilvie
