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Katherine Kelly
Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
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 mult…
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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.
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2025
How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
TV show Katrina
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2025
The Hack
TV show Sheridan McCoid
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2025
In Flight
TV show Jo Conran
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2025
The Crow Girl
TV show Sophia Craven
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2024
Protection
TV show DCI Hannah Wheatley
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2024
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Movie Self
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2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
TV show Angela van den Bogerd
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2023
The Long Shadow
TV show Emily Jackson
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2023
Ruby Speaking
TV show Vicki
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2022
Let Her Go
Movie Absent Princess
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2022
Hotel Custody
TV show Narrator
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2021
Last Train to Christmas
Movie Paula
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2021
Bloods
TV show George
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2020
Kat and the Band
Movie Liz Malone
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2019
Affection
Movie Pauline
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2019
Criminal: UK
TV show Natalie Hobbs
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2019
Official Secrets
Movie Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent
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2019
Gentleman Jack
TV show Elizabeth Sutherland
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2019
Dirty God
Movie Lisa
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2019
Cheat
TV show Leah Dale
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2019
Flack
TV show Brooke
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2018
Murdertown
TV show Presenter
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2018
Innocent
TV show Sally Wright
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2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV show Self - Guest
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2017
Liar
TV show DI Karen Renton
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2016
Class
TV show Miss Quill
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2016
HIM
TV show Hannah
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2016
The Night Manager
TV show Permanent Secretary
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2015
The Sound of Music Live!
Movie Baroness Elsa Schraeder
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2015
The Great Chicago Adventure
Movie Art Department Assistant
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2015
The Secret River
TV show Mrs. Webb
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2014
Happy Valley
TV show DI Jodi Shackleton
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Lynne
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2013
The Last Witch
Movie Alice Lister
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2013
The Guilty
TV show Claire Reid
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2013
Mr Selfridge
TV show Lady Mae Loxley
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2012
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Movie Lee Everett-Alkin
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2012
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
Movie Miss Hardcastle
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2010
Odd One In
TV show
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