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Kelly Macdonald
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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 Prime…
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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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2026
Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?
Movie Self
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2026
Lanterns
TV show Sheriff Kerry Kane
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2026
Lanterns: The Official Podcast
TV show Self
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2025
This Ordinary Thing
Movie Self (voice)
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2025
Dept. Q
TV show Dr Rachel Irving
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2024
Royal Carols: Together at Christmas
Movie Self
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2024
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
TV show Pokkit
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2024
The Radleys
Movie Helen Radley
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2023
Typist Artist Pirate King
Movie Sandra Panza
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2022
I Came By
Movie Lizzie Nealey
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2022
Operation Mincemeat
Movie Jean Leslie
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2020
Truth Seekers
TV show JoJo 74
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2020
Dirt Music
Movie Georgie
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2019
Giri/Haji
TV show Sarah
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2019
The Victim
TV show Anna Dean
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2018
Holmes & Watson
Movie Martha Hudson
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2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Movie Merida (voice)
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2018
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
Movie Reader
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2018
Puzzle
Movie Agnes
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2018
The Child in Time
Movie Julie Lewis
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2018
Somebody Feed Phil
TV show Self
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2017
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Movie Olive Rand / Nou
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2017
T2 Trainspotting
Movie Diane
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2017
Urban Myths
TV show Princess Margaret
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2016
The Journey Is the Destination
Movie Duff
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2016
Swallows and Amazons
Movie Mrs. Walker
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2016
Special Correspondents
Movie Claire Maddox
- 2014
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2014
Strap Hanging
Movie
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2012
Anna Karenina
Movie Dolly
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2012
Line of Duty
TV show DCI Jo Davidson
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2012
Brave
Movie Merida (voice)
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2011
Black Mirror
TV show Karin Parke
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2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie Helena Ravenclaw
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2011
The Decoy Bride
Movie Katie Nic Aodh
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2010
Boardwalk Empire
TV show Margaret Schroeder
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2009
Skellig
Movie Louise
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2009
In the Electric Mist
Movie Kelly Drummond
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2008
Choke
Movie Paige Marshall
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2008
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Movie Self
