Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald | |
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.jpg) Macdonald at the 2012 international premiere of Brave | |
| Born | 23 February 1976 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976)
Macdonald made her film debut in
Also known for her television roles she received the
Early life and education
Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and grew up in Neilston. Her parents divorced when she was young. She was raised along with her brother David, by her mother, who was a garment industry sales executive.[citation needed] She attended Eastwood High School from 1989 to 1993.[2]
Career
Macdonald's career began while she was working as a barmaid in Glasgow.
On radio, she portrayed Mary in the 1999 BBC radio drama
Macdonald had a supporting role in the
Other films where she had supporting roles include Choke (2008), adapted by Clark Gregg from the 2001 Chuck Palahniuk novel, as Paige Marshall; In the Electric Mist (2009) (based on James Lee Burke's In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993), as Kelly Drummond, alongside Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman; and Skellig (2009), as Louise.[16] She played the lead in The Merry Gentleman (2008).[17]
In 2011, she played the "Grey Lady" (revealed to be Helena Ravenclaw) in
From 2010 until its ending in 2014, she starred in the HBO crime drama Boardwalk Empire as Margaret Thompson, the wife of Prohibition-era Atlantic City crime boss Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi). She appeared in all five seasons of the series. In 2011, she and the rest of the show's cast were awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 2016, she starred in Ricky Gervais' Special Correspondents as Claire Maddox,[19] and Swallows and Amazons as Mrs. Walker.[20] In 2016, she played the lead role in "Hated in the Nation", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror for which she received critical acclaim. On 3 November 2016 Macdonald was featured in the trailer for Danny Boyle's T2 Trainspotting confirming she would reprise her role as Diane from the original film, which she did. In 2017, she co-starred opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC film The Child in Time. Macdonald played the guest lead in the sixth series of the BBC's police drama Line of Duty.[21]
Personal life
In August 2003, Macdonald married musician Dougie Payne, bassist of the band Travis. They have two sons. They moved back to their hometown of Glasgow in 2014, after living in London and New York City.[22][23] They separated in 2017.[24]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Trainspotting | Diane Coulston | Film debut |
| 1996 | Dancing, Some Days | Sharon | Short film[25] |
| 1996 | Stella Does Tricks | Stella McGuire | |
| 1997 | Dead Eye Dick | Wendy | Short film |
| 1998 | Cousin Bette | Hortense Hulot | |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Isabel Knollys | |
| 1999 | Splendor | Mike | |
| 1999 | Entropy | Pia | |
| 1999 | The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Susan | |
| 1999 | My Life So Far | Elspeth Pettigrew | |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Emma | Segment: "Mr. Cool" |
| 2000 | Two Family House | Mary O'Neary | |
| 2000 | House! | Linda | |
| 2000 | Some Voices | Laura | |
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra | Irene | |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Mary Maceachran | |
| 2003 | Intermission | Deirdre | |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland | Peter Pan | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Reporter Jin Jenz | |
| 2005 | All the Invisible Children | Jonathan's wife | Segment: "Jonathan" |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Evangeline | |
| 2005 | Lassie | Jeanie | |
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Jenny | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Carla Jean Moss | |
| 2008 | The Merry Gentleman | Kate Frazier | |
| 2008 | Choke | Paige Marshall | |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Kelly Drummond | |
| 2011 | The Decoy Bride | Katie Nic Aodh | |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Helena Ravenclaw | |
| 2012 | Brave | Princess Merida
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Voice |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Dolly Oblonskaya | |
| 2016 | Special Correspondents | Claire Maddox | |
| 2016 | Swallows and Amazons | Mrs. Walker | |
| 2016 | The Journey Is the Destination
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Duff | |
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Diane Coulston | |
| 2017 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | Olive | |
| 2018 | Puzzle | Agnes | |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Princess Merida
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Voice |
| 2018 | Holmes & Watson | Mrs. Hudson | |
| 2019 | Dirt Music | Georgie Jutland | |
| 2021 | Operation Mincemeat | Jean Leslie | |
| 2022 | I Came By | Lizzie Nealey | |
| 2022 | Typist Artist Pirate King | Sandra | |
| TBD | The Radleys | Helen | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Flowers of the Forest | Amy Ogilvie | Television film |
| 2003 | Brush with Fate | Aletta Pieters | Television film |
| 2003 | State of Play | Della Smith | 6 episodes |
| 2005 | Alias | Kiera MacLaine/Meghan Keene | Episode: " Ice "
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| 2005 | The Girl in the Café | Gina | Television film |
| 2009 | Skellig | Louise/Mum | Television film |
| 2010–2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Margaret Thompson | 45 episodes |
| 2016 | Black Mirror | DCI Karin Parke | Episode: "Hated in the Nation" |
| 2017 | The Child in Time | Julie | Television film |
| 2019 | The Victim | Anna Dean | Television miniseries |
| 2019 | Giri/Haji | DC Sarah Weitzmann | Main role |
| 2019 | Urban Myths | Princess Margaret | Episode: "Mick and Margaret" |
| 2020 | Truth Seekers | Jojo74 | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Line of Duty | DCI Joanne Davidson | Main role, Series 6 |
| 2022 | Ten Percent | Herself | Episode #1.1 |
| TBA | Department Q
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Dr Rachel Irving | Filming [26] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Brave | Merida | Voice |
Awards and nominations
Honours
Eastwood High School, where she was a pupil, has a drama studio and theatre named in her honour.[2]
References
- The Associated Press. 23 February 2016.
Actress Kelly Macdonald is 40.
- ^ Evening Times. Archivedfrom the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Cadwallader, Carole (5 April 2009). "Cinema's best-kept secret". The Guardian. London, UK. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Trainspotting". DVDMG. Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Two Family House". Spirituality and Practice. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- Yahoo Movies. Archived from the originalon 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Gosford Park". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- About.com. Archived from the originalon 20 September 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ^ Credits from the cassette release from the BBC Radio Collection
- ^ "State of Play". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Girl in the Café". Qwipster. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- About.com. Archived from the originalon 13 January 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Scots star wins Emmy for TV role". BBC News. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "2008 baftas". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Kelly Macdonald: 'Never mind hangovers on the Trainspotting set, people were still drunk'". The Guardian. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ Wilson, Benji (11 April 2009). "Kelly MacDonald's 'comeback' with Skellig". The Times. London, UK. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "the merry gentleman". Cinematical. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ScreenDaily. Archivedfrom the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (30 May 2015). "'Boardwalk Empire's' Kelly Macdonald Joins Ricky Gervais' Netflix Movie 'Special Correspondents' (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (29 June 2015). "'Sherlock's' Moriarty, Andrew Scott, Joins Cast of 'Swallows and Amazons' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ "Line of Duty: Who is Kelly Macdonald playing?". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- Independent.co.uk. 8 September 2014. Archivedfrom the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "My London: Kelly Macdonald". Evening Standard. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Actress Kelly Macdonald, Travis Bassist Douglas Payne Have Separated". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Full record for 'DANCING, SOME DAYS' (7290)". movingimage.nls.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ O'Rourke, Ryan (6 February 2024). "Matthew Goode Leads Netflix's Gritty New Crime Drama 'Department Q'". Collider. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
External links
- Kelly Macdonald at IMDb
- Kelly Macdonald at the TCM Movie Database
- Kelly Macdonald at the BFI's Screenonline
- Kelly Macdonald in Skellig on Sky1, Easter 2009
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