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…

Filmography

• Finding Neverland as Peter Pan
• Trainspotting as Diane
• Elizabeth as Isabel Knollys
• No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean Moss
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Helena Ravenclaw
• Brave as Merida (voice)
• Goodbye Christopher Robin as Olive Rand / Nou
• T2 Trainspotting as Diane
• Ralph Breaks the Internet as Merida (voice)
• Gosford Park as Mary Maceachran

TV

• Boardwalk Empire as Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson
• Line of Duty as DCI Jo Davidson
• Black Mirror as Karin Parke
• Dept. Q as Dr Rachel Irving
• Alias as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene
• State of Play as Della Smith
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Aletta Pieters
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
• Somebody Feed Phil as Self
• The Victim as Anna Dean