Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald
	Macdonald at the 2012 international premiere of Brave
Born	23 February 1976 (age 48); Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Dougie Payne (m. 2003; sep. 2017)
Children	2

Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976)^[1] is a Scottish actress. Known for her performances on film and television, 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). Her notable film roles include in the acclaimed films Elizabeth (1998), Gosford Park (2001), Intermission (2003), and Nanny McPhee (2005). She received a nomination 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). She also appeared in 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 film Brave (2012).

Also known for her television roles she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her performance in the BBC One film The Girl in the Cafe (2005). From 2010 to 2014 she starred as Margaret Thompson in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Macdonald is also known for her roles in the Black Mirror episode "Hated in the Nation" (2016), and the limited series Giri/Haji (2019). In 2021, MacDonald joined the cast of Line of Duty.

Early life and education

Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and grew up in Neilston. Her parents divorced when she was young. She was brought up, 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 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival

Macdonald's career began while she was working as a barmaid in Glasgow.^[3] She saw a leaflet advertising an open casting session for Trainspotting and decided to audition, winning the part of Diane,^[4] the underage seductress to Ewan McGregor's Renton. Other roles include Mary O'Neary in Two Family House,^[5] and an actress playing Peter Pan in Finding Neverland.^[6] She had major roles in Robert Altman's British period piece Gosford Park,^[7] where she played an aristocrat's maid, and in Intermission (2003), as Deirdre.^[8]

On radio, she portrayed Mary in the 1999 BBC radio drama Lifehouse, based on Pete Townshend's abandoned rock opera, some of the songs for which were released on The Who's album Who's Next.^[9] On television, her highest profile roles have been in two BBC dramas, the Paul Abbott serial State of Play (2003),^[10] and the one-off Richard Curtis piece The Girl in the Café (2005).^[11] Both of these were directed by David Yates, and both also starred Bill Nighy. For her performance in The Girl in the Café, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2006,^[12] and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.^[13]

Macdonald had a supporting role in the Coen brothers' Academy Award-winning film No Country for Old Men (2007), for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.^[14] It was reported that she had to fight her agent to be considered for the role, but Macdonald later denied the story.^[15]

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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, the final instalment of the Harry Potter film franchise. She replaced Nina Young, who originally played the role. In 2012, she provided the voice of Merida, the heroine of the Disney/Pixar film Brave, and played Dolly in Anna Karenina. She starred in the romantic comedy film The Decoy Bride, which was released in 2012.^[18]

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
	Dancing, Some Days	Sharon	Short film^[25]
	Stella Does Tricks	Stella McGuire
1997	Dead Eye Dick	Wendy	Short film
1998	Cousin Bette	Hortense Hulot
1998	Elizabeth	Isabel Knollys
1999	Splendor	Mike
	Entropy	Pia
	The Loss of Sexual Innocence	Susan
	My Life So Far	Elspeth Pettigrew
	Tube Tales	Emma	Segment: "Mr. Cool"
2000	Two Family House	Mary O'Neary
	House!	Linda
	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
	All the Invisible Children	Jonathan's wife	Segment: "Jonathan"
	Nanny McPhee	Evangeline
	Lassie	Jeanie
	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	Voice
2012	Anna Karenina	Dolly Oblonskaya
2016	Special Correspondents	Claire Maddox
	Swallows and Amazons	Mrs. Walker
	The Journey Is the Destination	Duff
2017	T2 Trainspotting	Diane Coulston
2017	Goodbye Christopher Robin	Olive
2018	Puzzle	Agnes
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Princess Merida	Voice
	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
2024	The Radleys	Helen Radley

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"
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
	Giri/Haji	DC Sarah Weitzmann	Main role
	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	Dr Rachel Irving	Filming ^[26]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Brave	Merida	Voice

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
1997	Trainspotting	BAFTA Scotland Awards	Best Film Actress	Nominated
2000	Two Family House	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Female Lead	Nominated
2002	Gosford Park	Online Film Critics Society	Best Cast	Won
		Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated
		Satellite Awards	Best Cast – Motion Picture	Won
		Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Won
		Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated
		Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Ensemble Cast	Won
2003		Empire Awards	Best British Actress	Nominated
2006	The Girl in the Café	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Won
2006	The Girl in the Café	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film	Nominated
2008	Choke	Sundance Film Festival	Special Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Ensemble Cast	Won
	No Country for Old Men	Online Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		British Academy Film Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nominated
		London Film Critics' Circle	Supporting Actress of the Year	Won
		Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Won
2011	Boardwalk Empire	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Nominated
		Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Won
		Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated
		Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated
2012		Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Nominated
		Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Won
		Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated
	Brave	Annie Awards	Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Nominated
2017	Goodbye Christopher Robin	British Independent Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2019	The Victim	British Academy Scotland Awards	Best Actress Television	Won
2021	Line of Duty		Best Actress Television	Nominated
2021	Line of Duty		Audience Award	Nominated

Honours

Eastwood High School, where she was a pupil, has a drama studio and theatre named in her honour.^[2]

References

^ "Birthdays: Feb. 23". The Houston Chronicle. The Associated Press. 23 February 2016. Actress Kelly Macdonald is 40.
^ ^a ^b Nicoll, Vivienne (28 November 2013). "Star Kelly stages a comeback at school". Evening Times. Archived from 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.
^ "Finding Neverland". Yahoo Movies. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
^ "Gosford Park". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
^ "Intermission". About.com. Archived from the original on 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.
^ "2006 Golden Globe". About.com. Archived from the original on 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.
^ Macnab, Geoffrey (14 May 2010). "Tennant, MacDonald, Eve walk down the aisle with "Decoy Bride"". ScreenDaily. Archived from 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.
^ "Actress Kelly Macdonald to pocket £500,000 from sale of plush New York apartment". Independent.co.uk. 8 September 2014. Archived from 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

[1] "Birthdays: Feb. 23". The Houston Chronicle. The Associated Press. 23 February 2016. Actress Kelly Macdonald is 40.

[ET_Drama_Studio_and_Theatre-2] Nicoll, Vivienne (28 November 2013). "Star Kelly stages a comeback at school". Evening Times. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[3] 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.

[4] "Trainspotting". DVDMG. Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[5] "Two Family House". Spirituality and Practice. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[6] "Finding Neverland". Yahoo Movies. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[7] "Gosford Park". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[8] "Intermission". About.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2010.

[9] Credits from the cassette release from the BBC Radio Collection

[10] "State of Play". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[11] "Girl in the Café". Qwipster. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[12] "2006 Golden Globe". About.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[13] "Scots star wins Emmy for TV role". BBC News. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[14] "2008 baftas". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[15] "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.

[16] 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.

[17] "the merry gentleman". Cinematical. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

[18] Macnab, Geoffrey (14 May 2010). "Tennant, MacDonald, Eve walk down the aisle with "Decoy Bride"". ScreenDaily. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

[19] 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.

[20] 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.

[21] "Line of Duty: Who is Kelly Macdonald playing?". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[22] "Actress Kelly Macdonald to pocket £500,000 from sale of plush New York apartment". Independent.co.uk. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[23] "My London: Kelly Macdonald". Evening Standard. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[24] "Actress Kelly Macdonald, Travis Bassist Douglas Payne Have Separated". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[25] "Full record for 'DANCING, SOME DAYS' (7290)". movingimage.nls.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[26] O'Rourke, Ryan (6 February 2024). "Matthew Goode Leads Netflix's Gritty New Crime Drama 'Department Q'". Collider. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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Kelly Macdonald

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

Honours

References

External links

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