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 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).
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Filmography (76)
Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?
2026
Lanterns
2026
This Ordinary Thing
2025
Dept. Q
2025
The Radleys
2024
Royal Carols: Together at Christmas
2024
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
2024
Typist Artist Pirate King
2023
Operation Mincemeat
2022
I Came By
2022
Dirt Music
2020
Truth Seekers
2020
The Victim
2019
Giri/Haji
2019
Holmes & Watson
2018
The Child in Time
2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
Puzzle
2018
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
2018
Somebody Feed Phil
2018
Goodbye Christopher Robin
2017
T2 Trainspotting
2017
Urban Myths
2017
Special Correspondents
2016
Swallows and Amazons
2016
The Journey Is the Destination
2016
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
Strap Hanging
2014
Brave
2012
Anna Karenina
2012
Line of Duty
2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
The Decoy Bride
2011
Black Mirror
2011
Boardwalk Empire
2010
In the Electric Mist
2009
Skellig
2009
The Merry Gentleman
2008
Choke
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008
No Country for Old Men
2007
All the Invisible Children
2006
Nanny McPhee
2005
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
The Girl in the Café
2005
Lassie
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Finding Neverland
2004
Intermission
2003
Brush with Fate
2003
State of Play
2003
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Gosford Park
2001
Strictly Sinatra
2001
Alias
2001
Two Family House
2000
Some Voices
2000
House!
2000
Entropy
1999
Splendor
1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
Tube Tales
1999
My Life So Far
1999
Elizabeth
1998
Cousin Bette
1998
Stella Does Tricks
1997
Trainspotting
1996
Dancing, Some Days
1996
Flowers of the Forest
1996
Dead Eye Dick
1996
Screen Two
1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
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