Acting credits
70
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Kelly Macdonald
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 55Series: 15
TMDB ID: 9015
IMDb ID: nm0531808
Known for: Acting
Born: February 23, 1976
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q230383
Also known as
Kelly MacDonald • کلی مکدونالد
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kelly Macdonald.
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
2025 Movie
Royal Carols: Together at Christmas
as Self
2024 Movie
5.0
The Radleys
as Helen Radley
2024 Movie
6.8
Typist Artist Pirate King
as Sandra Panza
2023 Movie
6.3
I Came By
as Lizzie Nealey
2022 Movie
6.5
Operation Mincemeat
as Jean Leslie
2022 Movie
6.2
Dirt Music
as Georgie
2020 Movie
4.3
Holmes & Watson
as Mrs. Martha Hudson
2018 Movie
7.2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Merida (voice)
2018 Movie
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
as Reader
2018 Movie
6.5
Puzzle
as Agnes
2018 Movie
5.8
The Child in Time
as Julie Lewis
2018 Movie
7.0
Goodbye Christopher Robin
as Olive Rand / Nou
2017 Movie
6.9
T2 Trainspotting
as Diane
2017 Movie
6.4
The Journey Is the Destination
as Duff
2016 Movie
6.3
Swallows and Amazons
as Mrs. Walker
2016 Movie
5.8
Special Correspondents
as Claire Maddox
2016 Movie
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
2014 Movie
6.7
Anna Karenina
as Dolly
2012 Movie
7.0
Brave
as Merida (voice)
2012 Movie
8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Helena Ravenclaw
2011 Movie
6.0
The Decoy Bride
as Katie Nic Aodh
2011 Movie
6.1
Skellig
as Louise
2009 Movie
6.1
In the Electric Mist
as Kelly Drummond
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kelly Macdonald.
7.9
Dept. Q
as Dr Rachel Irving • 9 eps
2025 Series
6.8
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
as Pokkit • 2 eps
2024 Series
7.1
Truth Seekers
as JoJo 74 • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.4
Giri/Haji
as Sarah • 8 eps
2019 Series
7.2
The Victim
as Anna Dean • 4 eps
2019 Series
7.3
Somebody Feed Phil
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.4
Urban Myths
as Princess Margaret • 1 eps
2017 Series
8.2
Line of Duty
as DCI Jo Davidson • 7 eps
2012 Series
8.3
Black Mirror
as Karin Parke • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.0
Boardwalk Empire
as Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson • 56 eps
2010 Series
6.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.4
State of Play
as Della Smith • 6 eps
2003 Series
6.8
Alias
as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene • 1 eps
2001 Series
Lanterns
as Sheriff Kerry • 1 eps
Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Aletta Pieters • 1 eps
1951 Series