Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

1976-02-23 Glasgow, Scotland, UK 57 Credits

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  Elizabet...

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Royal Carols: Together at Christmas

Royal Carols: Together at Christmas

2024

as Self

Acting
The Radleys

The Radleys

2024

as Helen Radley

5.3
Acting

A seemingly ordinary family harbors a dark secret: they are vampires. They choose not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, but one day, thei...

Typist Artist Pirate King

Typist Artist Pirate King

2023

as Sandra Panza

6.8
Acting

In a last-ditch mission to get recognition for her talent, Audrey Amiss (Monica Dolan) persuades her psychiatric nurse, Sandra Panza (Kelly Macdonald)...

I Came By

I Came By

2022

as Lizzie Nealey

6.3
Acting

A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering hi...

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

2022

as Jean Leslie

6.5
Acting

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain w...

Dirt Music

Dirt Music

2020

as Georgie

6.4
Acting

Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement ...

Holmes & Watson

Holmes & Watson

2018

as Mrs. Martha Hudson

4.3
Acting

Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case...

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Ralph Breaks the Internet

2018

as Merida (voice)

7.2
Acting

Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part ...

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women

2018

as Reader

Acting

A dark and delicious foray into Angela Carter's extraordinary life with animation by Peepshow Collective, rare archive and family photos, and contribu...

Puzzle

Puzzle

2018

as Agnes

6.5
Acting

After years of caring exclusively for the needs of her husband and children, Agnes, a devoted housewife living in a small town near New York, has foun...

The Child in Time

The Child in Time

2018

as Julie Lewis

5.8
Acting

A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarke...

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Goodbye Christopher Robin

2017

as Olive Rand / Nou

7.0
Acting

The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.

T2 Trainspotting

T2 Trainspotting

2017

as Diane

6.9
Acting

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

The Journey Is the Destination

The Journey Is the Destination

2016

as Duff

6.4
Acting

The inspiring life story of the late photojournalist, artist and activist Dan Eldon, who abandoned a comfortable life in London to document the strugg...

Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons

2016

as Mrs. Walker

6.3
Acting

Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in t...

Special Correspondents

Special Correspondents

2016

as Claire Maddox

5.8
Acting

A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South A...

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

as Self

Acting

A behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, interviews with cast, crew and creators on the whole journey.

Strap Hanging

2014

Acting

Strap-Hanging tells the strange story of a Japanese boy so obsessed by tsunamis that he makes himself a pair of inflatable rubber underpants in case d...

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012

as Dolly

6.7
Acting

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vro...

Brave

Brave

2012

as Merida (voice)

7.0
Acting

Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter a...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as Helena Ravenclaw

8.1
Acting

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wiza...

The Decoy Bride

The Decoy Bride

2011

as Katie Meaghaid

6.0
Acting

A local woman is hired to draw paparazzi away from a Hollywood actress who has come to Scotland to get married.

Skellig

Skellig

2009

as Louise

6.1
Acting

An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into an unfamiliar house, and his bra...

In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

2009

as Kelly Drummond

6.1
Acting

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Bal...

Choke

Choke

2008

as Paige Marshall

6.1
Acting

A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.

Memories of "Trainspotting"

Memories of "Trainspotting"

2008

as Self

Acting

This 2008 documentary, Memories of "Trainspotting," features interviews with director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, screenwriter John Hodge,...

The Merry Gentleman

The Merry Gentleman

2008

as Kate Frazier

6.2
Acting

A woman who leaves an abusive relationship to begin a new life in a new city, where she forms an unlikely and ironic relationship with a suicidal hit ...

Diary of a Country Sheriff

2008

as Self

8.0
Acting

No Country for Old Men: Diary of a Country Sheriff

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

2008

as Self

6.7
Acting

A piece featuring additional cast and crew interview snippets and behind-the-scenes footage. We find comments from Joel and Ethan Coen, Jones, Bardem,...

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

2007

as Carla Jean Moss

7.9
Acting

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it,...

Lassie

Lassie

2005

as Jeanie

6.4
Acting

A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on ...

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

2005

as Evangeline

6.7
Acting

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and h...

All the Invisible Children

All the Invisible Children

2005

as Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")

7.1
Acting

Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story

2005

as Jenny

6.2
Acting

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opin...

The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café

2005

as Gina

7.1
Acting

Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bon...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

as Reporter

6.7
Acting

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a res...

Finding Neverland

Finding Neverland

2004

as Peter Pan

7.3
Acting

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life ...

Intermission

Intermission

2003

as Deirdre

6.2
Acting

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and gr...

Brush with Fate

Brush with Fate

2003

as Aletta Pieters

5.8
Acting

A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

2002

as Self

5.0
Acting

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in...

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

2001

as Mary Maceachran

6.8
Acting

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea...

Strictly Sinatra

Strictly Sinatra

2001

as Irene

4.8
Acting

In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly Sinatra, backed by Bill, an aging piano player and his onl...

Some Voices

Some Voices

2000

as Laura

6.2
Acting

Schizophrenic Ray tries to adjust to the outside world after being released from an institution.

House!

House!

2000

as Linda

6.3
Acting

A small bingo hall is threatened by the opening of the country's largest bingo centre nearby.

Two Family House

Two Family House

2000

as Mary O'Neary

6.4
Acting

Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker, a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been re...

Entropy

Entropy

1999

as Pia

6.0
Acting

Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls...

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

1999

as Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")

5.1
Acting

Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grassho...

Splendor

Splendor

1999

as Mike

6.0
Acting

Veronica is a white-bread beauty searching for a good man in Los Angeles. While slam dancing at a Halloween rave, she meets Abel, a sensitive poet. Th...

My Life So Far

My Life So Far

1999

as Elspeth Pettigrew

5.7
Acting

A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor hus...

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

1999

as Susan

5.7
Acting

The story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

1998

as Isabel Knollys

7.2
Acting

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the C...

Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette

1998

as Hortense Hulot

5.7
Acting

Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her ...

Stella Does Tricks

Stella Does Tricks

1997

as Stella

6.4
Acting

A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.

Flowers of the Forest

Flowers of the Forest

1996

as Amy Ogilvie

Acting

Two young children are brought to Janet Hinton, a social worker in the Scottish Highlands. When both she and an independent expert become convinced th...

Dead Eye Dick

1996

Acting

Unable to accept that she doesn't want to see him anymore, Joe threatens to shoot himself in the head at his ex-lover's apartment door, but is not exp...

Trainspotting

Trainspotting

1996

as Diane

8.0
Acting

Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seeming...

Dancing, Some Days

Dancing, Some Days

1996

as Sharon

Acting

The Hollywood musical is brought to a Glasgow street. Amidst the crush of city life, two street musicians provide the backdrop for a girl meets boy st...