Kelly Macdonald

Actor Feb 23 (age 50) 1996–2025 (29 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Helena Ravenclaw

Film

No Country for Old Men

Carla Jean Moss

Film

Trainspotting

Diane

Film

Brave

Merida (voice)

Film

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Merida (voice)

Film

Finding Neverland

Peter Pan

Film

Boardwalk Empire

Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson

Film

T2 Trainspotting

Diane

Filmography

Acting (73)

Movies (58)

This Ordinary Thing

2025

as Self (voice)

Royal Carols: Together at Christmas

2024

as Self

The Radleys

2024

as Helen Radley

5.1

Typist Artist Pirate King

as Sandra Panza

I Came By

as Lizzie Nealey

Operation Mincemeat

as Jean Leslie

Dirt Music

as Georgie

Ralph Breaks the Internet

2018

as Merida (voice)

7.2

Holmes & Watson

2018

as Mrs. Martha Hudson

4.3

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women

2018

as Reader

Puzzle

as Agnes

The Child in Time

as Julie Lewis

Goodbye Christopher Robin

as Olive Rand / Nou

T2 Trainspotting

as Diane

The Journey Is the Destination

2016

as Duff

6.4

Special Correspondents

as Claire Maddox

Swallows and Amazons

as Mrs. Walker

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

as Self

Strap Hanging

Brave

as Merida (voice)

Anna Karenina

as Dolly

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

as Helena Ravenclaw

The Decoy Bride

as Katie Nic Aodh

Skellig

as Louise

In the Electric Mist

as Kelly Drummond

Choke

as Paige Marshall

Memories of "Trainspotting"

2008

as Self

The Merry Gentleman

2008

as Kate Frazier

6.2

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

2008

as Self

6.9

No Country for Old Men

2007

as Carla Jean Moss

7.9

All the Invisible Children

2006

as Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")

7.0

Nanny McPhee

2005

as Evangeline

6.7

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Reporter

Lassie

as Jeanie

A Cock and Bull Story

as Jenny

The Girl in the Café

as Gina

Finding Neverland

as Peter Pan

Brush with Fate

as Aletta Pieters

Intermission

as Deirdre

The Making of Gosford Park

as Self

Gosford Park

as Mary Maceachran

Strictly Sinatra

as Irene

Two Family House

as Mary O'Neary

House!

as Linda

Some Voices

as Laura

Splendor

as Mike

Tube Tales

as Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")

Entropy

as Pia

My Life So Far

as Elspeth Pettigrew

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

as Susan

Elizabeth

as Isabel Knollys

Cousin Bette

as Hortense Hulot

Stella Does Tricks

as Stella

Trainspotting

as Diane

Flowers of the Forest

1996

as Amy Ogilvie

Dead Eye Dick

1996

Dancing, Some Days

1996

as Sharon

Dennis

Television (15)

Dept. Q

2025

as Dr Rachel Irving

7.9

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

as Pokkit

Truth Seekers

as JoJo 74

The Victim

as Anna Dean

Giri/Haji

as Sarah

Somebody Feed Phil

as Self

Urban Myths

as Princess Margaret

Line of Duty

as DCI Jo Davidson

Black Mirror

as Karin Parke

Boardwalk Empire

as Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson

8.0

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

State of Play

as Della Smith

Alias

as Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene

6.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Aletta Pieters

8.6

Lanterns

as Sheriff Kerry