Gina McKee

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Gina McKee
McKee as Mary in the 1979 segment of Our Friends in the North
Born	April 14, 1961
Spouse(s)	Kez Cary
Notable roles	Bella Notting Hill Mary in Our Friends in the North

Gina McKee (born 14 April 1961) is an English actress, best known for her starring roles in the TV dramas Our Friends in the North (1996) and The Lost Prince (2003) for the BBC and the ITV version of The Forsyte Saga (2002-03). She is probably best known to international audiences for her role in the Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts film Notting Hill, in which she played wheelchair user Bella.

For her role as Mary in Our Friends in the North, she won three Best Actress awards in 1997: the British Academy Television Award, the Royal Television Society Award and the Broadcasting Press Guild Award.

McKee is from Peterlee, County Durham, England, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Sunderland in 2002.

[edit] Personal life

Married to Kez Cary in 1989, McKee was asked to narrate the documentary "Premier Passions" as she has supported Sunderland A.F.C., the team followed in the show, all her life.

[edit] Selected filmography

• The Lenny Henry Show (1987) (TV series)
• The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
• The Rachel Papers (1989)
• An Actor's Life For Me (1991)
• Naked (1993)
• Our Friends in the North (1996) (miniseries)
• Croupier (1997)
• Wonderland (1999)
• Notting Hill (1999)
• The Zookeeper (2001)
• Dice (2001) (miniseries)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
• The Forsyte Saga (2002) (miniseries)
• Burning The Bed (2003)
• The Lost Prince (2003) (TV)
• The Blackwater Lightship (2004) (TV)
• MirrorMask (2005)
• Greyfriar's Bobby (2005)
• The Lavender List (2006) (Docudrama)
• Lewis (2007)

[edit] External links

• Gina McKee at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	McKee, Gina
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	English actor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 14, 1961
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