Kelly Macdonald

Not to be confused with Kelly MacDonald (diver).
Kelly Macdonald

Macdonald at the 2007 New York Film Festival
Born 23 February 1976 (1976-02-23) (age 35)[1]
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation Actress
Years active 1996–present
Spouse Dougie Payne (m. 2003–present) «start: (2003)»"Marriage: Dougie Payne to Kelly Macdonald" Location: (linkback:http://localhost../../../../articles/k/e/l/Kelly_Macdonald_d044.html)
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Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976(1976-02-23))[1] is a Scottish actress, known for her role in the independent film Trainspotting and mainstream releases such as Nanny McPhee, Gosford Park, Intermission, No Country for Old Men and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. On television, she is known for her roles in Boardwalk Empire, The Girl in the Café and State of Play.

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Personal life

Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Her mother was a garment industry sales executive.[1]

In August 2003, Macdonald married musician Dougie Payne. Their son was born in March 2008.[2]

Career

Macdonald's career began while working as a barmaid.[3] She saw a leaflet advertising an open casting session for Trainspotting and decided to audition, winning the part of Diane,[4] the underage seductress to Ewan McGregor's Renton. Other roles include Mary O'Neary in Two Family House[5] and an actress playing Peter Pan in Finding Neverland.[6] She also had major roles in Robert Altman's British period piece Gosford Park,[7] where she played an aristocrat's maid, as well as in Intermission (2003), as Deirdre.[8]

On television, her highest-profile roles have been in two BBC dramas, the Paul Abbott serial State of Play (2003)[9] and the one-off Richard Curtis piece The Girl in the Café (2005).[10] Both of these were directed by David Yates, and both also starred Bill Nighy. For her performance in The Girl in the Café, Macdonald was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006,[11] and won an Emmy.[12]

Macdonald starred in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee,[13] as the scullery maid Evangeline, and has since had supporting roles in A Cock and Bull Story (2006),[14] and the Coen brothers' Academy Award-winning No Country for Old Men, (2007),[15] Her agent was originally unsure she was right for the latter part, and Macdonald is reported as having to "fight for the role".[16] Her persistence paid off, however, as she was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress.[17] Other films where she had supporting roles include Choke (2008), as Paige Marshall,[18] the film adapted by Clark Gregg from the 2001 Chuck Palahniuk novel; In the Electric Mist (2009) (based on James Lee Burke's In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993)), as Kelly Drummond, alongside Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman;[19] and Skellig (2009), as Louise.[20] She also played the lead in The Merry Gentleman (2008), as Kate Frazier.[21] She plays Margaret Schroeder on HBO's Boardwalk Empire. Another planned project is the romantic comedy The Decoy Bride opposite David Tennant.[22]

In 2011, she played the Grey Lady, revealed to be Helena Ravenclaw, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, the final instalment of the Harry Potter film franchise. She replaced Nina Young, the original actress in the role.

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Trainspotting Diane Coulston Nominated — BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress – Film
1996 Stella Does Tricks Stella
1996 Flowers of the Forest Amy Ogilvie BBC TV-Movie
1997 Dead Eye Dick Wendy Short film
1998 Cousin Bette Hortense Hulot
1998 Elizabeth Lettice Knollys
1999 Splendor Mike
1999 Entropy Pia
1999 Loss of Sexual Innocence, TheThe Loss of Sexual Innocence Susan
1999 My Life So Far Elspeth Pettigrew
1999 Tube Tales Emma Segment: Mr Cool
2000 Two Family House Mary O'Neary Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
2000 House! Linda
2000 Some Voices Laura
2001 Strictly Sinatra Irene
2001 Gosford Park Mary Maceachran Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Empire Award for Best British Actress
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
2003 Intermission Deirdre
2003 Brush with Fate Aletta Pieters CBS TV-Movie
2003 State of Play Della Smith
2004 Finding Neverland Peter Pan
2005 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, TheThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Reporter
2005 All the Invisible Children Jonathan's wife Segment: Jonathan
2005 Nanny McPhee Evangeline
2005 Lassie Jeanie
2005 Alias Kiera MacLaine/Meghan Keene Episode: Ice
2005 Girl in the Café, TheThe Girl in the Café Gina BBC TV-Movie

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
2006 Cock and Bull Story, AA Cock and Bull Story Jenny
2007 No Country for Old Men Carla Jean Moss London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008 Merry Gentleman, TheThe Merry Gentleman Kate Frazier
2008 Choke Paige Marshall Sundance Film Festival – Special Jury Prize – Dramatic
2009 In the Electric Mist Kelly Drummond
2009 Skellig Louise
2010–present Boardwalk Empire Margaret Schroeder Series Regular

Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, 2010
Pending — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, 2011
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series, 2011
2011 Decoy Bride, TheThe Decoy Bride Katie Nic Aodh[23]
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Helena "The Grey Lady" Ravenclaw Nominated — Scream Award for Best Ensemble
Pending — People's Choice Award for Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast
2012 Brave Mérida (voice) Released on 22 June 2012
2012 Anna Karenina Dolly

Awards and nominations

BAFTA Awards

BAFTA Scotland Awards

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Emmy Awards

Empire Awards

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Independent Spirit Awards

London Film Critics Circle Awards

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Satellite Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Sundance Film Festival

References

  1. ^ a b c Kelly Macdonald Biography (1976-). filmreference.com. Retrieved on 22 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Macdonald Gives Birth". contactmusic. http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/macdonald-gives-birth_1064371. Retrieved 28 August 2010. 
  3. ^ Cadwalladr, Carole (5 April 2009). "Cinema's best-kept secret". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/apr/05/kelly-macdonald-interview-martin-scorsese. 
  4. ^ "trainspotting". dvdmg. http://www.dvdmg.com/trainspotting.shtml. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  5. ^ "two family house". spiritualityandpractice. http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=2399. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  6. ^ "finding neverland". yahoo movies. http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/f/Finding-Neverland/cast-credits-47078.html. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  7. ^ "gosford park". movies.tvguide. http://movies.tvguide.com/gosford-park/cast/135545. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  8. ^ "intermission". worldfilm.about. http://worldfilm.about.com/cs/irishfilms/fr/intermission.htm. Retrieved 28 August 2010. 
  9. ^ "state of play". bbc. http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/stateofplay/. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  10. ^ "girl in the cafe". qwipster. http://www.qwipster.net/girlcafe.htm. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  11. ^ "2006 Golden Globe". tvdramas.about. http://tvdramas.about.com/od/tvshowsaz/a/goldglobe2006.htm. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  12. ^ "Scots star wins Emmy for TV role". bbc. 28 August 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5292128.stm. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  13. ^ "nanny mcphee". about. http://movies.about.com/od/nancymcphee/a/nannykm011806.htm. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  14. ^ "A cock and bull story". comingsoon. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=12901. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  15. ^ "no country for old men". movies.tvguide. http://movies.tvguide.com/country-old-men/291106. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  16. ^ Kelly Macdonald: No Country for Old Men video interview
  17. ^ "2008 baftas". bafta.org. http://bafta.org/awards/film/film-awards-nominees-in-2008,224,BA.html. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  18. ^ "choke". imdb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024715/fullcredits. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  19. ^ "in the electric mist". hollywoodreporter.com. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/festival/film-review-in-the-electric-mist-1003939573.story. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  20. ^ Wilson, Benji (11 April 2009). "Kelly Macdonald's 'comeback' with Skellig". London: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6058980.ece. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  21. ^ "the merry gentleman". cinematical. http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/22/sundance-review-the-merry-gentleman/. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  22. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (14 May 2010). "Tennant, MacDonald, Eve walk down the aisle with "Decoy Bride"". Screen Daily. http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/tennant-macdonald-eve-walk-down-the-aisle-with-decoy-bride/5013816.article. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
  23. ^ "Hollywood comes to isle of 'Hegg' in a Local Hero for the 21st century". The Scotsman. 2010-05-15. http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Hollywood-comes-to-isle-of.6296971.jp. Retrieved 2010-05-30. 

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No Country for Old Men (2007) : Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald
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