Kelly Macdonald

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kelly Macdonald
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Feb 23, 1976(1976-02-23)
Age	48
Birthplace	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Horoscope	Pisces

Kelly Macdonald Biography

Kelly Macdonald is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on February 23, 1976 in Glasgow, Scotland. Scottish actress well known for her appearances in films like Nanny McPhee, Gosford Park, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. She has also had prominent roles in No Country for Old Men and TV miniseries State of Play.

She played Margaret Schroedger on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, co-starring with Steve Buscemi from 2010 to 2014.

Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland and moved to Aberdeen when she was five years old. Her mother was a garment industry sales executive. Macdonald attended Eastwood High School from 1987 to 1993.

On radio, she portrayed Mary in the 1999 BBC radio drama Lifehouse, based on Pete Townshend’s abandoned rock opera, some of the songs for which were released on The Who’s album Who’s Next. On television, her highest profile roles have been in two BBC dramas, the Paul Abbott serial State of Play (2003), and the one-off Richard Curtis piece The Girl in the Café (2005). Both of these were directed by David Yates, and both also starred Bill Nighy. For her performance in The Girl in the Café, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2006, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.

She married musician Dougie Payne in 2003. The couple have two children together.

Kelly Macdonald Net Worth

Kelly Macdonald is one of the richest Movie Actress from Scotland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kelly Macdonald 's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She had her first job working as a barmaid. Her film debut was in the 1996 film Trainspotting.

She was the voice actor for the protagonist Princess Merida in Pixar’s 2012 animated film Brave.

Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish actress best known for her roles in Trainspotting (1996), Gosford Park (2001), Intermission (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Brave (2012), and the Black Mirror episode “Hated in the Nation” (2016). For the 2005 TV film The Girl in the Cafe, she was nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. In 2003, she appeared in the acclaimed BBC miniseries State of Play as journalist Della Smith.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Kelly Macdonald height 5 ft 3 in Kelly weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kelly Macdonald Dating?

According to our records, Kelly Macdonald married to Dougie Payne. As of December 1, 2023, Kelly Macdonald’s is not dating anyone.

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Other films where she had supporting roles include Choke (2008), the film adapted by Clark Gregg from the 2001 Chuck Palahniuk novel, as Paige Marshall; 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; and Skellig (2009), as Louise. She played the lead in The Merry Gentleman (2008), as Kate Frazier.

Facts & Trivia

Kelly Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Scotland. Kelly Macdonald celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.

From 2010 until its ending in 2014, she starred in the HBO crime drama Boardwalk Empire as Margaret Thompson, the wife of Prohibition-era Atlantic City crime boss Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi). She appeared in all five seasons of the series. In 2011, she and the rest of the show’s cast were awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 2016, she starred in Ricky Gervais’ Special Correspondents as Claire Maddox, and Swallows and Amazons as Mrs. Walker. In 2016, she played the lead role in “Hated in the Nation”, an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror for which she received critical acclaim. On 3 November 2016 Macdonald was featured in the trailer for Danny Boyle’s T2 Trainspotting confirming she would reprise her role as Diane from the original film, which she did. In 2017, she co-starred opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC film The Child in Time.

Who is Kelly Macdonald with now?

Kelly Macdonald
Spouse(s)| Dougie Payne ​ ​ ( m. 2003; sep. 2017)​
Children| 2

How old is Kelly Macdonald Trainspotting?

46 years (February 23, 1976)

What nationality is Kelly Macdonald?

British

How old is Diane Trainspotting?

Wander round Glasgow on Saturday night and you’ve a good chance of running into Begbie.” For the role of Diane, Boyle wanted an unknown actress so audiences would not realise that a 19-year-old was playing a 15-year-old.

Is Kelly Macdonald married?

Dougie Payne