Kelly Macdonald
Actor
Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish actress, known for her role in the independent film Trainspotting and mainstream releases such as Nanny McPhee, Gosford Park, Intermission and No Country for Old Men. On television, she is known for her roles in Boardwalk Empire, The Girl in the Café and State of Play.
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Dirt Music (2020)
As: Georgie
Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement she craves. A passionate affair follows that reveals the dark secrets in Lu’s past and forces him to take flight into the blistering heat of the outback. Georgie follows, determined to find him and bring him back.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Stars: Garrett Hedlund | Kelly Macdonald
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
As: Merida (voice)
Taking place six years following the events of the first film, the story will center on Ralph's adventures in the Internet data space when a Wi-Fi router gets plugged into the arcade as he must find a replacement part to fix Sugar Rush.
Directed by: Phil Johnston | Rich Moore
Stars: Taraji P. Henson | Sarah Silverman | John C. Reilly | Alan Tudyk | James Corden
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women (2018)
As: Reader
A dark and delicious foray into Angela Carter's extraordinary life with animation by Peepshow Collective, rare archive and family photos, and contributions from Angela's friends, family, students and admirers.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Jude Ho
Stars: Laura Fraser | Maureen Lipman | Margaret Atwood | Anne Enright | Natsumi Ikoma
Holmes and Watson (2018)
As: Mrs. Hudson
Adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes and Watson, his crime-solving partner.
Directed by: Etan Cohen
Stars: Rob Brydon | Will Ferrell | Ralph Fiennes | Rebecca Hall | John C. Reilly
The Child in Time (2018)
As: Julie Lewis
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 supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Julian Farino
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch | Stephen Campbell Moore | Kelly Macdonald | Saskia Reeves | Andrea Hall
Puzzle (2018)
As: Agnes
A woman with a talent for jigsaw puzzles partners with a charming stranger for a puzzle tournament.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Marc Turtletaub
Stars: Irrfan Khan | David Denman | Kelly Macdonald | Austin Abrams | Bubba Weiler
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
As: Olive
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.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Simon Curtis
Stars: Domhnall Gleeson | Margot Robbie | Kelly Macdonald | Alex Lawther | Will Tilston
T2: Trainspotting (2017)
As: Diane Coulston
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Stars: Ewen Bremner | Ewan McGregor | Robert Carlyle | Anjela Nedyalkova | Jonny Lee Miller
The Journey is the Destination (2016)
As: Duff
The inspiring life story of the late photojournalist, artist and activist Dan Eldon, who abandoned a comfortable life in London to document the struggle, heartbreak and hope of a war-torn and famine-ridden region of Africa.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Bronwen Hughes
Stars: Ella Purnell | Maria Bello | Kelly Macdonald | Ben Schnetzer | Abby Quinn
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
As: Mrs. Walker
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 the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… The battle for ownership of a lonely island teaches them the skills of survival, the value of friendship and the importance of holding your nerve.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe
Stars: Orla Hill | Dane Hughes | Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen | Bobby McCulloch | Seren Hawkes
Special Correspondents (2016)
As: Claire Maddox
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 America and hide out in New York instead.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Ricky Gervais
Stars: Vera Farmiga | Benjamin Bratt | Eric Bana | Kelly Macdonald | Ricky Gervais
Anna Karenina (2012)
As: Dolly Oblonskaya
Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Joe Wright
Stars: Keira Knightley | Jude Law | Matthew Macfadyen | Kelly Macdonald | Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Brave (2012)
As: Mérida (voice)
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 and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Mark Andrews | Brenda Chapman
Stars: Emma Thompson | Julie Walters | Billy Connolly | Robbie Coltrane | Kelly Macdonald
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
As: Helena Ravenclaw
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 wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: David Yates
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Rupert Grint | Alan Rickman | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson
The Decoy Bride (2011)
As: Katie Meaghaid
A local woman is hired to draw paparazzi away from a Hollywood actress who has come to Scotland to get married.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Sheree Folkson
Stars: Alice Eve | David Tennant | Kelly Macdonald | Federico Castelluccio | Michael Urie
Skellig: The Owl Man (2009)
As: Louise
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 brand new baby sister has fallen ill. One day, while cleaning out the garden shed, he stumbles across something mysterious, a strange creature huddled in the corner; weak of body but strong of will. This is Skellig.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Annabel Jankel
Stars: Tim Roth | Bill Milner | Kelly Macdonald | Skye Bennett | John Simm
In the Electric Mist (2009)
As: Kelly Drummond
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) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to ...
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | John Goodman | Peter Sarsgaard | Mary Steenburgen | Kelly Macdonald
Choke (2008)
As: Paige Marshall
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.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Clark Gregg
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Brad William Henke | Anjelica Huston | Clark Gregg | Kelly Macdonald
The Merry Gentleman (2008)
As: Kate Frazier
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 man (unbeknownst to her). Enter a worn, alcoholic detective to form the third party in a very unusual triangle as this story begins to unfold.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Michael Keaton
Stars: Debbi Burns | Michael Keaton | Kelly Macdonald | Mike Bradecich | Tom Bastounes
No Country for Old Men (2007)
As: Carla Jean Moss
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, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | Josh Brolin | Woody Harrelson | Javier Bardem | Kelly Macdonald
Lassie (2005)
As: Jeanie
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 a journey home.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Stars: John Lynch | Peter Dinklage | Peter O'Toole | Samantha Morton | Jonathan Mason
Nanny McPhee (2005)
As: Evangeline
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Kirk Jones
Stars: Colin Firth | Emma Thompson | Eliza Bennett | Kelly Macdonald | Thomas Brodie-Sangster
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
As: Jenny
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 Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Stars: Rob Brydon | Steve Coogan | Shirley Henderson | Raymond Waring | Keeley Hawes
The Girl in the Café (2005)
As: Gina
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 bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: David Yates
Stars: Bill Nighy | Paul Ritter | Kelly Macdonald | Anton Lesser | Meneka Das
Finding Neverland (2004)
As: Peter Pan
Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece “Peter Pan.”
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Marc Forster
Stars: Kate Winslet | Johnny Depp | Freddie Highmore | Julie Christie | Dustin Hoffman
Intermission (2003)
As: Deirdre
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 grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: John Crowley
Stars: Cillian Murphy | Colin Farrell | Colm Meaney | Brían F. O'Byrne | Kelly Macdonald
Brush with Fate (2003)
As: Aletta Pieters
A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Brent Shields
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Phyllida Law | Thomas Gibson | Glenn Close | Kelly Macdonald
Gosford Park (2001)
As: Mary Maceachran
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Helen Mirren | Maggie Smith | Clive Owen | Jeremy Northam | Geraldine Somerville
Strictly Sinatra (2001)
As: Irene
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 only friend. Toni dreams big and enters a local television talent show. About that time, a local Mob boss decides Toni is great entertainment and invites him to be his guest at a casino. Toni chats up Irene, a cigarette girl, he gets an odd job or two from ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Peter Capaldi
Stars: Brian Cox | Alun Armstrong | Tommy Flanagan | Ian Hart | Kelly Macdonald
Some Voices (2000)
As: Laura
Schizophrenic Ray tries to adjust to the outside world after being released from an institution.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Simon Cellan Jones
Stars: David Morrissey | Kelly Macdonald | Peter McDonald | Daniel Craig | Julie Graham
Two Family House (2000)
As: Mary O'Neary
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 reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family house for him and his wife, Estelle (Katherine Narducci) and converting the ground floor into a neighborhood bar where he can perform. The wrench in the works is ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Raymond De Felitta
Stars: Michael Rispoli | Kathrine Narducci | Kelly Macdonald | Kevin Conway
House! (2000)
As: Linda
A small bingo hall is threatened by the opening of the country's largest bingo centre nearby.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Julian Kemp
Stars: Miriam Margolyes | Freddie Jones | Kelly Macdonald | Jason Hughes | Mossie Smith
Entropy (1999)
As: Pia
Entropy is the semi-autobiographical film by director which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls apart around him. Along the way, he goes on tour with U2 to help them make a music video, gets married in Vegas, and has a conversation with his cat.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Phil Joanou
Stars: Judith Godrèche | Jon Tenney | Stephen Dorff | Lauren Holly | Kelly Macdonald
My Life So Far (1999)
As: Elspeth Pettigrew
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 husband, their ten year old son, and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Stars: Colin Firth | Malcolm McDowell | Rosemary Harris | Irène Jacob | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
As: Susan
The story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Stars: Justin Chadwick | Stefano Dionisi | Julian Sands | Saffron Burrows | Kelly Macdonald
Splendor (1999)
As: Mike
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. Then she meets Zed, a supersexy tattooed drummer with incredible biceps. Who will she choose? Does she go for true love or cheap sex? She can't decide so she chooses both. But after managing to nurture a picture-perfect threesome, along comes Ernest, a rich ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Gregg Araki
Stars: Matt Keeslar | Kathleen Robertson | Kelly Macdonald | Eric Mabius | Dan Gatto
Tube Tales (1999)
Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Menhaj Huda | Bob Hoskins | Gaby Dellal | Stephen Hopkins | Armando Iannucci | Amy Jenkins | Jude Law | Charles McDougall | Ewan McGregor
Stars: Jason Flemyng | Dexter Fletcher | Kelly Macdonald | Liz Smith | Denise Van Outen
Elizabeth (1998)
As: Isabel Knollys
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 Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Geoffrey Rush | Joseph Fiennes | Christopher Eccleston | John Gielgud
Cousin Bette (1998)
As: Hortense Hulot
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 brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Des McAnuff
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Elisabeth Shue | Jessica Lange | Kelly Macdonald | Hugh Laurie
Stella Does Tricks (1996)
As: Stella
A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Coky Giedroyc
Stars: Andy Serkis | Kelly Macdonald | Hans Matheson | James Bolam | Ewan Stewart
Trainspotting (1996)
As: Diane Coulston
Mark Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Stars: Ewen Bremner | Ewan McGregor | Robert Carlyle | Jonny Lee Miller | Kelly Macdonald
Operation Mincemeat ()
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Colin Firth | Matthew Macfadyen | Kelly Macdonald | Mark Gatiss | Joe Flynn