ACTOR · BORN 1976
Kelly Macdonald
- Born
- 23 February 1976
11 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
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- #001
Kelly Macdonald was the last person to be cast in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). She was the final addition to the large ensemble of the Harry Potter story.
- #002
For her role in Boardwalk Empire (2010), she was named one of the "8 Actors Who Turn Television into Art" in The New York Times Magazine cover story of 9/11/11.
- #003
She appeared in four films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Elizabeth (1998), Gosford Park (2001), Finding Neverland (2004) and No Country for Old Men (2007). The second won in the category.
- #004
Trainspotting (1996) premiered on Kelly's 20th birthday.
- #005
In 1999, she was selected by European Film Promotion as one of its Shooting Stars from European cinema.
- #006
While voicing Disney Princess Merida in Brave (2012), her favourite animated character was Tinkerbell from Peter Pan (1953).
- #007
She auditioned for roles in The Matrix (1999), Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Moulin Rouge (2001).
- #008
When she finished filming Choke (2008), she was two months pregnant with her son Freddie.
- #009
She appeared in a film selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: No Country for Old Men (2007).
- #010
She is the daughter of Archibald Macdonald and Patricia Kelly. The couple separated in 1985, when Kelly was 9, but did not divorce until 1993.
- #011
Six months after giving birth to her son Freddie, she returned to work to begin filming Skellig: The Owl Man (2009).
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