Kelly MacDonald is an Emmy, Actors Guild, and Sundance Independent Film Festival Scottish actress. Nominee for the Golden Globe and the British Academy Award. Fame brought her roles in the films: "Trainspotting", "Spy", "Boardwalk Empire", "Urban Legends", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "Goodbye, Christopher Robin".
In the creative biography of the actress, there are more than seventy roles in television and film projects, including participation in entertainment shows and awards ceremonies for the Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild.
Biography facts
Kelly was born in Scotland in the winter of 1976. Her parents split up when she was very young. The girl was raised by her mother, who works as a sales manager. Kelly has a brother named David.
Even in her school years, the girl loved to perform in an amateur theater club. She really liked to learn the roles and go on stage in a new way. Kelly was an active child, she always loved to be in the spotlight and dreamed that someday she would become a real actress.
Creative career
After graduating from high school, the girl began working as a barmaid to help the family and earn some money. The dream of an acting career did not leave her and in her free time she tried to get at least some small role on television or in films.
Her debut took place in the "Second Screen" project. Kelly made a cameo appearance on the series, but her appearance on the screen was not seen. The girl did not despair and continued to go to auditions.
One day she saw an advertisement for an open casting for a new film and decided to try to qualify. She was lucky: Kelly got her first leading role in the youth drama "Trainspotting", which instantly made her famous. For this work, she was nominated for a BAFTA.
The film became a cult film and received high marks not only from viewers, but also from film critics. The film was nominated for an Oscar, MTV, and won the British Academy Award for Best Screenplay. MacDonald played one of the main roles in the film - a girl named Diana, who charmed the main character of the tape.
After a successful start, Kelly immediately received new proposals from producers and directors. A year after her brilliant debut, the young actress played the main role in the drama "Stella Weaves Intrigues."
The next role MacDonald got in the comedy melodrama "Cousin Betta". According to the plot of the picture, Betta is disappointed in life due to the fact that her lover left her. Having met a strange, depraved girl Jenny, she realizes that she can regain the joy of life by subjugating a new acquaintance and teaching her the art of seducing men. So, under Betta's guidance, Jenny becomes a professional in seducing men, each of whom she leaves after the first meeting, without even knowing what consequences await her in the near future.
In 1998, MacDonald gets a role in the historical drama "Elizabeth", which tells about the life of the Queen of England. The film was highly appreciated by audiences and film critics, receiving the main prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film also won numerous film awards and was nominated for an Oscar seven times.
A year later, Kelly appeared in several films at once: in the comedy "Luxurious Life", the drama "Loss of Sexual Innocence", the comedy melodrama "Entropy", the comedy "My Merry Life", the drama "Stories of the Subway".
The actress, even without a professional acting education, coped well with her roles. Therefore, many directors were interested in her participation in the filming of new projects.
One of the main roles MacDonald got in the comedy melodrama House of Two Families, released in 2000. The film tells the story of a young man named Buddy, who works in a factory and dreams of becoming a singer. His wife Estelle does not support her husband and constantly makes claims against him. This pushes Buddy to come up with many schemes for making quick money. One of these ideas is the purchase of a two-story house for two families, where on the ground floor Buddy can equip a cafe and perform on stage with his songs. But the plans are interrupted by an Irish family living on the second floor, which does not intend to leave the house. Plus, Buddy and Estelle have a baby. Buddy will have to make a choice between a normal family life or the embodiment of his dream of wealth and fame.
MacDonald played the main role in the comedy melodrama Voices in 2000. Popular actor Daniel Craig became her partner on the set. The film was nominated for the British Academy and European Film Academy awards.
Soon the actress got another central role in the detective story "Gosford Park". The action in the film takes place at the Gosford Park estate, where guests come to spend a few days in nature. When the preparations for the beginning of the holiday have been completed, and all the guests have already gathered, the owner of the estate is found dead. Those present understand that this death is not accidental and that one of the guests was involved in it. And they will have to find out exactly who in the near future.
The film won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and six more nominations for this award, as well as many other film awards.
MacDonald starred opposite John Depp and Kate Winslet in the drama "Fairyland", which tells the story of the writer James Barry and his famous fairy tale about the adventures of Peter Pan. Kelly starred in the role of Peter Pan and once again received high marks from film critics. The film itself was nominated seven times for an Oscar, five times for the Golden Globe, eleven times for the British Academy Award, three times for the Actors Guild Award and two times for the Saturn Award.
In the following years, MacDonald played many roles in famous film projects. On account of her work in the pictures: "My Terrible Nanny", in the second part of the film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "Black Mirror", "Anna Karenina", "Urban Legends", "Trainspotting 2", "Goodbye Christopher Robin "," Child of Time "," Holmes & Watson ".
Personal life
Kelly prefers not to advertise her family and personal life. She does not maintain pages on social networks and communicates little with the press.
It is known that she got married in 2003. Her husband was guitarist Dougie Payne.
In 2008, the couple had their first child, Freddie Peter, and in 2012, Theodore William was born.
After fourteen years of marriage, the couple broke up, announcing their divorce in 2017.
