Kelly MacDonald
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Kelly Macdonald (born February 23, 1976) is a Scottish actress, born in Glasgow, Scotland. Her career began when she saw a leaflet advertising an open casting session for what would become the movie Trainspotting, in which she played the part of Diane, the underage seductress to Ewan McGregor's Renton. Other roles include a reporter in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and an actor playing Peter Pan in Finding Neverland.
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, Macdonald was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award in 2006.
In August 2003 she married Travis' bass player Dougie Payne.
Macdonald most recently starred in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee, as the scullery maid Evangeline, and A Cock and Bull Story, where she plays the girlfriend of actor Steve Coogan's onscreen alter ego.
Selected filmography
- A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
- Nanny McPhee (2005)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Finding Neverland (2004)
- Intermission (2003)
- Gosford Park (2001)
- Some Voices (2000)
- Splendor (1999)
- Elizabeth (1998)
- Trainspotting (1996)
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