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Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish actress, known for her roles in the films ''Trainspotting'' (1996), ''Gosford Park'' (2001), ''Intermission'' (2003), ''Nanny McPhee'' (2005), ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011) and ''Brave'' (2012). 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. For her role in the 2007 film ''No Country for Old Men'', she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She went on to star for five seasons in the HBO series ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2010–14) as Margaret Thompson, for which she received a 2011 Emmy Award nomination. ==Career== Macdonald's career began while she was working as a barmaid in Glasgow. She saw a leaflet advertising an open casting session for ''Trainspotting'' and decided to audition, winning the part of Diane,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Trainspotting )〕 the underage seductress to Ewan McGregor's Renton. Other roles include Mary O'Neary in ''Two Family House'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Two Family House )〕 and an actress playing Peter Pan in ''Finding Neverland''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Finding Neverland )〕 She had major roles in Robert Altman's British period piece ''Gosford Park'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gosford Park )〕 where she played an aristocrat's maid, and in ''Intermission'' (2003), as Deirdre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Intermission )〕 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''.〔Credits from the cassette release from the BBC Radio Collection〕 On television, her highest profile roles have been in two BBC dramas, the Paul Abbott serial ''State of Play'' (2003),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State of Play )〕 and the one-off Richard Curtis piece ''The Girl in the Café'' (2005).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Girl in the Café )〕 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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2006 Golden Globe )〕 and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Macdonald starred in the 2005 film ''Nanny McPhee'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=nanny mcphee )〕 as the scullery maid Evangeline, and has since had supporting roles in ''A Cock and Bull Story'' (2006),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A cock and bull story )〕 and the Coen brothers' Academy Award-winning ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=No Country for Old Men )〕 Her agent was originally unsure she was right for the latter part, and Macdonald is reported as having to "fight for the role".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kelly Macdonald: ''No Country for Old Men'' video interview )〕 Her persistence paid off, however, as she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2008 baftas )〕 Other films where she had supporting roles include ''Choke'' (2008), as Paige Marshall,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=choke )〕 the film adapted by Clark Gregg from the 2001 Chuck Palahniuk novel; ''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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=the merry gentleman )〕 In 2010, she played her first comedy role, in the British independent romantic comedy film ''The Decoy Bride''. ''The Decoy Bride'' was released in 2012. In 2011, she played the "Grey Lady" (revealed to be Helena Ravenclaw) in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'', the final instalment of the ''Harry Potter'' film franchise. She replaced Nina Young, the original actress in the role. In 2012, she provided the voice of Merida, the heroine of the Disney/Pixar film ''Brave'', and starred as Dolly in ''Anna Karenina''. 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 will star in Ricky Gervais' ''Special Correspondents'' as Claire Maddox, and ''Swallows and Amazons'' as Mrs. Walker. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kelly Macdonald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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