Katherine Kelly is an English actress. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Becky McDonald on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2006–2012), for which she received multiple awards, including the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2009) and the NTA for Best Serial Drama Performance (2012).
Katherine Kelly is an English actress. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Becky McDonald on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2006–2012), for which she received multiple awards, including the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2009) and the NTA for Best Serial Drama Performance (2012).
Kelly's subsequent television roles include Lady Mae in Mr Selfridge (2013–2014, 2016), DI Jodie Shackleton in Happy Valley (2016), Miss Andrea Quill in Class (2016), Jane Lowry in Strike Back (2017–2018), DCI Natalie Hobbs in Criminal: UK (2019–2020), Elizabeth Sutherland in Gentleman Jack (2019–2022), DI Karen Renton in Liar (2020), Sally Wright in Innocent (2021), and Angela van Den Bogerd in Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024).
Katherine Kelly was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She grew up in both South Yorkshire and the United States. She has strong links with The Lamproom Theatre in Barnsley, established in 1998 by her father John (who is originally from Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland), and has regularly supported fund-raising events held there.
She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with fellow students Meredith MacNeill, Leo Bill, Elliot Cowan, Laurence Fox, and actor and novelist Anna Hope, graduating in 2001.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384521
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Filmography (Movies)
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2024
Let Her Go
Character:Absent Princess
Release Date:22/11/2022
Last Train to Christmas
Character:Paula
Release Date:18/12/2021
Kat and the Band
Character:Liz Malone
Release Date:13/01/2020
Affection
Character:Pauline
Release Date:01/11/2019
Official Secrets
Character:Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent
Release Date:30/08/2019
Dirty God
Character:Lisa
Release Date:11/04/2019
The Sound of Music Live!
Character:Baroness Elsa Schraeder
Release Date:20/12/2015
The Last Witch
Character:Alice Lister
Release Date:06/10/2013
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Character:Lee Everett-Alkin
Release Date:02/10/2012
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
Character:Miss Hardcastle
Release Date:29/03/2012
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Character:Becky McDonald
Release Date:26/10/2009
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
Character:Becky Granger
Release Date:10/11/2008
Mischief Night
Character:Junkie Jane
Release Date:03/11/2006
Sons & Lovers
Character:Suffragette Speaker - Emily
Release Date:12/01/2003
Television Appearances
How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
Character:Katrina
The Hack
Character:Sheridan McCoid
In Flight
Character:Jo Conran
The Crow Girl
Character:Sophia Craven
Protection
Character:DCI Hannah Wheatley
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Character:Angela van den Bogerd
The Long Shadow
Character:Emily Jackson
Ruby Speaking
Character:Vicki
Hotel Custody
Character:Narrator
Bloods
Character:George
Criminal: UK
Character:Natalie Hobbs
Gentleman Jack
Character:Elizabeth Sutherland
Cheat
Character:Leah Dale
Flack
Character:Brooke
Murdertown
Character:Presenter
Innocent
Character:Sally Wright
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Character:Self - Guest
Liar
Character:DI Karen Renton
Class
Character:Miss Quill
HIM
Character:Hannah
The Night Manager
Character:Permanent Secretary
The Secret River
Character:Mrs. Webb
Happy Valley
Character:DI Jodi Shackleton
Inside No. 9
Character:Lynne
The Guilty
Character:Claire Reid
Mr Selfridge
Character:Lady Mae Loxley
Odd One In
Character:
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Character:
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
The Justin Lee Collins Show
Character:Self
The Visit
Character:Julie
Life on Mars
Character:Auntie Heather
No Angels
Character:
The Royal
Character:Tina Binnington
Silent Witness
Character:
Coronation Street
Character:Becky Granger / Becky McDonald
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