Katherine Kelly
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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Films (16)
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024 · Self
Let Her Go
2022 · Absent Princess
Ultimo Tren a Navidad
2021 · Paula
Kat and the Band
2020 · Liz Malone
Affection
2019 · Pauline
Secretos de estado
2019 · Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent
Dirty God
2019 · Lisa
The Sound of Music Live!
2015 · Baroness Elsa Schraeder
The Great Chicago Adventure
2015 · Art Department Assistant
The Last Witch
2013 · Alice Lister
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012 · Lee Everett-Alkin
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
2012 · Miss Hardcastle
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009 · Becky McDonald
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
2008 · Becky Granger
Mischief Night
2006 · Junkie Jane
Sons & Lovers
2003 · Suffragette Speaker - Emily
Séries (37)
How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
2025 · Katrina
The Hack
2025 · Sheridan McCoid
In Flight
2025 · Jo Conran
The Crow Girl
2025 · Sophia Craven
Protection
2024 · DCI Hannah Wheatley
Mr. Bates contre le Post Office
2024 · Angela van den Bogerd
The Long Shadow
2023 · Emily Jackson
Ruby Speaking
2023 · Vicki
Hotel Custody
2022 · Narrator
Bloods
2021 · George
Criminal: Royaume Uni
2019 · Natalie Hobbs
Gentleman Jack
2019 · Elizabeth Sutherland
Obsession
2019 · Leah Dale
Flack
2019 · Brooke
Murdertown
2018 · Presenter
Innocent
2018 · Sally Wright
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · Self - Guest
Liar : La nuit du mensonge
2017 · DI Karen Renton
Class
2016 · Miss Quill
HIM
2016 · Hannah
El infiltrado
2016 · Permanent Secretary
The Secret River
2015 · Mrs. Webb
Happy Valley
2014 · DI Jodi Shackleton
Inside No. 9
2014 · Lynne
Qui a tué mon fils ?
2013 · Claire Reid
Mr. Selfridge
2013 · Lady Mae Loxley
Odd One In
2010
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009 · Self
The Visit
2007 · Julie
New Street Law
2006 · Rebecca
Life on Mars
2006 · Auntie Heather
The Royal
2003 · Tina Binnington
Affaires non classées
1996
Coronation Street
1960 · Becky Granger / Becky McDonald
Number 10
· Frances Telford