Acting credits
48
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Katherine Kelly
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.1
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Movies: 16Series: 33Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 543632
IMDb ID: nm1906500
Known for: Acting
Born: November 19, 1979
Age: 46
Place of birth: Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1960 - 2025
Years active: 66
Average TMDB rating: 7.01
Wikidata: Q384521
Also known as
کاترین کلی
Other jobs
Art Department Assistant (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Katherine Kelly.
6.3
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
as Self
2024 Movie
Let Her Go
as Absent Princess
2022 Movie
5.5
Last Train to Christmas
as Paula
2021 Movie
5.3
Kat and the Band
as Liz Malone
2020 Movie
Affection
as Pauline
2019 Movie
7.2
Official Secrets
as Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent
2019 Movie
5.8
Dirty God
as Lisa
2019 Movie
7.8
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schraeder
2015 Movie
7.0
The Great Chicago Adventure
Art Department Assistant
2015 Movie
5.0
The Last Witch
as Alice Lister
2013 Movie
4.6
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
as Lee Everett-Alkin
2012 Movie
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
as Miss Hardcastle
2012 Movie
5.8
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Becky McDonald
2009 Movie
5.7
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
as Becky Granger
2008 Movie
5.5
Mischief Night
as Junkie Jane
2006 Movie
5.3
Sons & Lovers
as Suffragette Speaker - Emily
2003 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Katherine Kelly.
6.9
How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
as Katrina • 6 eps
2025 Series
6.7
The Hack
as Sheridan McCoid • 7 eps
2025 Series
4.8
In Flight
as Jo Conran • 6 eps
2025 Series
7.2
The Crow Girl
as Sophia Craven • 6 eps
2025 Series
7.8
Protection
as DCI Hannah Wheatley • 6 eps
2024 Series
8.0
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
as Angela van den Bogerd • 4 eps
2024 Series
7.5
The Long Shadow
as Emily Jackson • 1 eps
2023 Series
5.1
Ruby Speaking
as Vicki • 6 eps
2023 Series
10.0
Hotel Custody
as Narrator • 3 eps
2022 Series
6.1
Bloods
as George • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.2
Criminal: UK
as Natalie Hobbs • 7 eps
2019 Series
7.8
Gentleman Jack
as Elizabeth Sutherland • 3 eps
2019 Series
6.3
Cheat
as Leah Dale • 4 eps
2019 Series
6.8
Flack
as Brooke • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.0
Murdertown
as Presenter • 20 eps
2018 Series
7.1
Innocent
as Sally Wright • 4 eps
2018 Series
7.4
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.6
Liar
as DI Karen Renton • 6 eps
2017 Series
6.3
Class
as Miss Quill • 8 eps
2016 Series
6.1
HIM
as Hannah • 3 eps
2016 Series
7.7
The Night Manager
as Permanent Secretary • 3 eps
2016 Series
7.1
The Secret River
as Mrs. Webb • 2 eps
2015 Series
8.0
Happy Valley
as DI Jodi Shackleton • 6 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Inside No. 9
as Lynne • 1 eps
2014 Series