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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 19, 1979
Place of Birth
Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- کاترین کلی
Katherine Kelly
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.1
Sophia Craven
The Crow Girl
2025
7.9
DCI Hannah Wheatley
Protection
2024
10.0
Self
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
8.0
Angela van den Bogerd
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
7.6
Emily Jackson
The Long Shadow
2023
5.0
Vicki
Ruby Speaking
2023
0.0
Absent Princess
Let Her Go
2022
10.0
Narrator
Hotel Custody
2022
5.4
Paula
Last Train to Christmas
2021
6.4
George
Bloods
2021
Credits
The Crow Girl
as Sophia Craven
2025
7.1
Protection
as DCI Hannah Wheatley
2024
7.9
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
as Self
2024
10.0
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
as Angela van den Bogerd
2024
8.0
The Long Shadow
as Emily Jackson
2023
7.6
Ruby Speaking
as Vicki
2023
5.0
Let Her Go
as Absent Princess
2022
0.0
Hotel Custody
as Narrator
2022
10.0
Last Train to Christmas
as Paula
2021
5.4
Bloods
as George
2021
6.4
Kat and the Band
as Liz Malone
2020
5.2
🎬
Affection
as Pauline
2019
0.0
Criminal: UK
as Natalie Hobbs
2019
7.2
Official Secrets
as Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent
2019
7.2
Gentleman Jack
as Elizabeth Sutherland
2019
7.8
Dirty God
as Lisa
2019
5.8
Cheat
as Leah Dale
2019
6.4
Flack
as Brooke
2019
7.0
Murdertown
as Presenter
2018
7.0
Innocent
as Sally Wright
2018
7.0
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
2018
7.5
Liar
as DI Karen Renton
2017
6.6
Class
as Miss Quill
2016
6.4
The Night Manager
as Permanent Secretary
2016
7.8
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schraeder
2015
7.7
The Secret River
as Mrs. Webb
2015
7.0
Happy Valley
as DI Jodi Shackleton
2014
7.9
Inside No. 9
as Lynne
2014
8.0
The Last Witch
as Alice Lister
2013
5.0
The Guilty
as Claire Reid
2013
6.7
Mr Selfridge
as Lady Mae Loxley
2013
7.0
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
as Lee Everett-Alkin
2012
5.0
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
as Miss Hardcastle
2012
0.0
🎬
Odd One In
2010
0.0
🎬
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
0.0
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Becky McDonald
2009
5.8
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
3.3
🎬
The Justin Lee Collins Show
as Self
2009
6.5
🎬
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
as Becky Granger
2008
5.7
The Visit
as Julie
2007
7.0
Mischief Night
as Junkie Jane
2006
5.4
Life on Mars
as Auntie Heather
2006
7.8
No Angels
2004
6.0
The Royal
as Tina Binnington
2003
7.6
Sons & Lovers
as Suffragette Speaker - Emily
2003
6.0
Silent Witness
1996
7.6
Coronation Street
as Becky Granger / Becky McDonald
1960
5.3
🎬
In Flight
as Jo Conran
N/A
0.0