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.
Let Her Go
(Absent Princess)
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
(Becky McDonald)
Last Train to Christmas
(Paula)
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
(Lee Everett-Alkin)
Mischief Night
(Junkie Jane)
The Sound of Music Live!
(Baroness Elsa Schraeder)
Sons & Lovers
(Suffragette Speaker - Emily)
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
(Becky Granger)
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
(Miss Hardcastle)
The Last Witch
(Alice Lister)
Dirty God
(Lisa)
Kat and the Band
(Liz Malone)
Affection
(Pauline)
Official Secrets
(Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent)
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
(Self)
Silent Witness
Life on Mars
(Auntie Heather)
Innocent
(Sally Wright)
The Justin Lee Collins Show
(Self)
Live from Studio Five
(Self)
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Odd One In
Mr Selfridge
(Lady Mae Loxley)
The Guilty
(Claire Reid)
The Secret River
(Mrs. Webb)
No Angels
Class
(Miss Quill)
The Royal
(Tina Binnington)
Bloods
(George)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
(Self - Guest)
The Long Shadow
(Emily Jackson)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
(Angela van den Bogerd)
The Visit
(Julie)
Flack
(Brooke)
Hotel Custody
(Narrator)
Cheat
(Leah Dale)
Ruby Speaking
(Vicki)
The Crow Girl
(Sophia Craven)
Gentleman Jack
(Elizabeth Sutherland)
Criminal: UK
(Natalie Hobbs)
Murdertown
(Presenter)
Inside No. 9
(Lynne)
Happy Valley
(DI Jodi Shackleton)
Coronation Street
(Becky Granger / Becky McDonald)
Liar
(DI Karen Renton)
The Night Manager
(Permanent Secretary)
In Flight
(Jo Conran)
Protection
(DCI Hannah Wheatley)
The Hack
(Sheridan McCoid)
How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)
(Katrina)
HIM
(Hannah)
