Katherine Kelly

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

Coronation Street

Silent Witness

The Night Manager

Inside No. 9

Happy Valley

Gentleman Jack

Mr Selfridge

Life on Mars

All Movies (15)

• Inside No. 9: The Party's Over2024 · as Self
• Let Her Go2022 · as Absent Princess
• Last Train to Christmas2021 · as Paula
• Kat and the Band2020 · as Liz Malone
• Affection2019 · as Pauline
• Official Secrets2019 · as Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent
• Dirty God2019 · as Lisa
• The Sound of Music Live!2015 · as Baroness Elsa Schraeder
• The Last Witch2013 · as Alice Lister
• Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story2012 · as Lee Everett-Alkin
• National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer2012 · as Miss Hardcastle
• Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday2009 · as Becky McDonald
• Coronation Street: Out of Africa2008 · as Becky Granger
• Mischief Night2006 · as Junkie Jane
• Sons & Lovers2003 · as Suffragette Speaker - Emily

All TV Shows (37)

• How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)2025 · as Katrina
• The Hack2025 · as Sheridan McCoid
• In Flight2025 · as Jo Conran
• The Crow Girl2025 · as Sophia Craven
• Protection2024 · as DCI Hannah Wheatley
• Mr Bates vs The Post Office2024 · as Angela van den Bogerd
• The Long Shadow2023 · as Emily Jackson
• Ruby Speaking2023 · as Vicki
• Hotel Custody2022 · as Narrator
• Bloods2021 · as George
• Criminal: UK2019 · as Natalie Hobbs
• Gentleman Jack2019 · as Elizabeth Sutherland
• Cheat2019 · as Leah Dale
• Flack2019 · as Brooke
• Murdertown2018 · as Presenter
• Innocent2018 · as Sally Wright
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer2018 · as Self - Guest
• Liar2017 · as DI Karen Renton
• Class2016 · as Miss Quill
• HIM2016 · as Hannah
• The Night Manager2016 · as Permanent Secretary
• The Secret River2015 · as Mrs. Webb
• Happy Valley2014 · as DI Jodi Shackleton
• Inside No. 92014 · as Lynne
• The Guilty2013 · as Claire Reid
• Mr Selfridge2013 · as Lady Mae Loxley
• Odd One In2010
• The National Television Awards Backstage Live2010
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• The Justin Lee Collins Show2009 · as Self
• The Visit2007 · as Julie
• New Street Law2006 · as Rebecca
• Life on Mars2006 · as Auntie Heather
• The Royal2003 · as Tina Binnington
• Silent Witness1996
• Coronation Street1960 · as Becky Granger / Becky McDonald
• Number 10— · as Frances Telford