Gina McKee

Georgina "Gina" McKee (born April 14, 1964 in Sunderland , England ) is a British actress .

Life

McKee was born in Sunderland , the daughter of a miner . She grew up in Peterlee , County Durham . From the age of 15 she played for several summers at the National Youth Theater and gained her first acting experience. She had her first minor role in 1988 in The Bite of the Snake Woman alongside Hugh Grant . Her greatest success so far was her role in the BBC television film Our Friends in the North , for which she received several awards.

She has been married to Kez Cary since 1989, with whom she now lives in East Sussex , England.

Filmography (selection)

• 1988: The Lair of the White Worm (The Lair of the White Worm)
• 1989: he? Want! You not? (The Rachel Papers)
• 1993 nude (Naked)
• 1996: Our Friends in the North (TV)
• 1998: Croupier - The fatal game of luck (Croupier)
• 1999: Joan of Arc
• 1999: Notting Hill
• 1999: Wonderland
• 2000: Nur Courage, Jimmy Grimble (There's Only One Jimmy Grimble)
• 2002: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood)
• 2002: The Forsyte Saga (TV series)
• 2004: The Blackwater Lightship (TV)
• 2005: MirrorMask
• 2006: Tsunami - The Killer Wave (Tsunami: The Aftermath)
• 2007: The Murder Plot (Lewis - Old School Ties) (TV series)
• 2007: Atonement (Atonement)
• 2007: The time that we have left (And When Did You Last See Your Father?)
• 2009: Cabinet Out of Control (In The Loop)
• 2010: An Act of Love
• 2011: The Borgias (The Borgias)
• 2013: Jimmy P. - Psychotherapy of an Indian
• 2017: The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
• 2018: Bodyguard (TV series)
• 2019: the rook (TV Series)
• 2019: Catherine the Great (miniseries, 4 episodes)

Prices

• 1997: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress in Our Friends in the North
• 1997: Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Our Friends in the North
• 2010: Chlotrudis Awards for In the Loop (Cast)

Web links

• Gina McKee in the Internet Movie Database (English)