Gina McKee
Biography
Georgina Gina McKee is an English actress born on April 14, 1964, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in Our Friends in the North, which aired in 1996. McKee received subsequent BAFTA TV Award nominations for her performances in The Lost Prince in 2003 and The Street in 2007. Her television credits also include appearances in The Forsyte Saga in 2002 and portraying Caterina Sforza in The Borgias in 2011. On the big screen, McKee has appeared in films such as Notting Hill in 1999 and Phantom Thread in 2017.
Career overview
Georgina Gina McKee is an English actress born on April 14, 1964, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. Throughout her career in film and television, she has earned recognition through major awards and nominations. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in Our Friends in the North, which aired in 1996. Following this success, she received subsequent BAFTA TV Award nominations for Best Actress for her performances in The Lost Prince in 2003 and The Street in 2007.
In addition to these acclaimed television projects, McKee has maintained a diverse screen career with appearances across various television series and feature films. Her television credits include roles in The Forsyte Saga in 2002 and portraying Caterina Sforza in The Borgias in 2011. On the big screen, her film appearances include roles in Notting Hill in 1999 and Phantom Thread in 2017. With over one hundred known acting credits, McKee continues to be a prominent figure in British acting across both television and cinema.
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- Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me (2025) as Narrator
- Inside the Hilton: Park Lane (2024) as Narrator
- National Theatre Live: Dear England (2024) as Pippa Grange
- The End We Start From (2023) as F
- Typist Artist Pirate King (2023) as Dorothy
- Suspect (2022) as Kate
- My Policeman (2022) as Marion
- A Grand Romantic Gesture (2022) as Ava
- Great North: A Run. A River. A Region. (2021) as Narrator
- Dọlápò is Fine (2020) as Michelle Adams
- Black Narcissus (2020) as Sister Adela
- The Shadows At Sixty (2020) as Narrator (Voice)
- LX 2048 (2020) as Dr. Rhys
- Catherine the Great (2019) as Countess Praskovya Bruce
- Bodyguard (2018) as Anne Sampson
- Lies We Tell (2018) as Heather
- Phantom Thread (2017) as Countess Henrietta Harding
- Emerald City (2017) as Jane
- The Summer of Love: How Hippies Changed the World (2017) as Narrator (Voice)
- Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes (2017)
- Royal Wives at War (2016) as Wallis Simpson
- Hector (2015) as Lizzie
- Taj Mahal (2015) as Louise's Mother
- By Any Means (2013) as Helen Barlow
- Jimmy P. (2013) as Madeleine
- Line of Duty (2012) as Jackie Laverty
- Playhouse Presents (2012) as Natalie
- Missing (2012) as Jamie Ortega
- Hebburn (2012) as Pauline Pearson
- Secret State (2012) as Ellis Kane
- Vera (2011) as Julie Armstrong
- The Borgias (2011) as Caterina Sforza
- The Golden Age of Canals (2011) as Narrator
- National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011) as Goneril
- The Silence (2010)
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010) as Self
- Dive (2010) as Jacqueline Macallum
- In the Loop (2009) as Judy Molloy
- Fiona's Story (2008) as Fiona
- Lewis (2007) as Diane Turnbull
- Atonement (2007) as Sister Drummond
- The Old Curiosity Shop (2007) as Sally Brass
- And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) as Kathy Morrison
- 1983: The Brink of Apocalypse (2007) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) as Kim Peabody
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) as Julia
- The Lavender List (2006) as Marcia Williams
- The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005) as Maureen Gray
- Mickybo and Me (2005) as Jonjo's Ma
- MirrorMask (2005) as Joanne Campbell / Queen of Light / Queen of Shadows
- This World (2004)
- The Reckoning (2004) as Sarah
- The Blackwater Lightship (2004) as Helen
- Burning The Bed (2003) as Caroline
- The Lost Prince (2003) as Lalla
- The Art of Barbara Hepworth (2003) as Barbara Hepworth (Voice)
- The Forsyte Saga (2002) as Irene Forsyte
- The Forsyte Saga (2002) as Irene Forsyte (née Heron)
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) as Genevieve
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Jackie Cochran
- Women Talking Dirty (2001) as Ellen
- The Zookeeper (2001) as Ankica
- Dice (2001) as Angela Starck
- There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000) as Donna Grimble
- Notting Hill (1999) as Bella
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) as the Duchess of Bedford
- Wonderland (1999) as Nadia
- The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999) as Susan's Mother
- The Passion (1999) as Ellie
- Croupier (1998) as Marion Nell
- Eight (1998)
- Premier Passions (1998) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Brass Eye (1997) as Libby Shuss
- Brass Eye (1997) as Vivian Banch
- The Life of Stuff (1997) as Janice
- Mothertime (1997) as Caroline
- The Chest (1997) as Fiona Croft
- Beyond Fear (1997) as Stephanie Slater
- Our Friends in the North (1996) as Mary Cox
- Element of Doubt (1996) as Beth
- The Treasure Seekers (1996) as Mary Leslie
- Naked (1993) as Cafe Girl
- In Suspicious Circumstances (1991) as Evelyn Foster
- An Actor's Life for Me (1991) as Sue Bishop
- Paul Merton: The Series (1991)
- Smack and Thistle (1991) as Lucy Lisle
- Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)
- He's Asking For Me (1990) as Lynn
- The Paradise Club (1989) as Bank Teller
- The Rachel Papers (1989) as Evonne
- Wilt (1989) as Party Guest
- The Lair of the White Worm (1988) as Nurse Gladwell
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Girl in Betting Shop
- The Lenny Henry Show (1987)
- Casualty (1986) as Ginnie Davies
- Unnatural Causes (1986) as Nancy
- Home Cooking (1986) as Nancy
- Screen Two (1985) as Lynn
- Screen Two (1985) as Caroline
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) as Girl
- Minder (1979) as Joanna
- Quest of Eagles (1979)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Helen
- The Wanted Man