Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

Born: February 23, 1976
in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish stage, film and televison actress, best known for her feature film debut in the British independent film Trainspotting and for her role as Margaret Thompson on the television series Boardwalk Empire.

Movies for Kelly Macdonald...

Typist Artist Pirate King
Title: Typist Artist Pirate King
Character: Sandra Panza
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
The growing friendship between two women as they hit the road in an electric car looking for endings and reconciliation.
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I Came By
Title: I Came By
Character: Lizzie Nealey
Released: August 19, 2022
Type: Movie
A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.
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Operation Mincemeat
Title: Operation Mincemeat
Character: Jean Leslie
Released: November 6, 2021
Type: Movie
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
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Title: Truth Seekers
Character: JoJo 74
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: TV
A ghost-hunting duo team up to uncover and film paranormal sightings across the U.K. and share their adventures on an online channel. Their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, terrifying, and even deadly as the pair begin to uncover a conspiracy that could threaten the entire human race.
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Dirt Music
Title: Dirt Music
Character: Georgie
Released: October 8, 2020
Type: Movie
Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement she craves. A passionate affair follows that reveals the dark secrets in Lu’s past and forces him to take flight into the blistering heat of the outback. Georgie follows, determined to find him and bring him back.
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Title: Giri/Haji
Character: Sarah
Released: October 17, 2019
Type: TV
Soulful thriller set in Tokyo and London, exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder across two cities. A dark, witty and daring examination of morality and redemption.
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Title: The Victim
Character: Anna Dean
Released: April 8, 2019
Type: TV
A grieving mother is accused of identifying online the man she believes killed her son. But is he really a notorious child murderer or a tragic victim of mistaken identity?
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Holmes & Watson
Title: Holmes & Watson
Character: Mrs. Martha Hudson
Released: December 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim.
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
Title: Ralph Breaks the Internet
Character: Merida (voice)
Released: November 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet — the netizens — to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzzTube.
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Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
Title: Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
Character: Reader
Released: August 4, 2018
Type: Movie
A dark and delicious foray into Angela Carter's extraordinary life with animation by Peepshow Collective, rare archive and family photos, and contributions from Angela's friends, family, students and admirers.
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Puzzle
Title: Puzzle
Character: Agnes
Released: July 27, 2018
Type: Movie
After years of caring exclusively for the needs of her husband and children, Agnes, a devoted housewife living in a small town near New York, has found something she really enjoys doing: solving puzzles.
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The Child in Time
Title: The Child in Time
Character: Julie Lewis
Released: July 5, 2018
Type: Movie
A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.
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Title: Somebody Feed Phil
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 2018
Type: TV
"Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of Bangkok, Lisbon, Mexico City and more.
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Goodbye Christopher Robin
Title: Goodbye Christopher Robin
Character: Olive
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: Movie
The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.
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T2 Trainspotting
Title: T2 Trainspotting
Character: Diane Coulston
Released: January 27, 2017
Type: Movie
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
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The Journey Is the Destination
Title: The Journey Is the Destination
Character: Duff
Released: September 9, 2016
Type: Movie
The inspiring life story of the late photojournalist, artist and activist Dan Eldon, who abandoned a comfortable life in London to document the struggle, heartbreak and hope of a war-torn and famine-ridden region of Africa.
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Swallows and Amazons
Title: Swallows and Amazons
Character: Mrs. Walker
Released: August 19, 2016
Type: Movie
Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… The battle for ownership of a lonely island teaches them the skills of survival, the value of friendship and the importance of holding your nerve.
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Special Correspondents
Title: Special Correspondents
Character: Claire Maddox
Released: April 22, 2016
Type: Movie
A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.
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The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Title: The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2014
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, interviews with cast, crew and creators on the whole journey.
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Anna Karenina
Title: Anna Karenina
Character: Dolly
Released: September 6, 2012
Type: Movie
In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
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Title: Line of Duty
Character: DCI Jo Davidson
Released: June 26, 2012
Type: TV
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
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Brave
Title: Brave
Character: Merida (voice)
Released: June 21, 2012
Type: Movie
Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Mérida’s quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom’s three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall.
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Title: Black Mirror
Character: Karin Parke
Released: December 4, 2011
Type: TV
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character: Helena Ravenclaw
Released: July 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
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The Decoy Bride
Title: The Decoy Bride
Character: Katie Meaghaid
Released: June 6, 2011
Type: Movie
A local woman is hired to draw paparazzi away from a Hollywood actress who has come to Scotland to get married.
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Title: Boardwalk Empire
Character: Margaret Schroeder
Released: September 19, 2010
Type: TV
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
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Skellig
Title: Skellig
Character: Louise
Released: April 27, 2009
Type: Movie
An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into an unfamiliar house, and his brand new baby sister has fallen ill. One day, while cleaning out the garden shed, he stumbles across something mysterious, a strange creature huddled in the corner; weak of body but strong of will. This is Skellig.
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In the Electric Mist
Title: In the Electric Mist
Character: Kelly Drummond
Released: April 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
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Choke
Title: Choke
Character: Paige Marshall
Released: September 26, 2008
Type: Movie
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
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The Merry Gentleman
Title: The Merry Gentleman
Character: Kate Frazier
Released: April 16, 2008
Type: Movie
A woman who leaves an abusive relationship to begin a new life in a new city, where she forms an unlikely and ironic relationship with a suicidal hit man (unbeknownst to her). Enter a worn, alcoholic detective to form the third party in a very unusual triangle as this story begins to unfold.
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No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Title: No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Character: Self
Released: March 11, 2008
Type: Movie
A piece featuring additional cast and crew interview snippets and behind-the-scenes footage. We find comments from Joel and Ethan Coen, Jones, Bardem, Graf, Brolin, Macdonald, production supervisor Karen Getchell, associate producer Dave Diliberto and actor Woody Harrelson.
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Diary of a Country Sheriff
Title: Diary of a Country Sheriff
Character: Herself
Released: March 11, 2008
Type: Movie
No Country for Old Men: Diary of a Country Sheriff
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No Country for Old Men
Title: No Country for Old Men
Character: Carla Jean Moss
Released: June 13, 2007
Type: Movie
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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Lassie
Title: Lassie
Character: Jeanie
Released: December 16, 2005
Type: Movie
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
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Nanny McPhee
Title: Nanny McPhee
Character: Evangeline
Released: October 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
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All the Invisible Children
Title: All the Invisible Children
Character: Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan")
Released: September 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.
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A Cock and Bull Story
Title: A Cock and Bull Story
Character: Jenny
Released: July 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
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The Girl in the Café
Title: The Girl in the Café
Character: Gina
Released: June 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Character: Reporter
Released: April 28, 2005
Type: Movie
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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Title: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.
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Finding Neverland
Title: Finding Neverland
Character: Peter Pan
Released: October 17, 2004
Type: Movie
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.
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Intermission
Title: Intermission
Character: Deirdre
Released: August 29, 2003
Type: Movie
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
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Title: State of Play
Character: Della Smith
Released: May 18, 2003
Type: TV
The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.
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Brush with Fate
Title: Brush with Fate
Character: Aletta Pieters
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.
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The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Title: The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 2002
Type: Movie
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate some of their experiences with making the film, as well as giving their views on all the work that went into it.
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Gosford Park
Title: Gosford Park
Character: Mary Maceachran
Released: November 7, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
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Title: Alias
Character: Kiera MacLaine / Meghan Keene
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
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Strictly Sinatra
Title: Strictly Sinatra
Character: Irene
Released: June 29, 2001
Type: Movie
In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly Sinatra, backed by Bill, an aging piano player and his only friend. Toni dreams big and enters a local television talent show. About that time, a local Mob boss decides Toni is great entertainment and invites him to be his guest at a casino. Toni chats up Irene, a cigarette girl, he gets an odd job or two from Chisolm, the mobster's number two, the audition goes bust, and Toni's future is uncertain. One thing leads to another with the Mob. Is Toni at a crossroads, or is there in reality no turning or going back?
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Some Voices
Title: Some Voices
Character: Laura
Released: August 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Schizophrenic Ray tries to adjust to the outside world after being released from an institution.
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Two Family House
Title: Two Family House
Character: Mary O'Neary
Released: January 21, 2000
Type: Movie
Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker, a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family house for him and his wife, Estelle (Katherine Narducci) and converting the ground floor into a neighborhood bar where he can perform. The wrench in the works is that he also inherits the upstairs tenants, Mary,a pregnant Irish girl fresh off the boat (Kelly Macdonald) and her abusive, alcoholic husband, Jim (Kevin Conway). As Buddy's gang of Italians tries to handle the situation, the girl goes into labor, and a baby is born, forcing them all to confront the limits of their tolerance and compassion.
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House!
Title: House!
Character: Linda
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A small bingo hall is threatened by the opening of the country's largest bingo centre nearby.
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Entropy
Title: Entropy
Character: Pia
Released: November 27, 1999
Type: Movie
Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls apart around him. Along the way, he goes on tour with U2 to help them make a music video, gets married in Vegas, and has a conversation with his cat.
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Tube Tales
Title: Tube Tales
Character: Emma (segment "Mr. Cool")
Released: November 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grasshopper" (Menhaj Huda); "My Father the Liar" (Bob Hoskins); "Bone" (Ewan McGregor); "Mouth" (Armando Iannucci); "A Bird in the Hand" (Jude Law); "Rosebud" (Gaby Dellal); "Steal Away" (Charles McDougall)
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Splendor
Title: Splendor
Character: Mike
Released: September 17, 1999
Type: Movie
Veronica is a white-bread beauty searching for a good man in Los Angeles. While slam dancing at a Halloween rave, she meets Abel, a sensitive poet. Then she meets Zed, a supersexy tattooed drummer with incredible biceps. Who will she choose? Does she go for true love or cheap sex? She can't decide so she chooses both. But after managing to nurture a picture-perfect threesome, along comes Ernest, a rich movie director with deep baby blues that sweep Veronica off her feet. What's a girl to do now?
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My Life So Far
Title: My Life So Far
Character: Elspeth Pettigrew
Released: August 25, 1999
Type: Movie
A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.
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The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Title: The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Character: Susan
Released: April 29, 1999
Type: Movie
The story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life.
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Elizabeth
Title: Elizabeth
Character: Isabel Knollys
Released: September 13, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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Cousin Bette
Title: Cousin Bette
Character: Hortense Hulot
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
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Stella Does Tricks
Title: Stella Does Tricks
Character: Stella
Released: November 6, 1997
Type: Movie
A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
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Flowers of the Forest
Title: Flowers of the Forest
Character: Amy Ogilvie
Released: October 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Two young children are brought to Janet Hinton, a social worker in the Scottish Highlands. When both she and an independent expert become convinced that the children are part of a ritual child abuse network, the small community is thrown into disarray.
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Trainspotting
Title: Trainspotting
Character: Diane Coulston
Released: February 23, 1996
Type: Movie
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
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Dancing, Some Days
Title: Dancing, Some Days
Character: Sharon
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The Hollywood musical is brought to a Glasgow street. Amidst the crush of city life, two street musicians provide the backdrop for a girl meets boy story, with a spark of purely Glasgow magic.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Aletta Pieters
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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O'Dessa
Title: O'Dessa
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A farm girl is on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey leads her to a strange and dangerous city where she meets her one true love – but in order to save his soul, she must put the power of destiny and song to the ultimate test.
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Title: Department Q
Character: Dr Rachel Irving
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Carl Morck, a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh, is assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead.
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The Radleys
Title: The Radleys
Character: Helen
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
It follows a seemingly ordinary family with a dark secret: they are vampires. They choose not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, but their truth is revealed one day.