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Katherine Kelly (born 19 November 1979) is an English actress. A 2001 graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she played Becky McDonald in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2006 to 2012, for which she won Best Actress at the 2009 British Soap Awards and Best Serial Drama Performance at the 2012 National Television Awards. Since 2013, she has starred as Lady Mae Loxley in the ITV drama series ''Mr Selfridge''. Kelly's theatre roles include playing Bianca in a 2002 production of ''Othello'' at the Royal Exchange Theatre, and Kate Hardcastle in the 2012 National Theatre revival of ''She Stoops to Conquer''. In 2012, she also starred in the BBC Four Kenny Everett biopic ''Best Possible Taste''. Her other television credits include ''The Guilty'' (2013), ''The Field of Blood'' (2013), and an upcoming role in ''Happy Valley'' (2016). ==Early life and career== Kelly was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and grew up in both Barnsley and Wakefield, West Yorkshire. She attended Wakefield Girls' High School. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prime Performers Speakers Agency: Katherine Kelly )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unit One Entertainment: Katherine Kelly )〕 Kelly said in a 2012 interview: "My parents are still massively involved, and so am I. We even did a Family Fortunes to raise money because we needed a new roof. It's so special to me." She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London, with fellow students Meredith MacNeill and Laurence Fox, graduating in 2001.〔〔 She worked at Chichester Festival Theatre in ''The Accrington Pals'' with actress Amy Robbins and at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in ''Othello'' with Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne.〔 Since then, she has worked in TV, film, radio and voice-over. She was a leading lady at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2004–2005, performing in both Stratford-Upon-Avon and the West End.〔 After she left ''Coronation Street'' in 2011,〔(Bye-bye Becky" ) 18 April 2011, ITV〕 she starred as Miss Hardcastle in ''She Stoops to Conquer'' at the National Theatre from 24 January 2012. Kelly appeared on ITV's ''This Morning'' to discuss her departure from Coronation Street and she said "I decided to leave Coronation Street for a change". She also talked about her role in 'She Stoops To Conquer' and said that "you've got to be careful what you wish for because this couldn't be more different, really!" Kelly's first television role after leaving ''Coronation Street'' was in the 90-minute BBC4 biopic ''The Best Possible Taste'', in which she played Lee Middleton, wife of Kenny Everett. In early 2013 she played socialite Lady Mae in the ten part ITV1 drama series ''Mr Selfridge'', and later signed on to appear in a second series of the show. Later in the year she joined the lead cast of ''The Field of Blood'', based on the novel by Denise Mina. Kelly played Maloney, an ambitious woman in the "ferociously male-dominated world of 1980s newspaper journalism". In January 2013 it was announced that Kelly would star in ''The Last Witch'' - a supernatural drama written by BAFTA nominated writer Sally Wainwright, as part of Sky Living's "Reckless" series. In 2013 she starred in an ITV thriller, ''The Guilty'', as Claire Reid, mother to a missing five-year-old child. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katherine Kelly (actress)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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