Who is Gina McKee? Everything You Need to Know

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British Celebrities Born In April

Also Known As: Georgina McKee

Age: 60 Years, 60 Year Old Females

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Spouse/Ex-: Stephen J. Cary (m. 1989)

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Height: 5'8" (173 cm), 5'8" Females

Notable Alumni: East Durham College, University Of Sunderland

City: Sunderland, England

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education: University Of Sunderland, East Durham College

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Gina McKee spent a considerable period of time at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain learning acting and other aspects of the show business. She started her acting career as a 15-year-old in the series ‘Quest of Eagles’. She was part of the show for seven episodes, playing the character of ‘Jane’ in 1979. After appearing in a number of television movies and shows as a supporting actress, McKee appeared in the series ‘The Lenny Henry Show’. She later appeared as ‘Sue Bishop’ in ‘An Actor's Life for Me’, a comedy series which tells the story of a Scottish actor trying to find work, in 1991.

Her next notable work came in the 1996 television miniseries ‘Our Friends in the North’ as ‘Mary Cox / Mary Soulsby.’ The show was directed by Simon Cellan Jones, Pedr James, and Stuart Urban. It featured Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong, and Daniel Craig in other lead roles alongside Gina McKee. McKee won two awards for her performance in the show, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and the Broadcasting Press Guild Award in the same category.

She played important roles in the comedy series ‘Brass Eye’ and in the drama show ‘Passion’, between 1997 and 1999. She featured in many films in 1999, including ‘Notting Hill’, ‘Wonderland’, ‘Women Talking Dirty’, and ‘The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc,’ all as a supporting actress.

In the 2001 television miniseries ‘Dice’, featuring Aidan Gillen, Martin Cummins, and Fred Ward, McKee portrayed the character of ‘Angela Starck’. Her next big role came in the romantic drama series ‘The Forsyte Saga’ in 2002-03. She appeared alongside ‘Damian Lewis’, ‘Rupert Graves’, ‘Amanda Root’, ‘Ben Miles’, and ‘Gillian Kearney’. In the Netflix original series ‘Bodyguard’, McKee appeared as ‘Anne Sampson’, the Head of the Counter Terrorism Command. The show was a big success and received multiple awards, including a Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor (Richard Madden).

Gina McKee has won the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award for her powerful performance in the Donmar Warehouse revival of ‘King Lear’. She was also featured in the West End revival of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s ‘Ivanov’.

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Family & Personal Life

Gina McKee was born on April 14, 1964, in Peterlee, County Durham, England. Her father was a coal miner and she grew up in the suburbs of Easington and Sunderland. She once saw a poster of a new youth drama group which encouraged her to attend. She later found it very interesting and fell in love with acting. She attended East Durham College and completed her A-levels. However, when she decided to go to a drama school, she was rejected by popular institutions like London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama.

McKee married Kez Cary in August 1989. She has been a vegetarian since the early 1980s. She received an honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Sunderland in 2002.

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