Gina McKee (born 14 April 1961) is an English actress, known for her starring roles in the TV dramas Our Friends in the North (1996) and The Lost Prince (2003) for the BBC and the ITV version of The Forsyte Saga (2002-03). She may be best known to international audiences for her role in the Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts film Notting Hill, in which she played wheelchair user Bella. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , The Wearmouth Bridge Sunderland (pronounced: , or ) is a city in North East England which was formerly a county borough, and is now part of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... The opening titles sequence of Our Friends in the North. ... Miranda Richardson as Queen Mary in The Lost Prince The Lost Prince is an acclaimed two-part British television drama, produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC and originally broadcast on BBC One in January 2003. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... DVD cover to The Forsyste Saga (series 1) The Forsyte Saga is a miniseries, produced by Britains Independent Television network (ITV) and later broadcast as part of Masterpiece Theatre, based on a series of novels by John Galsworthy. ... Hugh John Mungo Grant (born September 9, 1960) is a Golden Globe-winning British actor and film producer. ... Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. ... For places named Notting Hill, see Notting Hill. ...

Biography

Career

Although she had briefly been in the Lenny Henry show in 1987, McKee made her screen debut in 1988 when she had a small role in the Ken Russell film The Lair of the White Worm which starred a then unknown Hugh Grant. In 1996, McKee played Mary in the BBC drama Our Friends in the North, she won three Best Actress awards in 1997: the British Academy Television Award, the Royal Television Society Award and the Broadcasting Press Guild Award. Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born July 3, 1927), is an iconoclastic English film director, particularly well-known for his films about famous composers and his controversial, often outrageous pioneering work in film. ... The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell which starred Hugh Grant and Amanda Donohoe. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards, are the most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... The Broadcasting Press Guild is a British association of journalists who specialise in writing and broadcasting about television, radio and the media generally. ...

Personal life

McKee was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.^[1] She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Sunderland in 2002. McKee married to Kez Cary in 1989, McKee was asked to narrate the documentary "Premier Passions" as she has supported Sunderland A.F.C., the team followed in the show, all her life. , The Wearmouth Bridge Sunderland (pronounced: , or ) is a city in North East England which was formerly a county borough, and is now part of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. ... St Peters Campus The University of Sunderland is located in the City of Sunderland in North East England. ... Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional football club, based at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in North-East England. ...

McKee has been a vegetarian since 1982. For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ...

Filmography

• The Lenny Henry Show (1987) (TV])
• The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
• The Rachel Papers (1989)
• An Actor's Life For Me (1991)
• Naked (1993)
• Our Friends in the North (1996)
• Croupier (1998)
• Wonderland (1999)
• Notting Hill (1999)
• There's only one Jimmy Grimble (1999)
• The Zookeeper (2001)
• Dice (2001)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
• The Forsyte Saga (2002)
• Burning The Bed (2003)
• The Reckoning (2003)
• The Lost Prince (2003) (TV)
• The Blackwater Lightship (2004) (TV)
• MirrorMask (2005)
• The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
• The Lavender List (2006)
• Lewis (2007)
• Atonement(2007)
• The Oaks (2008)

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References

External links

• Gina McKee at the Internet Movie Database
• http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,2039057,00.html