Gina McKee Biography
Gina McKee is an English actress best known for her portrayal in the 1996 Our Friends in the North and The Lost Prince in 2003. She was also featured in the 2007 The Street, 2002 The Forsyte Saga, and as Caterina Sforza in 2011 The Borgias.
Gina McKee Age
McKee is 59 years old as of 2023. She was born on 14th April 1964 in Peterlee, United Kingdom, and celebrates her birthday every year on the 14th of April.
Gina McKee Height
McKee stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7 inches.
Gina McKee Family
McKee’s father was a coal miner. She has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if McKee has any siblings.
Gina McKee Husband
McKee is happily married to Kez Cary and they officiated their marriage in 1989. They live together in East Sussex, England and Gina has been a vegetarian since 1982.
Gina McKee’s Net Worth
McKee has an estimated net worth of between $5 Million and $10 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an actress.
Gina McKee Education
McKee did her A-levels at the East Durham College and she spent three summers when she was 15 years old with the National Youth Theatre. She agreed with her parents that she would join drama school instead of arts school.
Unfortunately, she was rejected by the Central School of Speech and Drama, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Sunderland in 2002.
Gina McKee Career
McKee made her first professional appearance in Quest of Eagles, a children’s series. Gina’s TV career started with a few background roles for example she had a part on The Lenny Henry Show. A small role in The Lair of the White Worm marked her film debut. She was featured as Mary in Our Friends in the North, a BBC drama in 1996. This role led her to win three Best Actress awards in 1997 including the Broadcasting Press Guild Award, the Royal Television Society Award, and the British Academy Television Award. She appeared in several episodes of Brass Eye as reporter Libby Shuss in 1997 and 2001.
Gina’s theater credits at the Comedy Theatre in London include The Collection and The Lover. She made an appearance in 2008 in Ivanov and Fiona’s Story, a BBC drama. She appeared in the Donmar Warehouse revival of King Lear in 2010 as Goneril. Following her performance in this role, she was awarded an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. In BBC’s TV thriller, The Silence, she portrayed a deaf teenager’s mother. Gina portrayed Commander Anne Sampson in Bodyguard, a successful BBC and Netflix drama series.
Gina McKee Bodyguard
McKee portrays Commander Anne Sampson, the Head of Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) and the superior of Deepak Sharma. She is threatened by Montague’s preference for MI5, and she signs up for Budd’s help.
Gina McKee The Borgias
McKee portrays Caterina Sforza, a cousin of Cardinal Ludovico Sforza, Giovanni Sforza, and Ascanio Sforza. She is known as the legendary “Tigress of Forli” because of her military prowess, she is the leader of the powerful Sforza clan and the power in Italy, chief rival. She refused to support the pope against the approaching French invasion. The Borgias win against the French and let loose their wrath upon the Sforzas.
Gina McKee The Forsyte Saga
McKee portrays Irene Forsyte (née Heron), the first wife of Soames, lover of Bosinney, third wife of Jolyon, and mother of Jon. Irene lives with her widowed stepmother in the seaside town of Bournemouth. Soames develops an interest in her while on a business trip there.
Gina McKee TV and Films
- 1999 Notting Hill as Bella.
- Wonderland 1999 as Nadia.
- 2007 And When Did You Last See Your Father? as Kathy Morrison.
- 2022 My Policeman as Older Marion Taylor.
- 2023 Typist Artist Pirate King as Dorothy.
- 1987 Inspector Morse as Girl in Betting Shop.
- 1997 Brass Eye as Libby Shuss / Vivian Banch.
- 2002 to 2003 The Forsyte Saga as Irene Forsyte.
- 2011 to 2013 The Borgias as Caterina Sforza.
- 2017 Knightfall as Landry’s Mother.
- 2018 Bodyguard as Commander Anne Sampson.
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