Nellie McKay

Actress
Composer
Soundtrack

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Nellie McKay

A young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard begins to lead a double life after meeting a singer of a band who performs on the streets and in the subways of New York City.

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Downtown Express (2011)

Nellie McKay was born on 13 April 1982 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for P.S. I Love You (2007), Rumor Has It... (2005) and Monster-in-Law (2005).

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Known for

Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler in P.S. I Love You (2007)

P.S. I Love You

7.0

Movie

Ciara

2007

Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, and Mark Ruffalo in Rumor Has It... (2005)

Rumor Has It...

5.5

Movie

Soundtrack("Black Sheep", "BB Blues", "Just One Of Those Things", "Pasadena Girl", "Face of a Faith", "Baby, You've Got What It Takes", "Black Sheep", "BB Blues", "Just One Of Those Things", "Pasadena Girl", "Baby, You've Got What It Takes", "Black Sheep", "BB Blues", "Pasadena Girl", "Face of a Faith")

2005

Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, and Michael Vartan in Monster-in-Law (2005)

5.6

Movie

Soundtrack("Won't U Please B Nice")

2005

Queen Latifah in Last Holiday (2006)

6.6

Movie

Soundtrack("I Feel Pretty")

2006

Credits

Actress

Widowbird
- Talia Brin
- 2024
Mabel's Dressing Room
Short
- Clara
- 2013
Downtown Express
7.9
- Ramona
- 2011
P.S. I Love You
7.0
- Ciara
- 2007
SpotlightON Unique Music Television
TV Series
- Featured Artist
- 2004–2009

Composer

Soundtrack

Private Life
7.2
- performer: "Quicksilver Girl", "Meditation", "I Wanna Get Married"
- writer: "I Wanna Get Married"
- 2018
SMILF
6.8
TV Series
- performer: "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"
- 2017
Mad Men
8.7
TV Series
- performer: "Christmas Waltz" (uncredited)
- 2012
Downtown Express
7.9
- performer: "Ain't No Train", "Lighter When I Fall", "When I Look at You", "Don't Do That Anymore", "Lettin' Me Fall in Love", "Transience (Sticks and Stones)"
- 2011
Nurse Jackie
7.8
TV Series
- performer: "The Very Thought of You" (uncredited)
- 2011
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
8.4
TV Series
- performer: "Caribbean Time"
- writer: "Caribbean Time"
- 2010
Boardwalk Empire
8.6
TV Series
- performer: "Wild Romantic Blues " (uncredited)
- 2010
Grey's Anatomy
7.6
TV Series
- performer: "Do Do Do"
- performer: "Clonie"
- performer: "The Dog Song" ...
- 2005–2010
GasLand
7.6
- performer: "If I Had You"
- 2010
NCIS
7.8
TV Series
- performer: "The Dog Song"
- writer: "The Dog Song" (uncredited)
- 2008
P.S. I Love You
7.0
- performer: "P.S. I Love You"
- 2007
Qwerty
6.9
TV Series
- performer: "A Christmas Dirge"
- 2007
Last Holiday
6.6
- performer: "I Feel Pretty"
- 2006
Rumor Has It...
5.5
- performer: "Black Sheep", "BB Blues", "Just One Of Those Things", "Pasadena Girl", "Face of a Faith", "Baby, You've Got What It Takes"
- producer: "Black Sheep", "BB Blues", "Just One Of Those Things", "Pasadena Girl", "Baby, You've Got What It Takes"
- writer: "Black Sheep", "BB Blues", "Pasadena Girl", "Face of a Faith"
- 2005
Weeds
7.9
TV Series
- performer: "David"
- 2005

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Personal details

Height
- 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
Born
- April 13, 1982
- London, England, UK
Other works
Plays Polly Peachum in "The Threepenny Opera" musical by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, adapted by Wallace Shawn (Studio 54, New York City, New York, USA).
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Trivia
Grew up traveling with her mother between the Poconos; Olympia, Washington; and Harlem in a Volkswagen bus.

Quotes
I thought all the '50s rockers were so dirty.

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