---
name: "Kathleen McDermott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kathleen-mcdermott"
fi1m_id: "kathleen-mcdermott"
imdb_id: "nm1077357"
tmdb_id: 217300
wikidata_id: "Q6376835"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 April 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T14:55:34.559612+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kathleen McDermott

## Identity

Kathleen McDermott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kathleen-mcdermott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kathleen-mcdermott
- **IMDb ID:** nm1077357
- **TMDB ID:** 217300
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6376835
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_McDermott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6376835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1077357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/217300

Actor. Born 21 April 1977 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 April 1977, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 2002–2008
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_McDermott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6376835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1077357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/217300

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Morvern Callar*](https://film.one/film/morvern-callar.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dead Set*](https://film.one/tv/dead-set.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kathleen McDermott is a Scottish actress. She was working as a hairdresser when cast in her first film role as Lanna Phimister in *Morvern Callar* (2002).

She is also known for playing Janice in *Nina's Heavenly Delights* (2006), Shaz in the television film *Wedding Belles* (2007), and Pippa in the miniseries *Dead Set* (2008). McDermott won the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress for her performance in *Morvern Callar*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dead Set* (2008), Fi1m 77, as Pippa — [page](https://film.one/tv/dead-set.md)
- *Morvern Callar* (2002), Fi1m 82, as Lanna Phimister — [page](https://film.one/film/morvern-callar.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Salvation* (2026), as Jackie Carlton
- *Gowk* (2025), Actor
- *Seagulls* (2014), as Lynne
- *Stronger* (2012), as Miss Y
- *Happy Hollidays* (2009), series, as Debbi
- *Dead Set* (2008), series, as Pippa — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/dead-set.md)
- *Wedding Belles* (2007), as Shaz
- *Nina's Heavenly Delights* (2006), as Janice
- *Milk* (2005), as Jennifer
- *Morvern Callar* (2002), as Lanna Phimister — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/morvern-callar.md)

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