# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shauna-macdonald-q528276
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:21:51.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shauna-macdonald-q528276"
name: "Shauna Macdonald"
slug: "shauna-macdonald-q528276"
description: "Shauna Macdonald is a Scottish actress. She began her career starring in The Debt Collector (1999). She then had her breakthrough starring as Sam Buxton in the television series Spooks (2003–2004). After departing the series, she starred as Sarah Carter in the horror film The Descent (2005), the role for which she is best known. She gained widespread recognition and praise for her performance, and was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress. The film established Macdonald as a scream queen. She reprised her role in its sequel The Descent Part 2 (2009)."
tagline: "Scottish actress"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1981-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.79
  momentum:             11.73817384019921
  historical:           14.546932
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531933/"
    handle:    "nm0531933"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "شونا ماكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شونا ماكدونالد (ممثله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شانا مک‌دونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald"
    title: "Shauna Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald_(Scottish_actress)"
    title: "Shauna Macdonald (Scottish actress)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald"
    title: "Shauna Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "شانا مک‌دونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald"
    title: "Shauna Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald"
    title: "Shauna Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1_%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A4"
    title: "Շոնա Մաքդոնալդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald"
    title: "Shauna Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%87%BC%EB%82%98_%EB%A7%A5%EB%8F%84%EB%84%90%EB%93%9C"
    title: "쇼나 맥도널드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald"
    title: "Shauna Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Макдональд, Шона"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald"
    title: "Shauna Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%88%D9%88%D9%86%D9%84%DA%88_(%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%B9%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%81)"
    title: "شونا میکڈونلڈ (سکاٹش اداکارہ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528276"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump