Born to parents who were both journalists, she is the only girl amongst a large family - she has a script writer brother Damon who lives in Los Angeles, and two half brothers Alexander and Nicholas, who live in Stockholm. Her parents separated when she was two and her Irish mother, Noreen Taylor, subsequently moved the family to Brighton and later married Guardian columnist Roy Greenslade. The couple Read more...

McElhone began her career in the theatre, including starring in Richard III in Regent's Park, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Cherry Orchard at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester; and in Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre. McElhone made her television debut in the BBC's Bergerac in 1991, and an episode of Absolutely Fabulous in 1992.

McElhone made her film debut in 1996's Surviving Read more...

McElhone married plastic surgeon Dr. Martin Hirigoyen Kelly on 19 May 1998. The couple lived in Fulham, West London with their two sons: Theodore (Theo, born 2000) and Otis (born May 2003); and McElhone is currently expecting a third child. On 20 May 2008, 43 year old Kelly was found slumped in the doorway of the family home by a fellow doctor. He was rushed to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Read more...