Paula Malcomson Biography

Paula Malcomson, sometimes credited as Paula Williams, is a Northern Irish film and television actress. In the initial years of her career, she worked in theaters and did small roles in films before bagging major onscreen roles. She landed a role in the Oscar-nominated film ‘The Green Mile’, which brought her to prominence. From her first movie, ‘Another Girl Another Planet’, she has come a long way, and has appeared in blockbusters like ‘Hamlet’ and ‘A.I.: Artificial Intelligence’. Her performances in the American television series ‘Deadwood’ and Liev Schreiber's crime drama series ‘Ray Donovan’ earned her two prestigious award nominations. Paula Malcomson’s brilliantly played character Abby Donovan, who kept the Donovan family together in ‘Ray Donovan,’ made her the favorite of audiences all around the world. Malcomson was quite upset when the character was killed off and her stint with the show came to an end. With each passing year, her list of television and film appearances grows steadily. More recently, she was cast in the role of Katniss' mother in the blockbuster adaptation of ‘The Hunger Games’.