Sharman Macdonald at Aldeburgh with music by Deirdre Gribbin, and "Lu Lah, Lu Lah" (2010) commissioned for a young all-female cast and performed at the Cheltenham Ladies' College in Cheltenham. Macdonald is married to the actor Will Knightley. They have two children, Caleb and actress Keira Knightley. Sharman Macdonald Sharman Macdonald (born 8 February 1951) is a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Janet Rewat (née Williams) and Joseph Henry Hosgood MacDonald. She has Scottish and Welsh ancestry. Macdonald was educated at the University of Edinburgh, from which she graduated in 1972. She credits fellow
Gus Macdonald Gus Macdonald Angus John "Gus" Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, CBE, PC (born 20 August 1940) is a Scottish television executive, life peer and former Labour member of the House of Lords. Macdonald was born in Larkhall, Scotland. His father, a Highlander, had poor health and gambled. His mother, who was from a local mining family, worked multiple jobs to support and raise the family. He won a scholarship to Allan Glen's School, Glasgow, but left at 14 to become an apprentice marine engineer at the shipyards of Alexander Stephen and Sons in Govan, Glasgow on the River Clyde and