Shauna Macdonald
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Shauna Macdonald is a Scottish actress best known for her lead role in the horror film "The Descent" and its sequel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shauna Macdonald canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8485964 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shauna Macdonald Context triple: [The Descent, stars, Shauna Macdonald]
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A.
Moira McGlashan
Moira McGlashan is the wife of former Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond.
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B.
Elizabeth McRae
Elizabeth McRae is known primarily as the wife of influential television producer Sydney Newman, a key figure in British and Canadian TV history.
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C.
Grace McKagan
Grace McKagan is an American singer and model best known as the frontwoman of the rock band The Pink Slips and the daughter of Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan.
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D.
Sheila Falconer
Sheila Falconer is a British actress and choreographer best known for her long marriage to actor Patrick Stewart.
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E.
Maggie Shaw
Maggie Shaw is a fictional character played by Irish actress Dominique McElligott, known from the science fiction series "The Astronaut Wives Club."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shauna Macdonald Target entity description: Shauna Macdonald is a Scottish actress best known for her lead role in the horror film "The Descent" and its sequel.
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A.
Moira McGlashan
Moira McGlashan is the wife of former Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond.
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B.
Elizabeth McRae
Elizabeth McRae is known primarily as the wife of influential television producer Sydney Newman, a key figure in British and Canadian TV history.
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C.
Grace McKagan
Grace McKagan is an American singer and model best known as the frontwoman of the rock band The Pink Slips and the daughter of Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan.
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D.
Sheila Falconer
Sheila Falconer is a British actress and choreographer best known for her long marriage to actor Patrick Stewart.
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E.
Maggie Shaw
Maggie Shaw is a fictional character played by Irish actress Dominique McElligott, known from the science fiction series "The Astronaut Wives Club."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
ⓘ
actress ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1981-02-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Malaysia ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Scotland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
|
| ethnicity | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName |
Macdonald
ⓘ
linked to:
MacDonald
|
| genre | horror film ⓘ |
| givenName | Shauna ⓘ |
| hasChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Shauna Macdonald ⓘ |
| nationality | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Filth
ⓘ
Spooks ⓘ The Descent ⓘ The Descent Part 2 ⓘ
linked to:
The Descent: Part 2
White Chamber ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
voice actress ⓘ |
| playedRole |
Sam Buxton in Spooks
ⓘ
Sarah Carter in The Descent ⓘ Sarah Carter in The Descent Part 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Sarah Carter in The Descent
|
| residence | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Cal Macaninch
ⓘ
linked to:
Cal MacAninch
|
| yearsActive | 1990s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shauna Macdonald Description of subject: Shauna Macdonald is a Scottish actress best known for her lead role in the horror film "The Descent" and its sequel.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.