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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 24, 1965
Place of Birth
Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
Also Known As
- شرلی هندرسون
Shirley Henderson
2.7 Popularity
Biography
Shirley Henderson (born 24 November 1965) is a Scottish actress. Her accolades include two Scottish BAFTAs, a VFCC Award and an Olivier Award, and BAFTA, BIFA, London Critics' Circle, Chlotrudis, Gotham, and Canadian Screen Award nominations. Henderson's film roles include Gail in Trainspotting (1996) and its 2017 sequel, Jude in the Bridget Jones films (2001–2025), and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Her other notable credits include Rob Roy (1995), Wonderland (1999), Topsy-Turvy (1999), 24 Hour Party People (2002), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Intermission (2003), American Cousins (2003), Frozen (2005), Marie Antoinette (2006), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Life During Wartime (2009), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Anna Karenina (2012), Filth (2013), Okja (2017), Never Steady, Never Still (2017), and Stan & Ollie (2018). Henderson starred as Isobel Sutherland in the BBC series Hamish Macbeth (1995–97) and played Frances Drummond in the BBC drama Happy Valley (2016). She was nominated for RTS Awards for the BBC miniseries The Way We Live Now (2001) and the ITV television film Dirty Filthy Love (2004), and received a BAFTA nomination for her portrayal of Claire Salter in the Channel 4 miniseries Southcliffe (2013). She won the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Elizabeth in the original Old Vic production of Girl from the North Country. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Henderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
Summerwater
as Annie
2025
10.0
I Swear
as Heather Davidson
2025
7.6
Glenrothan
2025
4.0
Elio
as Ooooo (voice)
2025
7.0
Dept. Q
as Claire Marsh
2025
7.9
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Jude
2025
6.5
The Trouble with Jessica
as Sarah
2024
6.0
Blue
as Performer of the songs
2024
0.0
Tom Jones
as Aunt Western
2023
5.5
Kiff
as Roo (voice)
2023
8.3
The House Across the Street
as Claudia
2022
5.0
See How They Run
as Agatha Christie
2022
6.3
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses
as Self
2021
7.3
The Nest
as Siobhan
2020
6.8
The Skywalker Legacy
as Self
2020
7.7
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Babu Frik (voice)
2019
6.3
The Mandalorian
as Anzellan Crew (voice)
2019
8.4
Greed
as Margaret
2019
5.6
How The Earth Must See Itself
as Narrator
2019
0.0
Stan & Ollie
as Lucille Hardy
2018
6.9
The ABC Murders
as Rose Marbury
2018
6.5
Summer Camp Island
as Additional Voices (voice)
2018
7.9
Summer Camp Island
as Mum (voice)
2018
7.9
Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives
as Ivy
2018
7.3
Never Steady, Never Still
as Judy
2017
5.8
Okja
as Jennifer
2017
7.3
T2 Trainspotting
as Gail
2017
6.9
On the Road
as Joe's Mum
2016
4.6
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Jude
2016
6.4
Urban Hymn
as Kate Linton
2015
7.0
Tale of Tales
as Imma
2015
6.4
Set Fire to the Stars
as Shirley
2014
5.6
Happy Valley
as Frances Drummond
2014
7.9
Jamaica Inn
as Hannah Davey
2014
6.6
In Secret
as Suzanne
2014
6.1
Filth
as Bunty
2013
6.8
The Selkie's Lover
as The Raconteur (voice)
2013
0.0
Southcliffe
as Claire Salter
2013
6.7
The Look of Love
as Rusty Humphries
2013
5.6
Everyday
as Karen
2012
5.5
Anna Karenina
as Opera House Wife
2012
6.7
Treasure Island
as Meg Hawkins
2012
6.2
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Gruffalo's Child (voice)
2011
6.9
Death in Paradise
as DS Angela Young
2011
7.5
Meek's Cutoff
as Glory White
2011
6.5
The Crimson Petal and the White
as Mrs Emmeline Fox
2011
7.0
The Nutcracker
as The Nutcracker (voice)
2010
5.0
Life During Wartime
as Joy Jordan
2010
5.9
May Contain: Nuts
as Alice
2009
8.0
🎬
May Contain Nuts
2009
6.0
Wild Child
as Matron
2008
6.7
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
as Edythe Dubarry
2008
6.8
I Really Hate My Job
as Alice
2007
4.0
Wedding Belles
as Kelly
2007
5.8
🎬
Ma Boy
2006
0.0
Marie Antoinette
as Aunt Sophie
2006
6.7
The Taming of the Shrew
as Kate Minola
2005
8.0
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Moaning Myrtle
2005
7.8
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
7.5
Einstein's Big Idea
as Mileva Maric
2005
7.2
Yes
as Cleaner
2005
5.7
A Cock and Bull Story
as Susannah / Shirley Henderson
2005
6.1
Dirty Filthy Love
as Charlotte
2005
6.4
Doctor Who
as Ursula Blake
2005
7.6
Frozen
as Kath
2005
5.7
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Honoria Waynflete
2004
7.8
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Jude
2004
6.2
American Cousins
as Alice
2003
5.0
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
as Catharine of Braganza
2003
6.2
Intermission
as Sally
2003
6.1
AfterLife
2003
4.0
Fishy
as Glenda Sands
2003
0.0
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Moaning Myrtle
2002
7.7
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
as Alice
2002
6.5
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
as Shirley
2002
6.2
Doctor Sleep
as Janet Losey
2002
5.1
Villa Des Roses
as Ella
2002
4.9
24 Hour Party People
as Lindsay Wilson
2002
6.9
The Way We Live Now
as Marie Melmotte
2001
7.8
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Jude
2001
6.7
In a Land of Plenty
2001
2.0
The Claim
as Annie
2000
6.0
Topsy-Turvy
as Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
1999
6.6
Wonderland
as Debbie
1999
6.4
Speak Like a Child
as Woman in Dream (uncredited)
1998
3.0
🎬
Bumping the Odds
1997
0.0
Trainspotting
as Gail
1996
8.0
Rob Roy
as Morag
1995
6.7
Hamish Macbeth
as Isobel Sutherland
1995
7.5
Salt on Our Skin
as Mary
1992
5.0
The Advocates
1991
3.5
Dreaming
as Pauline McPherson
1991
0.0
Wish Me Luck
1988
6.2
Casualty
as Denise
1986
6.1
NOVA
as Mileva Maric
1974
7.0
🎬
Love Is Not the Answer
N/A
0.0