Shirley Henderson
Acting
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.
Born: November 24, 1965
Place of Birth: Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
Known For
Filmography
as Heather Davidson
as Ooooo (voice)
as Claire Marsh
as Sarah
as Performer of the songs
as Aunt Western
as Roo (voice)
as Claudia
as Agatha Christie
as Siobhan
as Self
as Babu Frik (voice)
as Anzellan Crew (voice)
as Margaret
as Narrator
as Lucille Hardy
as Rose Marbury
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Mum (voice)
as Judy
as Jennifer
as Gail
as Joe's Mum
as Jude
as Kate Linton
as Imma
as Shirley
as Frances Drummond
as Hannah Davey
as Suzanne
as Bunty
as The Raconteur (voice)
as Claire Salter
as Rusty Humphries
as Karen
as Opera House Wife
as Meg Hawkins
as The Gruffalo's Child (voice)
as DS Angela Young
as Glory White
as Mrs Emmeline Fox
as The Nutcracker (voice)
as Joy Jordan
as Alice
as Matron
as Edythe Dubarry
as Alice
as Kelly
as Aunt Sophie
as Kate Minola
as Moaning Myrtle
as Mileva Maric
as Cleaner
as Susannah / Shirley Henderson
as Charlotte
as Ursula Blake
as Kath
as Honoria Waynflete
as Alice
as Catharine of Braganza
as Sally
as Glenda Sands
as Moaning Myrtle
as Alice
as Shirley
as Janet Losey
as Ella
as Lindsay Wilson
as Marie Melmotte
as Jude
as Annie
as Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
as Debbie
as Woman in Dream (uncredited)
as Gail
as Morag
as Isobel Sutherland
as Mary
as Pauline McPherson
as Denise
as Mileva Maric