Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson

Actor
Date of birth: November 24, 1965 (60)City: Forres, Morayshire, Scotland

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.

Filmography

64 roles
2020s11 roles
2026GlenrothanJess★ 6.2Movie
2025SummerwaterAnnie★ 8.3Series
2025I SwearHeather Davidson★ 8.3Movie
2025ElioOoooo (voice)★ 7.0Movie
2010s23 roles
2019GreedMargaret★ 5.6Movie
2017OkjaJennifer★ 7.3Movie
2000s25 roles
2009May Contain: NutsAlice★ 8.0Movie
2008Wild ChildMatron★ 6.7Movie
2007Wedding BellesKelly★ 6.2Movie
1990s5 roles
1999WonderlandDebbie★ 6.4Movie
1996TrainspottingGail★ 8.0Movie
1995Rob RoyMorag★ 6.7Movie