Shirley Henderson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1965-11-24

Place of Birth

Forres, Morayshire, Scotland

Shirley Henderson

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.

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Acting History

2025
Summerwater as Annie
2025
I Swear as Heather Davidson
2025
Glenrothan
2025
Elio as Ooooo (voice)
2025
Dept. Q as Claire Marsh
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Jude
2024
The Trouble with Jessica as Sarah
2024
Blue as Performer of the songs
2023
Tom Jones as Aunt Western
2023
Kiff as Roo (voice)
2022
The House Across the Street as Claudia
2022
See How They Run as Agatha Christie
2021
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses as Self
2020
The Nest as Siobhan
2020
The Skywalker Legacy as Self
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Babu Frik (voice)
2019
The Mandalorian as Anzellan Crew (voice)
2019
Greed as Margaret
2019
How The Earth Must See Itself as Narrator
2018
Stan & Ollie as Lucille Hardy
2018
The ABC Murders as Rose Marbury
2018
Summer Camp Island as Additional Voices (voice)
2018
Summer Camp Island as Mum (voice)
2018
Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives as Ivy
2017
Never Steady, Never Still as Judy
2017
Okja as Jennifer
2017
T2 Trainspotting as Gail
2016
On the Road as Joe's Mum
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby as Jude
2015
Urban Hymn as Kate Linton
2015
Tale of Tales as Imma
2014
Set Fire to the Stars as Shirley
2014
Happy Valley as Frances Drummond
2014
Jamaica Inn as Hannah Davey
2014
In Secret as Suzanne
2013
Filth as Bunty
2013
The Selkie's Lover as The Raconteur (voice)
2013
Southcliffe as Claire Salter
2013
The Look of Love as Rusty Humphries
2012
Everyday as Karen
2012
Anna Karenina as Opera House Wife
2012
Treasure Island as Meg Hawkins
2011
The Gruffalo's Child as The Gruffalo's Child (voice)
2011
Death in Paradise as DS Angela Young
2011
Meek's Cutoff as Glory White
2011
The Crimson Petal and the White as Mrs Emmeline Fox
2010
The Nutcracker as The Nutcracker (voice)
2010
Life During Wartime as Joy Jordan
2009
May Contain: Nuts as Alice
2009
May Contain Nuts
2008
Wild Child as Matron
2008
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day as Edythe Dubarry
2007
I Really Hate My Job as Alice
2007
Wedding Belles as Kelly
2006
Ma Boy
2006
Marie Antoinette as Aunt Sophie
2005
The Taming of the Shrew as Kate Minola
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Moaning Myrtle
2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Einstein's Big Idea as Mileva Maric
2005
Yes as Cleaner
2005
A Cock and Bull Story as Susannah / Shirley Henderson
2005
Dirty Filthy Love as Charlotte
2005
Doctor Who as Ursula Blake
2005
Frozen as Kath
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Honoria Waynflete
2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Jude
2003
American Cousins as Alice
2003
Charles II: The Power and The Passion as Catharine of Braganza
2003
Intermission as Sally
2003
AfterLife
2003
Fishy as Glenda Sands
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Moaning Myrtle
2002
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself as Alice
2002
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands as Shirley
2002
Doctor Sleep as Janet Losey
2002
Villa Des Roses as Ella
2002
24 Hour Party People as Lindsay Wilson
2001
The Way We Live Now as Marie Melmotte
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary as Jude
2001
In a Land of Plenty
2000
The Claim as Annie
1999
Topsy-Turvy as Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
1999
Wonderland as Debbie
1998
Speak Like a Child as Woman in Dream (uncredited)
1997
Bumping the Odds
1996
Trainspotting as Gail
1995
Rob Roy as Morag
1995
Hamish Macbeth as Isobel Sutherland
1992
Salt on Our Skin as Mary
1991
The Advocates
1991
Dreaming as Pauline McPherson
1988
Wish Me Luck
1986
Casualty as Denise
1974
NOVA as Mileva Maric
Love Is Not the Answer