Shirley Henderson

Actor Nov 24 (age 60) Forres, Morayshire, Scotland 1974–2026 (52 year career)

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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 not…

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Moaning Myrtle

Film

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Moaning Myrtle

Film

Trainspotting

Gail

Film

Okja

Jennifer

Film

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Babu Frik (voice)

Film

Bridget Jones's Diary

Jude

Film

T2 Trainspotting

Gail

Film

Marie Antoinette

Aunt Sophie

Filmography

Acting (96)

Movies (67)

Glenrothan

2026 Upcoming

as Jess

Apr 17

I Swear

as Heather

Elio

as Ooooo (voice)

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

2025

as Jude

6.4

The Trouble with Jessica

2024

as Sarah

6.0

Blue

2024

as Performer of the songs

See How They Run

as Agatha Christie

The Skywalker Legacy

as Self

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

as Babu Frik (voice)

6.3

How The Earth Must See Itself

2019

as Narrator

Greed

as Margaret

Stan & Ollie

as Lucille Hardy

Okja

as Jennifer

T2 Trainspotting

as Gail

Never Steady, Never Still

as Judy

On the Road

as Joe's Mum

Bridget Jones's Baby

as Jude

Tale of Tales

as Imma

Urban Hymn

as Kate Linton

In Secret

as Suzanne

Set Fire to the Stars

as Shirley

Filth

as Bunty

The Look of Love

as Rusty Humphries

The Selkie's Lover

as The Raconteur (voice)

Anna Karenina

as Opera House Wife

Everyday

as Karen

Meek's Cutoff

as Glory White

The Gruffalo's Child

as The Gruffalo's Child (voice)

6.9

The Nutcracker

2010

as The Nutcracker (voice)

Life During Wartime

as Joy Jordan

May Contain: Nuts

as Alice

Wild Child

as Matron

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

as Edythe Dubarry

Wedding Belles

as Kelly

I Really Hate My Job

as Alice

Marie Antoinette

as Aunt Sophie

Ma Boy

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Moaning Myrtle

Frozen

as Kath

Yes

as Cleaner

The Taming of the Shrew

2005

as Kate Minola

8.0

A Cock and Bull Story

2005

as Susannah / Shirley Henderson

Dirty Filthy Love

as Charlotte

Einstein's Big Idea

as Mileva Maric

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

as Jude

Intermission

as Sally

American Cousins

as Alice

AfterLife

Fishy

as Glenda Sands

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Moaning Myrtle

Villa Des Roses

as Ella

24 Hour Party People

as Lindsay

Doctor Sleep

as Janet Losey

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

2002

as Shirley

6.2

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002

as Alice

6.5

Bridget Jones's Diary

as Jude

The Claim

as Annie

Wonderland

as Debbie

Topsy-Turvy

as Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)

6.6

Speak Like a Child

1998

as Woman in Dream (uncredited)

Bumping the Odds

Trainspotting

as Gail

Rob Roy

as Morag

Salt on Our Skin

as Mary

Dreaming

as Pauline McPherson

Love Is Not the Answer

Racing Thoughts

as Leah Tornham

Television (29)

Dept. Q

as Claire Marsh

Summerwater

as Annie

Kiff

as Roo (voice)

Tom Jones

as Aunt Western

The House Across the Street

2022

as Claudia

5.0

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses

as Self

The Nest

as Siobhan

The Mandalorian

as Anzellan Crew (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Mum (voice)

The ABC Murders

as Rose Marbury

Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives

as Ivy

Happy Valley

as Frances Drummond

Jamaica Inn

as Hannah Davey

Southcliffe

as Claire Salter

Treasure Island

as Meg Hawkins

Death in Paradise

as DS Angela Young

The Crimson Petal and the White

as Mrs Emmeline Fox

May Contain Nuts

Doctor Who

as Ursula Blake

ShakespeaRe-Told

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Honoria Waynflete

7.8

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

2003

as Catharine of Braganza

The Way We Live Now

as Marie Melmotte

In a Land of Plenty

Hamish Macbeth

as Isobel Sutherland

The Advocates

Wish Me Luck

as Sylvie Schneider

Casualty

as Denise

NOVA

as Mileva Maric