scots actress

Shirley Henderson ( born 24 November 1965 ) is a scots actress. Her film roles include Gail in Trainspotting ( 1996 ), Jude in the three Bridget Jones films ( 2001 ), and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2002 ) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ( 2005 ). Her other films include Topsy-Turvy ( 1999 ), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself ( 2002 ), Frozen ( 2005 ), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day ( 2008 ), Anna Karenina ( 2012 ), and the Netflix film Okja ( 2017 ). Henderson starred opposite Robert Carlyle in the BBC serial Hamish Macbeth ( 1995–97 ), and played Frances Drummond in the BBC play Happy Valley ( 2016 ). She was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the Channel 4 miniseries Southcliffe ( 2013 ), for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 2017 film Never Steady, Never Still, and won the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a melodious for her role as Elizabeth in the original production of Girl from the North Country. [ 1 ]

early life [edit ]

Henderson was born in Forres, Moray, and grew up in Kincardine-on-Forth, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As a child, she began singing in local anesthetic clubs, at charity events, vacation camps and even a box contest. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] At age 16, Henderson completed a annual course at Adam Smith College, resulting in a National Certificate in Theatre Arts. [ 5 ] At 17, she moved to London, where she spent three years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1986. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]

career [edit ]

Henderson ‘s first television performance was in the leading function of Elizabeth Findlay in the 1987 ITV children ‘s television receiver drama Shadow of the Stone, for which she was cast by Leonard White. [ 8 ] Having appeared in theatrical productions in Scotland in 1986 and 1987, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] she was directed by Peter Hall at the Royal National Theatre as Fanny Lock in Entertaining Strangers from October 1987 to March 1988, [ 12 ] and as Perdita in The Winter’s Tale from April to November 1988. [ 13 ] In 1990 she played the title function in Eurydice at the Chichester Festival, [ 14 ] and besides appeared on television in Wish Me Luck [ 8 ] and Casualty. [ 15 ] She landed the winder function of Isobel in the popular BBC series Hamish Macbeth in 1995. Henderson then moved into films, playing Morag in Rob Roy ( 1995 ) and Spud ‘s girlfriend Gail in Danny Boyle ‘s Trainspotting ( 1996 ). She continued her work in the theater, including many productions at the National Theatre in London. [ citation needed ] The next class, she appeared in Mike Leigh ‘s Topsy-Turvy, in which she demonstrated her singing skills, and Michael Winterbottom ‘s Wonderland. Henderson played Jude in all three Bridget Jones films and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2002 ) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ( 2005 ). She co-starred in the british film Close Your Eyes ( 2002 ) along with Goran Višnjić and Miranda Otto and played french princess Sophie-Philippine in Sofia Coppola ‘s Marie Antoinette ( 2006 ).

Henderson pictured in 2009 She played the school matron in Nick Moore ‘s 2008 movie Wild Child. [ 16 ] Small-screen appearances have included play Marie Melmotte in The Way We Live Now ( 2001 ) ; Catherine of Braganza in Charles II: The Power and The Passion ( 2003 ) ; Charlotte in Dirty Filthy Love ( 2004 ) ; Ursula Blake in the Doctor Who episode “ Love & Monsters “ ( 2006 ) ; Emmeline Fox in The Crimson Petal and the White ( 2011 ) ; DS Angela Young in Death in Paradise ( 2011 ) ; and Meg Hawkins in Treasure Island ( 2012 ). She played Karen, the spark advance function, diametric John Simm in Channel 4 ‘s Everyday and Meme Kartosov in Anna Karenina .

Filmography [edit ]

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References [edit ]

  • Shirley Henderson at IMDb
  • Shirley Henderson at Hamilton Hodell Talent Management