Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson (born November 24, 1965 in Kincardine , Scotland ) is a Scottish actress . She is the eldest of three daughters in a working class family. Internationally, she is often associated with the role of the moaning myrtle from the Harry Potter films.
Career
Henderson began her career singing in a few local clubs and was later trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama , where she was recommended for a role on the popular BBC series Hamish Macbeth . She also appeared in many productions at the Royal National Theater in London.
She played in the Irish film Intermission (2003), in which Irish greats like Colin Farrell , Colm Meaney and Cillian Murphy appeared in many British TV programs and -Miniserien and embodied in the successful BBC science fiction series Doctor Who role of Ursula Blake in the episode Love & Monsters .
Henderson had her most notable portrayals to date in the miniseries The Way We Live Now (2001) as Marie Melmotte , as Catherine of Braganza in Charles II: The Power and the Passion (2003) and as Charlotte in Dirty Filthy Love (2004).
In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Salt on Our Skin (Salt on Our Skin)
- 1995: Rob Roy
- 1996: Trainspotting - New Heroes (Trainspotting)
- 1997: Dead End Life
- 1999: Wonderland
- 2000: The Empire and Glory (The Claim)
- 2001: Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast (Bridget Jones's Diary )
- 2002: Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (Wilbur begår selvmord)
- 2002: Doctor Sleep
- 2002: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
- 2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets )
- 2002: 24 Hour Party People
- 2003: Fishy (short film)
- 2003: American Cousins
- 2003: intermission
- 2003: Charles II: The Power & the Passion (TV mini-series)
- 2004: Frozen
- 2004: Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason )
- 2004: Yes
- 2005: E = mc²: Einstein's great idea
- 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2005: A Cock and Bull Story
- 2005: The Taming of the Shrew
- 2006: Marie Antoinette
- 2006: Doctor Who (TV series, episode 2x10)
- 2007: Wedding Bells
- 2008: Agatha Christie's Marple (TV series, episode 4x2: Die Die in Wychwood / Murder Is Easy )
- 2008: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day ( Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day )
- 2008: Wild Child
- 2009: Life During Wartime
- 2010: On the Way to Oregon (Meek's Cutoff)
- 2011: The Grüffelokind (The Gruffalo's Child)
- 2011: the crimson petal
- 2011: Death in Paradise (TV series, episode 1x6)
- 2012: Everyday
- 2012: Anna Karenina
- 2013: bastard (Filth)
- 2013: In Secret (In Secret)
- 2015: The fairy tale of fairy tales (Il racconto dei racconti)
- 2016: Happy Valley - In a Small Town ( Happy Valley , TV series, episodes 2x01–2x06)
- 2016: Bridget Jones' Baby (Bridget Jones's Baby)
- 2016: Never Steady, Never Still
- 2017: T2 Trainspotting
- 2017: Okja
- 2018: Stan & Ollie
- 2018: The ABC Murders , mini-series, 3 episodes
- 2019: Greed
- 2019: Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker
Web links
- Shirley Henderson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Alumni ( Memento from June 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) GSMD.ac.uk, online, (English), accessed on Aug. 20, 2020
- ^ Royal National Theater Catalog; "ROLE120486 overview" Royal National Theater Archives, online, (English), accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Henderson, Shirley |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kincardine , Scotland |