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

• 2026Glenrothan — Jess
• 2026The Mandalorian and Grogu — The Anzellans (voice)
• 2025Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Jude
• Dept. Q — Claire Marsh
• 2025Elio — Ooooo (voice)
• 2025I Swear — Heather
• Summerwater — Annie
• 2024Blue — Performer of the songs
• 2024The Trouble with Jessica — Sarah
• Kiff — Roo (voice)
• Tom Jones — Aunt Western
• Lovely Little Farm — Quackety Duck Duck (voice)
• 2022See How They Run — Agatha Christie
• The House Across the Street — Claudia
• The Nest — Siobhan
• 2019Greed — Margaret
• 2019How The Earth Must See Itself — Narrator
• 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Babu Frik (voice)
• The Mandalorian — Anzellan Crew (voice)
• Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives — Ivy
• 2018Stan & Ollie — Lucille Hardy
• Summer Camp Island — Additional Voices (voice), Mum (voice)
• The ABC Murders — Rose Marbury
• 2017Never Steady, Never Still — Judy
• 2017Okja — Jennifer
• 2017T2 Trainspotting — Gail
• 2016Bridget Jones's Baby — Jude
• 2016On the Road — Joe's Mum
• 2015Tale of Tales — Imma
• 2015The Caravan — Elaine
• 2015Urban Hymn — Kate Linton
• Happy Valley — Frances Drummond
• 2014In Secret — Suzanne
• Jamaica Inn — Hannah Davey
• 2014Set Fire to the Stars — Shirley
• Bob Servant — Kirsty
• 2013Filth — Bunty
• Southcliffe — Claire Salter
• 2013The Look of Love — Rusty Humphries
• 2013The Selkie's Lover — The Raconteur (voice)
• 2012Anna Karenina — Opera House Wife
• 2012Everyday — Karen
• 2012Treasure Island — Meg Hawkins
• Treasure Island — Meg Hawkins
• Death in Paradise — DS Angela Young
• 2011Meek's Cutoff — Glory White
• The Crimson Petal and the White — Mrs Emmeline Fox
• 2011The Gruffalo's Child — The Gruffalo's Child (voice)
• 2010Life During Wartime — Joy Jordan
• 2010The Nutcracker — The Nutcracker (voice)
• May Contain Nuts — Alice
• 2009May Contain: Nuts — Alice
• 2008Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day — Edythe Dubarry
• 2008Wild Child — Matron
• 2007I Really Hate My Job — Alice
• 2007Wedding Belles — Kelly
• 2006Ma Boy — Ali
• 2006Marie Antoinette — Aunt Sophie
• 2005A Cock and Bull Story — Susannah / Shirley Henderson
• 2005Dirty Filthy Love — Charlotte
• Doctor Who — Ursula Blake
• 2005Einstein's Big Idea — Mileva Maric
• 2005Frozen — Kath
• 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Moaning Myrtle
• ShakespeaRe-Told — Kate Minola
• 2005The Taming of the Shrew — Kate Minola
• 2005Yes — Cleaner
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Honoria Waynflete
• 2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason — Jude
• 2003AfterLife — Ruby
• 2003American Cousins — Alice
• Charles II: The Power and The Passion — Catharine of Braganza
• 2003Fishy — Glenda Sands
• 2003Intermission — Sally
• 200224 Hour Party People — Lindsay
• 2002Doctor Sleep — Janet Losey
• 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — Moaning Myrtle
• 2002Once Upon a Time in the Midlands — Shirley
• 2002Villa Des Roses — Ella
• 2002Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself — Alice
• Animated Tales of the World — Malmhin (voice)
• 2001Bridget Jones's Diary — Jude
• In a Land of Plenty — Anne Marie
• The Way We Live Now — Marie Melmotte
• 2000The Claim — Annie
• 1999Topsy-Turvy — Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
• 1999Wonderland — Debbie
• 1998Speak Like a Child — Woman in Dream (uncredited)
• 1997Bumping the Odds — Lynette
• 1996Trainspotting — Gail
• Hamish Macbeth — Isobel Sutherland
• 1995Rob Roy — Morag
• 1992Salt on Our Skin — Mary
• Clarissa — Sally
• 1991Dreaming — Pauline McPherson
• The Advocates — Andrea
• Wish Me Luck — Sylvie Schneider
• Shadow of the Stone — Elizabeth Finlay
• Casualty — Denise
• Screen Two — Pauline McPherson
• The Bill — Kelly Rogers
• NOVA — Mileva Maric
• Love Is Not the Answer

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses — Self
• 2020The Skywalker Legacy — Self