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.
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Primarily2025 Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self (archive footage)
2025 Elio as Ooooo (voice)
2025 I Swear
2025 Glenrothan
2025 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Jude
2024 The Trouble with Jessica as Sarah
2024 Blue as Performer of the songs
2022 See How They Run as Agatha Christie
2020 The Skywalker Legacy as Self
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Babu Frik (voice)
2019 Greed as Margaret
2019 How The Earth Must See Itself as Narrator
2018 Stan & Ollie as Lucille Hardy
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
2013 Filth as Bunty
2013 In Secret as Suzanne
2013 The Selkie's Lover as The Raconteur (voice)
2013 The Look of Love as Rusty Humphries
2012 Everyday as Karen
2012 Anna Karenina as Opera House Wife
2011 The Gruffalo's Child as The Gruffalo's Child (voice)
2011 Meek's Cutoff as Glory White
2010 The Nutcracker as The Nutcracker (voice)
2010 Life During Wartime as Joy Jordan
2009 May Contain: Nuts as Alice
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 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 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 Frozen as Kath
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Jude
2003 American Cousins as Alice
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 Villa Des Roses as Ella
2002 24 Hour Party People as Lindsay Wilson
2002 Doctor Sleep as Janet Losey
2001 Bridget Jones's Diary as Jude
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
1992 Salt on Our Skin as Mary
1991 Dreaming