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My Take
Shirley Henderson is the kind of actress critics call a secret weapon, and I agree. That high, fragile, otherworldly voice got her cast as Moaning Myrtle in her mid-thirties, a piece of casting so improbable it became legend. From Trainspotting to the Bridget Jones films, she has been quietly essential to three decades of British cinema without ever demanding the spotlight. Her career is a rebuke to the idea that lasting work requires self-promotion. The fact that her background even includes stage acting and time as a property master tells me she loves the whole machinery of storytelling, not just her place in front of the camera.
Overview
Shirley Henderson (born 24 November 1965) is a Scottish actress. 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shirley Henderson
- Name (Japanese)
- シャーリー・ヘンダーソン
- Reading
- しゃーりー・へんだーそん
- Born
- November 24, 1965 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Snake
- Origin
- Forres, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / actor / dub actor / property master
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Dunfermline High School, Dunfermline
- University
- Adam Smith College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.