Shirley Henderson

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.

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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)

Origin

Forres, United Kingdom

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / actor / dub actor / property master

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

High school

Dunfermline High School, Dunfermline

University

Adam Smith College

• Official sitehttps://www.shirleyhenderson.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley%20Henderson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232889

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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