Cast at age 36 as Hogwarts student Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), eternally youthful Shirley Henderson was born Nov. 24, 1965, in Kincardine, Scotland. Interested in performing since childhood, she eventually studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began appearing on British stages soon thereafter.Henderson's first worldwide exposure came in the box office hit Rob Roy (1995), followed by plum roles in Trainspotting (1996) and 1999's Topsy-Turvy, for which she earned glowing reviews. The actress's collaboration with director Michael Winterbottom resulted in the films Wonderland (1999), The Claim (2000) and 24 Hour Party People (2002).
In 2001, Henderson made a splash in America with Bridget Jones's Diary and has worked steadily ever since in movies such as Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story and Marie Antoinette (both 2006).
24 Hour Party PeopleDirector Michael Winterbottom re-creates the reckless world of Manchester, England, in the 1970s in this ambitious story about the birth of punk and new wave that gets its bite from improvised performances and fast-paced, guerilla-style camerawork. The plot focuses on Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan), the... Read More
Life During WartimeFilmmaker Todd Solondz revisits his Happiness characters in this tale about three sisters, Trish (Allison Janney) and Joy (Shirley Henderson), each married to degenerate men, and estranged Helen (Ally Sheedy), as they ponder the virtues of forgiving and forgetting. As Joy visits Trish to escape... Read More
I Really Hate My JobNeve Campbell stars as a waitress in this comedy about five women working dead-end jobs in a London restaurant while they nurture their alter identities as a writer, an artist, an actor, a lover and a revolutionary. But before they can realize their dreams, they have to make it through the next... Read More
WonderlandThe title's a misnomer, as the lives of a dysfunctional group of lonely South-Londoners bear out. Director Michael Winterbottom doesn't dissect, proselytize or paint a rosy picture of the working-class existence of a long-married couple, their three daughters and one son. In the course of a holiday... Read More
Meek's Cutoff (2011) | PG | |
The Nutcracker in 3D (2010) | PG | |
Life During Wartime (2009) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
PG-13 | ||
I Really Hate My Job (2007) | NR | |
Marie Antoinette (2006) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
Intermission (2004) | R | |
Dirty Filthy Love (2004) | R | |
Yes (2004) | R | |
NR | ||
American Cousins (2003) | NR | |
R | ||
PG | ||
24 Hour Party People (2002) | R | |
R | ||
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002) | R | |
Villa Des Roses (2002) | PG-13 | |
The Way We Live Now (2001) | TV-PG | |
R | ||
The Claim (2000) | R | |
Wonderland (1999) | R | |
Trainspotting (1996) | R | |
Rob Roy (1995) | R | |
Hamish Macbeth (1995) | NR | |
NR | ||
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